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 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.

A look at blood chits, a little-known program designed to help service members lost or stranded in foreign territory find their way to safety.

A video record of a firefight between rebels and pro-Qaddafi forces in Misurata, Libya, shows the rebels’ courage — but also their inexperience. the events in and near this single alley showed the Libyan rebels in clear light. Humanizing and dehumanizing at once, the video also captures war strippe…

Just how many antiaircraft missiles did the Qaddafi government have before they were carted off by rebels and spread around the battlefield?

The capture of Qawalish has provided some insight into the leadership, logistics and battlefield conduct of some western rebels, and some of what has emerged is grim.

The capture of Qawalish has provided some insight into the leadership, logistics and battlefield conduct of some western rebels, and some of what has emerged is grim.

C.J. Chivers examines Internet claims on the use of cluster munitions in Libya.

C.J. Chivers examines Internet claims on the use of cluster munitions in Libya.

C.J. Chivers shares moments from a small service held in Benghazi, Libya, for the photographers Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros who were killed Wednesday.

Giles Duley, who lost three limbs in Afghanistan in February, has started to show positive signs in his recovery.

The case of an Army infantryman reminds of the unpredictable ways that weapons wound along with the varied ways that the wounded take stock of their fates and move forward with life.

C.J. Chivers offers a fresh look at some of the Taliban’s weapons as a means to understanding more fully how the Taliban fights.

Whatever position one takes in these perennial quarrels, this much would seem inarguable: The few ounces of protection from ballistic eye wear are a wise investment for soldiers.

An unearthed document provides a layered, bizarre, insight into Joseph Kony and his Lord’s Resistance Army, which to many people are known more by deeds than by close-up views.

Two soldiers from a medevac unit are awarded medals of valor for joining the fight and saving a comrade.

Without getting into an argument with the ghost of Rudyard Kipling, who was one of the early voices popularizing the wonders of Afghan riflery, an update is in order.