John Amble
Editorial Director, Modern War Institute at West Point and Host at The Spear
Editorial Director @WarInstitute; former @WarOnTheRocks; Iraq/Afghan vet. Tweet mostly about war, and sometimes sports on weekends.
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2 weeks ago |
mwi.westpoint.edu | John Amble
In this episode of The Spear, John Amble is joined by Maj. John A. Meyer. In 2007, he was a platoon leader in Afghanistan on his first deployment. On July 27, his entire squadron was undertaking a mission to secure the route along the Kunar River between Forward Operating Base Naray and Camp Keating. His platoon and a group of Afghan National Army soldiers were moving along the road next to the river when they came to a bridge.
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2 weeks ago |
mwi.westpoint.edu | John Amble
I didn’t know General Charles Jacoby well. At least not as well as countless men and women in uniform who served with him over his decades-long Army career. My first real exposure to him was indirect. I was working as managing editor at War on the Rocks and we had the opportunity to publish something he wrote—a piece that marked his retirement and reflected on his service.
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2 weeks ago |
mwi.westpoint.edu | John Amble
Imagine a linear spectrum. On one extreme end is peace. On the other, total war. In between lies everything from political violence and low-intensity conflict, through large-scale combat operations, to strategic rivalry and nuclear saber-rattling. This is, effectively, the continuum of conflict, and it serves as a cognitive framework for scholars, policymakers, and practitioners to understand the wide variety of ways in which conflict can take shape. But what if that continuum is collapsing?
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4 weeks ago |
mwi.westpoint.edu | John Amble
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4 weeks ago |
mwi.westpoint.edu | John Amble
In 2012, Mike Kelvington was a company commander in 1st Battalion, 508th Infantry Regiment, deployed in southern Afghanistan’s Kandahar province. In the area his company was responsible for, much of the company’s activities were those typical of a counterinsurgency effort—taking part in key leader engagements, supporting security and governance, coordinating with the provincial reconstruction team, and working to build the capabilities of local police.
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