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We've all heard it many times now. The US military is in a "persistent state of conflict," and General Casey, the Chief of St...

On today’s battlefield, air supremacy is the goal of the United States and Coalition Forces. Airpower continues to play a major role in tod...

Like many Americans, I had put France outside the circle of friends after the behavior of their government during the run-up to OIF. Morall...

The U.S. cannot afford to repeat the mistakes of the past. We must pursue the hard right over the easy wrong and develop new formations tha...

Welcome! While our group has an academic requirement to blog, I think this website gives us a great opportunity to talk about something we ...

The Five Alpha Blog site provides an opportunity for a student group from the US Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC) to sound off ...