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The Ghost & General Smith: Chapter 5 and Epilogue by Scott Weibling, Jordan Miller, and Matt Tweedy
Chapter 5 November 2022. King Hall, Naval Postgraduate School. “Do you recognize this auditorium?” asks Saint Barbara. General Smith...

thewarfightingsociety
Nov 10, 20214 min read


Reflection on Failure By Major Matthew Tweedy, USMC
Plato and Aristotle in Raphael's "The School of the Athens" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyceum_(Classical)#/media/File:Sanzio_01_croppe...

thewarfightingsociety
Nov 3, 202112 min read


The Ghost & General Smith: Chapter 4 by Scott Weibling, Jordan Miller, and Matt Tweedy
St. Barbara, Patron Saint of Artillerymen Modified from the original: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Barbara#/media/File:Saint_Barba...

thewarfightingsociety
Nov 3, 20216 min read


The Ghost & General Smith: Chapter 3 by Scott Weibling, Jordan Miller, and Matt Tweedy
St. Barbara, Patron Saint of Artillerymen Modified from the original: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Barbara#/media/File:Saint_Barba...

thewarfightingsociety
Oct 19, 20214 min read


The Ghost & General Smith: Chapter 2 by Scott Weibling, Jordan Miller, and Matt Tweedy
St. Barbara, Patron Saint of Artillerymen (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Barbara#/media/File:Saint_Barbara_with_cannon.png) Chapter...

thewarfightingsociety
Sep 30, 20214 min read


The John Boyd Primer By Major Ian Brown, USMC
John Boyd, United States Air Force (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Boyd_(military_strategist)#/media/File:JohnBoyd_Pilot.jpg) Colonel...

thewarfightingsociety
Sep 25, 202110 min read


The Ghost & General Smith: Preface and Chapter 1 by Scott Weibling, Jordan Miller, and Matt Tweedy
(For the audio version presented by Controversy and Clarity, please visit: https://anchor.fm/damien-oconnell/episodes/The-Ghost-and-Gener...

thewarfightingsociety
Sep 24, 20214 min read


Moral Injury and the End of the Forever War By Sam Ryder
“I want to say this very strongly: I have been fighting for 17 years. I am willing to throw it all away to say to my senior leaders: ‘I...

thewarfightingsociety
Sep 2, 20216 min read


On Bildung
Broadly, the concept of Bildung is that of development and realization. Enlightenment thinkers, intellectuals and humanists planted the...

Max
Aug 21, 20212 min read


The Massengale-Damon Letters (#2)
Editor-in-Chief's Note: The letter below and those that follow it were forwarded to the Warfighting Society. Written in response to Major...

thewarfightingsociety
Aug 11, 20215 min read


The Massengale-Damon Letters (#1)
Editor's Note: The letter below and those that follow it were forwarded to the Warfighting Society. Written in response to Major General...

Hellboy
Aug 2, 20216 min read


Hedging Hyperwar: The Case for an Analog Marine Corps in a Digital DOD by Matthew Tweedy
When Clausewitz wrote that war is the realm of uncertainty and chance, he did not envision a 21st century where uncertainty is advertised...

Hellboy
Aug 1, 20219 min read


Beyond Dead Germans
Published on behalf of Zachary Schwartz Our obsession with dead Germans is blinding us. Though the study of German military history was...

Hellboy
Jul 4, 20216 min read


Smashing Idols: Drill by David Kerby
Military Drill: Where did it come from?  What is its purpose?  Is it still relevant?

David Kerby
Jan 30, 20219 min read


The Few, The Proud, The Last: Marine Corps Recruiting and Gaming in a COVID-19 World
Marine Corps Recruiting and Gaming in a COVID-19 World
Damien O'Connell
May 21, 20208 min read
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