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Jeff Bearor

Col. Jeff Bearor, (USMC, ret.) served more than 30 years on active duty with the U.S. Marine Corps before retiring in January 2006. As an infantry officer he commanded four rifle companies, an infantry battalion and the Recruit Training Regiment at Parris Island, SC. He also served as USMC exchange officer with the British Royal Marine Commandos in 45 Commando Group in Scotland and graduated from their famed Commando Course. He is a military parachutist and diver. He served as a military detailee in the CIA Counter-Terrorist Center, as the Fleet Marine Officer/Force Protection Officer for the U.S. FIFTH Fleet in Manama, Bahrain, and as the Chief of Current Operations, J3 at the U.S. Central Command. Jeff is currently a Research Fellow at the Center for Emerging Threats and Opportunities working on Marine Corps issues. The views expressed here are his own.

Articles:

• Afghanistan Redux
• Juggling Military Roles and Missions in 2008
• Beyond Iran’s ‘Go Fast’ Boats: Critical Military Challenges for the 21st Century
• 2008 – The Beginning of the End of Terror?
• As You Look Back, Don’t Forget to Look Forward
• Dear Congress: Get to Work!
• Good News in Iraq Equals Bad News in Washington
• Thank God for Rough Men (and a few Women!)
• Irregular War – Getting It Right
• Who Birthed Blackwater?
• New “Axis of Evil?”
• Sitting at the Table
• Vietnam Lesson Jeff Bearor
• Military Leadership – From Top to bottom Col. Jeff Bearor (USMC, ret.)
• Why ‘Surprising Gains’ in Iraq Mandate We Accomplish the Mission Jeff Bearor (USMC, ret.)
• A Matter of Will Col. Jeff Bearor, USMC (Ret.)
• Defeatist Arising? Col. Jeff Bearor (USMC ret.)
• Asymmetry in War
• American Goodness
• Imagining Victory
• The Guys in the Arena
• Training the Military for the “Long War”: Is It Possible?
• U.S. Continues Hunt for Solutions to “The Long War” and After
• Walter Reed Army Hospital: You Get What You Pay For
• Exclusive “What I Meant to Say…”
• “There is a Plan Sir, isn’t there?”
• Beginning of the End in Iraq?
• An Unhappy New Year
• Not Home for Christmas
• REALITY CHECK
• “Go Big,” “Go Long,” or “Go Home” – What’s Next in Iraq?
• The Corps’ 231st Birthday
• Kerry Said Exactly What He Thinks
• Iraq Is Not Lost
• Exlusive: The Meaning of Memorial Day
• Hyperventilation over Haditha
• The Dark Depths of Iraqi Terrorism
• Method or Madness in North Korea
• Hezbollah: Guided or Unguided Missile?
• Changing to Win the War on Terror
• Counting Coup In Lebanon
• What Next in Iraq?
• When is a War a War?

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