On Combat

Clausewitz defined war as a trinity of violence in pursuit of a political purpose, affected by chance.
The possibility of death or injury from violent action is a powerful element of battlefield realities WWII soldier and author James Jones (From Here to Eternity, and The Thin Red line, among others) wrote that soldiers had to […]

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A small Vignette in the Washington Post “Two ‘Private Fuzzies,’ Diverted on Their Way to War” by Bill Murphy Jr. provided a glimpse of two young soldiers’ transition from peace to war. Temporarily sidetracked in Iraq during a helicopter flight to join their unit (1st Cav), the two soldiers try to understand their surroundings, grapple […]

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