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Another Angle on Apartments
Apartment Owners Say No to Putin (Photo: Novyy region -- Yekaterinburg) Here’s a different angle on why finished military apartments are unoccupied. Last week Novyy region told the story of how… more →
Russian Defense Policy
Resistance: The Military Option
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wrote 8 months ago: [Seeing the transformation of our country and the entire Western world, is a daunting realization; o … more →
ROTC returns to the Ivy League - a move that should be good for everyone
wrote 8 months ago: Read this: ROTC Returns to Harvard. It’s a great article. Highlights the tension that exists b … more →
How bad is our bloat of generals? How does it compare with other armies?
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wrote 8 months ago: Summary: As a followup to yesterday’s rant by Richard A Pawloski (Captain, USMC, retired) abo … more →
Leadership Ideas from A Movie: You’ll Never Guess Which One (Number 2)
wrote 10 months ago: When we wrote about “Master and Commander,” we were deluged with comments and many made recommendati … more →
Another Angle on Apartments
wrote 1 year ago: Apartment Owners Say No to Putin (Photo: Novyy region -- Yekaterinburg) Here’s a different ang … more →
Revenge of the Fallen
wrote 1 year ago: Ivan Safronov Well, more like Return of the Retired, or Dawn of the Dismissed, or whatever. Your at … more →
Why They're Empty
wrote 1 year ago: Well, mostly empty. To its credit, Defense Ministry daily Krasnaya zvezda has tackled the issue of … more →
Medvedev Visits GRU Headquarters
wrote 1 year ago: General-Major Sergun Welcomes Medvedev and Serdyukov President Dmitriy Medvedev, accompanied by Defe … more →
A Letter from General to his Officers
wrote 1 year ago: One of the most beautiful and rare letters on the cyberspace : Officer Like Qualities courtesy Vikra … more →
Year Two
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wrote 1 year ago: This blog completed its second year yesterday. There were 288 posts in year two (a few less than la … more →
More on the Unwanted Apartments
wrote 1 year ago: Microrayon for Ex-Servicemen (photo: Podolsk.ru) A Defense Ministry source tells Interfaks nearly 80 … more →
Makarov Reports to Public Chamber
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wrote 1 year ago: Makarov Briefs the Public Chamber According to Mil.ru, General Staff Chief, Army General Nikolay Mak … more →
33,000 Unfinished or Unwanted Military Apartments
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wrote 1 year ago: General-Major Chvarkov Candor is a quirky thing. It has a way of showing up in places you expect it … more →
Medvedev Signs Pay Law
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wrote 1 year ago: Medvedev's Meeting on Pay Law Monday President Medvedev met an unusual group — the Defens … more →
Not Proud
wrote 1 year ago: Another telling, albeit unscientific, Internet poll from Krasnaya zvezda . . . the Defense Ministry … more →
Army's Protest Mood (Follow Up)
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wrote 1 year ago: You may recall Prime Minister Putin’s February trip to Kaliningrad, where he heard complaints … more →
More Cadre Changes
wrote 1 year ago: President Medvedev’s decree on Armed Forces personnel from September 15. Now we know he won … more →
Military Prestige
wrote 1 year ago: Russia experienced a drastic decline in the prestige of military service in the 1990s. Generals, of … more →
Sunday on Pushkin Square
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wrote 1 year ago: Waiting to Occupy Finished Apartments in Kupavna (photo: Mikhail Pavlenko) Sunday’s “Army Against Se … more →
