Author: Charles Faint

Podcast: The Spear – Military Cross in Afghanistan

Charles Faint | 10.25.24 | The Spear

For his service with the Household Cavalry during a deployment to Afghanistan in 2013, Major Al...

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Podcast: The Spear – Emergency Deployment with the Ranger Regiment

Charles Faint | 10.11.24 | The Spear

While serving as a company XO with the 1st Battalion of the 75th Ranger Regiment in 2016, Ryan...

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A Message to Cadets: Be the Best “That” That You Can Be, On Branch Night and Every Night

Charles Faint | 12.01.22 | Commentary & Analysis

Editor’s note: This article was originally published ahead of Branch Night at the United...

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That’s Logistics: The Autonomous Future of the Army’s Battlefield Supply Chain

Uriel Epshtein and Charles Faint | 01.15.19 | Commentary & Analysis

“Amateurs talk tactics, but professionals talk logistics.” It’s a time-honored apocryphal quote,...

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Civilization of Soldiers: Was the Western World Forged by the Fire of War?

Charles Faint | 09.27.17 | Book Reviews

Reed Robert Bonadonna, Soldiers and Civilization: How the Profession of Arms Thought and Fought...

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