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Bernard Knox: Veteran of the Spanish Civil War who became a celebrated classics scholar

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:57:35 +0000

Bernard Knox was one of the first British volunteers to join the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War. He continued the fight against fascism during the Second World War as a US Army captain, working with the French and Italian resistance, and afterwards became a distinguished classics scholar.

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Bernard Knox (1914–2010)

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:11:41 +0000

Garry Wills In 1975, William Colby, the director of the CIA , was bracing himself to testify before the Church Committee on the crimes of the CIA . The agency was created to be accountable to Congress, but it had so routinely evaded that responsibility that being honest was considered a form of treason to the company. (Former director Richard Helms had been given a hero’s treatment for his own …

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In Afghanistan, vital information is sometimes lost in translation

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:04:55 +0000

KABUL, Afghanistan — American soldiers in Afghanistan are relying on civilian interpreters who in some cases don’t know the languages they were hired to speak, resulting in dangerous military mistakes.

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Afghan prisons not ‘torture chambers’: Canadian general

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:41:04 +0000

Afghan prisons are not “torture chambers” and the subject of detainee abuse is a water cooler “conversation killer” in the military, a senior Canadian commander told an inquiry Thursday.

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admin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:44:38 +0000

He’s a good man and did a great job but don’t give the credit to the british army . I will never forget what those dogs did to my Australian grandfather and great uncles at gallipoli and several other battles. …

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buldogser — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:37:28 +0000

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The Future of the Marine Corps; They’ve Fought This Battle Before

xueqin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:55:20 +0000

The Marines are in the news today battling (Barbary) pirates, good on ‘em; talk about getting back to their roots. As I read the news reports, and this post at Tom Rick’s blog on the future of the Marine Corps, I recalled a recent conversation with some department of the Navy types who expressed just how bad the relationship is between the sea services. Like most troubled relationships, the soured feelings revolve around money, or the lack thereof. The Marines want to maintain a robust amphibious assault, enough to lift two Marine Expeditionary Brigades, and get them ashore via their Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) armored amphibian. The Navy wants capital ships and intends to cut maritime prepositioning force ships, possibly amphibs and the EFV. A real battle is brewing and it’s bound to get ugly as budget realities sink in. The long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have turned the Marines into a much smaller and more poorly equipped version of the Army. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has made it clear he thinks the U.S. has too much amphibious assault insurance. Few defense watchers believe Marine numbers won’t come down in the near future; the question is will they go lower than the pre-2007 175,000 level. Given all that, it was a bit amusing to hear Undersecretary of the Navy Bob Work declare at a forum at CSIS recently that “the future of the Marine Corps is bright.” One thing the Marines have going for them is they’ve been here before. As Ronald Spector writes in, Eagle Against the Sun , the Marines emerged from World War I with tremendous prestige, yet the budget knives were sharp in the economically depressed 1920s and early 1930s. “At the end of the 1920s, a secret study by the army staff suggested that the army could well assume most of the Marine Corps functions. The chief of naval operations reportedly concurred in this idea, “recognizing that by shifting the Marines [to the Army], the Navy could save money.” The Hoover administration, always interested in saving money, also greeted the plan with enthusiasm. Between 1929 and 1933, Hoover imposed a 24.4 percent manpower cut on the Marine Corps, as compared to 5.6 percent for the navy and none for the army.” How did the Marines respond to attacks from the Hoover administration, and the army? “[W]ith an impressive public relations campaign. Retired army and Marine Corps generals were mobilized to “speak for the Corps,” and influential Congressmen like Carl Vinson, Melvin J. Maas, and Fiorello La Guardia threw their weight behind restoring the cuts. In a showdown vote, the House Appropriations Committee voted down Hoover’s proposed cuts and held the strength of the corps at a little over 15,000 men. The corps had been “saved” – but all concerned realized that it had been a close call.” The Marines have already embarked on a public relations campaign to sell themselves and are reaching out to influential pundits and making the rounds at Washington, DC think tanks. Yet, as Spector wrote, Marine leaders back in the 1920s knew a PR campaign would only get them so far. The corps needed a new mission; so began the Marine’s specialization in amphibious warfare. Outgoing commandant Gen. James Conway has said the Marines must get back to their expeditionary and amphibious roots. Is that enough? Do the Marines need a new mission to win in the coming budget battles? If so, what? – Greg Grant

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Westland Lynx AW159 Navy Wildcat 3D model on Exchange3D.com …

mathewinsco — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:33:11 +0000

The helicopter has been ordered for the British Army and Royal Navy . It is to enter service with the Army in 2014 and with the RN in 2015. The UK is to initially receive 62 AW159s with 34 for the British Army and 28 for the Royal Navy . …

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Global Defence: British Army Takes Deliveries of Warthog Vehicles

buldogser — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:26:00 +0000

The British Army has begun taking delivery of Warthog armored all-terrain vehicles ahead of their deployment to Afghanistan. Deliveries had been delayed several months due to the need to improve the machines’ armored protection. …

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New British Army headquarters opened – Asian Leader

toshibler — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:53:11 +0000

New British Army headquarters opened – A new £44 million headquarters for the British Army’s land forces will be officially opened in Hampshire.