Afghan War Blog

The Afghan National Army (ANA) has had trouble meeting the expectations of the international community in recruiting women into its ranks . ...

U.S. Defense Spending Woes.  A recent news story by Matthew Gault examines the national defense stance of the presidential candidates ...

Italian Female Soldier (DVIDS) New Issue -  PRISM.   The Center for Complex Operations of the National Defense University (NDU) has po...

Article - Afghan Women in Conflict.  "Popular distortions often applied to women's functions in war can obstruct the peace proces...

Women and the Draft.  There was a time when 366 table tennis balls determined the fate of young male Americans each year. Those old enough...

Kristen Griest in Ranger School 2015 (Army file photo) Army Plan for Women Integration.  The Army is opening the door to every job a Sol...

Sec Navy Pushing Gender Neutrality. Navy Secretary Pushing Obama's Social Engineering of Military. President Obama has a steadfast all...

Photo by Micaiah Anthony USAF Selective Service for Women? With the new policy of opening up all combat arms jobs (to include special o...

Member of a Female Engagement Team (FET) in Afghanistan. Photo by DVIDS. 8% of Army Women Want Combat Arms . In 2013 the Army conducted...

ANASF Trains ALP Recruit SOF and Helmand Province. The fight for Helmand province is still ongoing despite the end of the fighting seas...

Paper on NTM-A. Nick Barley has penned an informative history about the training of the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF). He trac...

Member of a Coalition Support Team (CST)  interacts with Afghan child Women in Service Studies.  The U.S. Department of Defense wants y...

VSO, Gant, Water, Crops, and COIN. One writer, Doyle Quiggle, manages to combine a variety of topics (although related) into an essay on ...

Counter-IED Capabilities Need Investments.  Over the last few years the U.S. military has attempted, unsuccessfully, to put Afghanistan ...

Females in Field Artillery.  A memorandum about the assignment of female Soldiers to MOS 13B (Cannon Crewmember) and 13D (FA ATDS Speciali...