C.J. Chivers

The new guidelines for counter-insurgency warfare have been released. The war will be won not by destroying the enemy, the guidelines say, but by persuading the people.

A fresh round of complaints about weapon malfunctions in Afghanistan has rekindled debate over the reliability of the American M-16 assault rifle.

Combat Outpost Sullivan, the home in Helmand Province for much of Weapons Company, First Battalion, Third Marines has the unusual distinction of having been the intended home of a former drug lord.

The discovery of a poster of Saddam Hussein and documents bearing the mark of Hezb-e-Islami have Marines asking, just who are these fighters they’re facing in Marja.

A quick inventory of the ammunition showed markings identical to ammunition purchased by the Pentagon and provided to Afghan security forces.

In the third in a series of posts on Afghan marksmanship, C.J. Chivers looks at some of the reasons behind the poor riflery skills of Afghan government troops.

C.J. Chivers has returned to southern Afghanistan and reports on the changes at Combat Outpost Reilly since visit there earlier this year.

Marines have many rituals to remember the fallen, but sometimes observances in the field aren’t enough.

A potential menace to military and civilian aircraft alike, heat-seeking, shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles are a modern version of the proverbial sword that cuts two ways.