Tactics 101, the continuing Armchair General series, assesses Heavy-Light Operations,the integration of heavy and light forces on the battlefield.

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Pat Proctor offers a unique “boots on the ground” perspective from his recent deployment to Afghanistan with 1st Infantry Division. This is part one of his new “Reports from Afghanistan” series.

This month Tactics 101, the continuing monthly series from Armchair General, looks at the three key elements of reconnaissance and surveillance planning.

the most recent Internal Look wargame by U.S. Central Command examined an Israeli strike on Iran, and how such an action might escalate, drawing in the United States.

The 70th installment of Tactics 101, the continuing monthly series from Armchair General, looks at the basics of reconnaissance, the first in a series of recon articles.

‘A Nightmare’s Prayer,’ (Threshold Editions, 2010), the first Afghanistan memoir ever to be published by a Marine Harrier pilot, has been selected as the winner of the 2012 William E. Colby Award.

Francis Gary Powers, Jr., the Founder and Chairman Emeritus of The Cold War Museum, highlights the 50th anniversary of the spy exchange between U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers and Soviet spy Rudolph Abel on the Glienicker Bridge in Potsdam, Germany.

Armchair General Advisory Board member Ralph Peters testifies to Congress and explains what YOU really need to know about Pakistan.

Author and historian Carlo D’Este examines what a difference someone like Winston Churchill might make in dealing with these difficult times.

An overview of Noncombatant Evacuation Operations, or NEO, is covered in this installment of Tactics 101, a continuing monthly series on Armchair General.

The action-thriller Act of Valor used active-duty U.S. Navy SEALS and live ammunition during filming to create a more intense movie.

Armchair General’s continuing monthly series Tactics 101 examines task organization, one of the most important actions during the planning process.

Timely decisions are critical on the battlefield. This month’s installment of Tactics 101 explains how the Decision Support Template can help commanders make timely and anticipated decisions.

There’s not a lot that’s new in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, but it is an excellent sequel that doesn’t stray from a formula that works.

The book “Battlefield Angels: Saving Lives under Enemy Fire from Valley Forge to Afghanistan” shines a much-needed light on the all-too-often overlooked service of military corpsmen and medics and the evolution of battlefield medical care.

The Battlefield franchise returns with a vengeance. Battlefield 3 is the best game of the series yet.