Thomas E. Ricks

Thomas E. Ricks covered the U.S. military from 1991 to 2008 for the Wall Street Journal and then the Washington Post. He can be reached at [email protected].
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Military acronym watch: ‘JJDIDTIEBUCKLE’

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BEIJING, CHINA - NOVEMBER 12: Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) accompanies U.S. President Barack Obama (R) to view an honour guard during a welcoming ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People on November 12, 2014 in Beijing, China. U.S. President Barack Obama pays a state visit to China after attending the 22nd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images)
BEIJING, CHINA - NOVEMBER 12: Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) accompanies U.S. President Barack Obama (R) to view an honour guard during a welcoming ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People on November 12, 2014 in Beijing, China. U.S. President Barack Obama pays a state visit to China after attending the 22nd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images)

Worth reading: U.S. military needs to do less than you all think to respond to China

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Is this Army LTC cheeky or creative? Can adultery be a matter of religious freedom? Did he offer a surface warfare pin for sex?

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Question of the day: I enlisted in the Army. Any advice about what to do now?

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What Patton’s poems tell us about today

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A generous Army program for alcoholics

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To destroy ISIS in Iraq, start with the desired end state and work backwards

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Rules of innovation (10): Don’t build your doctrine on incorrect lessons drawn from poorly researched and designed exercises

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Things I didn’t know: Civil War edition

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Were the Comanches stronger than the U.S. military in the early 19th century?

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Ford’s ‘Rise of the Robots’ is not about the military, but it may well be the most important military book in many years

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A fine book on Crook, perhaps the most un-generalish of great American generals

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Enlisted justice: You know, no one talks about it, but this is the real military. And the important thing is, it always will be.

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Fun & games at NDU: Bad hiring practices led to reassignments & more

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Night Airborne Operation, Dec. 1, 2015
Night Airborne Operation, Dec. 1, 2015

Good advice for the Army on how to manage officers more productively

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