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We're elated to announce our presence at SOF Week 2026! ♠️ 📍 Stop by the Westin Tampa Waterside to connect with us, test your knowledge with some SOF & IW trivia, and learn more about how Arizona State University is Supporting the Special Operations and Irregular Warfare Community Through Research, Education, and Innovation. 🔗: defense.asu.edu/sof-week 🎥 Stay tuned for live updates and on-the-ground coverage from SOF Week 2026!ㅤ ㅤ #SOFWeek #SOFWeek2026 #SmallWarsJournal @USSOCOM @GlobalSOF @Future_of_War @asu @NATO_SOF
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Thank you 💯 "The use of violence, including terrorism, assassination, and organized gangs, to achieve political objectives is the mark of a coward. Only someone too weak to try to alter the status quo from within the system views the taking of innocent life as a necessity for change. More importantly, when people resort to terrorism or revolutionary warfare in the modern era, the status quo inevitably becomes far, far worse than it possibly could have been before crossing that line."
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OSS was established OTD 1942 by a military order signed by FDR. By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States and as Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, it is ordered as follows: 1. The office of Coordinator of Information established by Order of July 11, 1941, exclusive of the foreign information activities transferred to the Office of War Information by Executive Order of June 13, 1942, shall hereafter be known as the Office of Strategic Services, and is hereby transferred to the jurisdiction of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff. 2. The Office of Strategic Services shall perform the following duties: (a) Collect and analyze such strategic information as may be required by the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff. (b) Plan and operate such special services as may be directed by the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff. 3. At the head of the Office of Strategic Services shall be a Director of Strategic Services who shall be appointed by the President and who shall perform his duties under the direction and supervision of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff. 4. William J. Donovan is hereby appointed as Director of Strategic Services. 5. The Order of July 11, 1941, is hereby revoked.
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#SWJQuotesoftheDay 🧠💭 🧵6/9/26-6/12/26
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"War is far too serious a matter to entrust to military men." – Georges Clemenceau
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"The greatest danger that can befall us is that we shall allow ourselves to become like the forces we oppose." – George Kennan
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We have lots of cool free research at the C/O Futures @CO_Futures_LLC website: Robert J. Bunker and John P. Sullivan, "CJNG Improvised Armored Fighting Vehicles (IAFVs) with M134 Minigun Main Armament". C/O Futures Cartel Research Note Series. 15 Oct 2023, cofutures.net/post/cjng-impr…
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"This pattern of righteous revolution was abruptly halted with the American Civil War in 1861." Then what follows? Franz Ferdinand, the Black Shirts, fascistic revolutions.
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"It is important that such protests remain peaceful and lawful," Christine writes. "The use of violence, including terrorism, assassination, and organized gangs, to achieve political objectives is the mark of a coward."
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"Throughout history, when ordinary people resort to beating, maiming, bombing, and murdering their fellow countrymen over political issues, it always, always leads to more heartbreak and suffering than the political issues themselves could have achieved. The same is true today." smallwarsjournal.com/2026/06…
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