CAMP RAPID, S.D. – Hidden within a gully, the platoon fastened their packs and tightened their helmet straps, preparing to move. Above them, two Green Berets carefully watched from the cliff's edge.

Many of the tactics used by modern militaries were forged long before today’s conflicts ever began. During the Cold War, ...

Strategy is the focus of most of the modern military historians. Their driving assumption is that strategy is the ‘dog’ and tactics is the ‘tail.’ In other words, strategy shapes the course and ...