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The Army has stepped up its training for tunnel warfare, a dangerous - and growing - form of combat

Caption: An Army Special Forces soldier stands near the entrance of Fort Liberty's subterranean training facility. The elaborate Hamas tunnels in Gaza have brought new attention to underground combat, but the U.S. military began increasing its focus on tunnel warf, Credit: Jay Price / American Homefront

Hamas' elaborate tunnels in Gaza have brought attention to underground warfare, but it's a tactic used by many other potential U.S. adversaries.

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Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for March 6, 2024

From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine

Caption: Timely, In Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991

This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Ongoing Gaza Catastrophe Rouses Michigan Primary Voters to Send Biden a C...

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David Petraeus and Andrew Roberts on Conflict, War, and Debate

From: Open to Debate

Debate is a form of conflict that is played out through civility, and the capability to exchange ideas with people we disagree with. But what leads...

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Nurturing Peace from the Ashes of Violence

From: Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our Future
Series: Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our Future

Seeing your family members tortured and murdered will have a major influence on your leadership mindset. But not necessarily in the ways that you t...

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Armed Drones & Banned Discussion Clubs - Canada Stands on Guard

From: David Kattenburg
Series: Green Planet Monitor Podcast

Another great package that will sink like a stone at PRX: The Canadian military shops for surveillance drones that can kill. The GPM speaks with ar...

Mayhem in Palestine/Gaza. An Interview With Michael Lynk

From: David Kattenburg

The GPM spoke with Michael Lynk about the unfolding situation in Gaza and Israel. Lynk is Associate Professor of law at Western University, in Lond...

Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for October 11, 2023

From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine

This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Hamas’ Brutal Attack on Israel Provokes New Cycle of Bloodshed and Vengean...

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A revived program allows green card holders to become citizens faster if they enlist in the military

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: Airman 1st Class Joshua Garamfel, originally from Micronesia, is awarded an Airman's coin at the end of Basic Military Training at Joint Base San Antonio - Lackland on July 12. Garamfel was one of 18 new citizen-graduates., Credit: Vanessa Adame / U.S. Air Force

The program allows recruits to naturalize at the end of basic training. Several military branches have revived it at a time when the military is ha...

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They helped American troops in Afghanistan. Now, they want to stay in the U.S.

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: Nangialy Nang spends time with his youngest daughter in their San Antonio apartment. Nang worked as an interpreter for U.S. forces starting in 2007. He was ultimately evacuated from the country in 2021 along with his family. He worries he could lose every, Credit: Carson Frame / American Homefront

A temporary program that allowed tens of thousands of Afghans to live in the U.S. is scheduled to expire this summer. The Biden Administration's pl...

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Flipping Extremists To Bolster Peace

From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes

A threat of both international and domestic terrorism has been a constant in our world for decades now. Radicalization of individuals to practice ...

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As its relationship with China worsens, the U.S. is making deals with smaller Pacific nations

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin visits the Philippine Department of National Defense in Manila, Feb. 2, 2023. Austin announced an agreement to expand American military presence in the Philippines, calling the deal "especially important as the Peopl, Credit: Chad J. McNeeley / U.S. Department of Defense

The agreements with smaller countries are designed to expand American influence in the region, solidify existing relationships, and give the U.S. m...

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Retired from the U.S. military, these bomb techs are helping dispose of mines in Ukraine

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: A sign indicates the presence of mines in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine in early December. , Credit: Cory Vaillancourt / American Homefront

The volunteers - some in their 70s - are helping educate Ukrainians about unexploded munitions and training Ukrainian forces to disarm them.

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What ISIS Can Teach Us About Drone Warfare in Ukraine

From: Mateo Schimpf

What does accountability look like in the age of remote warfare?

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For veterans trying to help their Afghan allies come to the U.S., it's a slow, frustrating process

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: Eric Terashima (right) stands with an interpreter, an Afghan Army Colonel, and some Afghan children in a 2010 photograph., Credit: Courtesy Eric Terashima

Since the U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan last year, many American veterans have tried to help Afghan allies escape the collapsing country. Though s...

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After a year in the U.S., Afghan refugees face day-to-day challenges and an uncertain future

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: Margaret Costantino, right, director of the Center for Refugee Services in San Antonio, organizes donations for Afghan refugees. She is assisted by Mohammad, an employee who himself is an Afghan refugee. He asked that his last name be withheld because he , Credit: Center for Refugee Services

The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan one year ago led tens of thousands of people to flee the country and come to America. But for some who are her...

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Winning War, Building Peace: Activists from Ukraine, Russia & The US Debate

From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends

The latest peace talks in the Russia-Ukraine war may lead to an eventual ceasefire but not before displacing millions and damaging the air, water a...

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National Guard troops are arresting migrants in Texas. Critics say they're not qualified to do it.

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: The governor of Texas is continuing to ramp up his controversial border security initiative. Texas National Guard troops have been deployed to Mexican border to help law enforcement agents arrest migrants who enter U.S. illegally. As Carson Frame report, Credit: Carson Frame / American Homefront

Texas Governor Greg Abbott continues to ramp up his controversial border security initiative. The state has sent troopers and National Guard member...

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Water Inequality, Radicalization, and War Letters

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose

Topic 1: Millions of Americans Lack Access to Clean Water and Indoor Plumbing. Topic 2: Combating Extremism: Use Peer Pressure, Not Logic or Fear. ...

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The Negotiator

From: Israel Story

Mishy Harman talks to Danny Tirza, a jovial retired IDF colonel who, back in 2002, was given an unusual – and logistically nearly impossible – miss...

In limbo for years: The U.S. military recruited non-citizens, but hasn't allowed them to serve

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: Seojun Lee stands outside an Army recruiting station near Phoenix. Lee signed up for the Army more than four years ago, but hasn't been allowed to serve., Credit: Josie Huang / American Homefront

The MAVNI program allowed non-U.S. citizens to enlist in the armed services if they had foreign language skills or other special expertise. But the...

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Civil War and Revolution in Lebanon - A Commander's Perspective

From: Suzi Montgomery

The reflective story of the October Revolution from a commander in the Druze militia during the 15 year civil war.

War, Sacrifice, and the Media

From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk

Does fighting a war require an enemy to demonize?

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Snap 929: Overrirde, 10/11/2018

From: Snap Judgment
Series: Snap Judgment Weekly

On the next all-NEW Snap..."Override." You think you have your plan all laid out, until someone or something comes along and messes everything up.

National Writers Series: Sebastian Junger and Philip Caputo

From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series

Retired U.S. diplomat Jack Segal talks with author and documentary filmmaker Sebastian Junger and journalist and novelist Philip Caputo.

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They were recruited into the military, but non-citizen troops now face an uncertain future

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: The first Navy sailors to participate in the MAVNI program take their oath of citizenship in this 2010 file photo. MAVNI has been controversial since it began in 2008., Credit: Scott Thornbloom / U.S. Navy

From 2009 to 2016, the Defense Department recruited more than 10,000 non-citizens into the armed forces. Now some say they're being discharged with...

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