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Sean Naylor talked about his book, Relentless Strike: The Secret History of Joint Special Operations Command, in which he looks at the history of the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC).…

Panelists discuss the political and strategic implications of America’s reliance on special operations forces, and the prediction that it will increase in the coming decade. Participants exa…

Jon Krakauer talked about his book Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman (Doubleday (September 15, 2009). It is a biography of professional football player Pat Tillman who enlisted…

The panel talked about the role of journalism in world and military affairs. They talked about strategies to become more effective in the journalist occupation. Advice included fair question…

Lt. Colonel John Nagl talked about The U.S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual, originally released as a government document in December 2006 and now published by the Universit…

Steven Pressfield and Sean Naylor talked about the history of war in Afghanistan and the conflict there since the U.S. invasion in 2002. They responded to telephone calls and electronic mail…

Mr. Naylor talked about his book, Not a Good Day to Die: The Untold Story of Operation Anaconda, published by Berkley. Operation Anaconda took place March 2, 2002 in Afghanistan’s Shahikot m…

Journalists at War: The 2003 William E. Colby Military Writers Symposium on War Reporting. The panelists include Rick Atkinson, author of An Army at Dawn, Joseph Galloway, co-author of We We…

The panelists talked about lessons they had learned from covering past military conflicts, and how the experiences would affect their reporting in the event of another war with Iraq. They al…

Sean Naylor, a senior writer for the Army Times, talked about the capabilities of U.S. ground troops should they have been required to combat the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. He also respo…

Participants debated the pros and cons of a plan to transform several Army brigades into lighter and faster forces. Among the issues they addressed were costs, effectiveness and the impact o…

Mr. Naylor talked about U.S. military forces over seas. He responded to audience telephone calls, faxes and electronic mail.