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W. Thomas Smith, Jr.
Contributing Editor
W. Thomas Smith Jr. is director of the Counterterrorism Research Center of the Family Security Foundation. He is is an author, New York Times bestselling editor, columnist, war correspondent, military analyst, field-grade officer in the S.C. Military Dept., former SWAT team officer in the nuclear industry, and former U.S. Marine rifle-squad leader and shipboard counterterrorism instructor, Smith writes about military/defense issues and has covered conflict in the Balkans, on the West Bank, in Iraq and Lebanon. He is the author of six books, and his articles have appeared in USA Today, George, U.S. News & World Report, BusinessWeek, National Review Online, CBS News, Townhall.com, The Washington Times, and others.
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Leadership 101: Intuition and Service
Leadership 101: Emotion and the Three M's
Leadership 101: Body, Mind, and Soul Required
Washington's Raid to Howard's Heroics
The U.S. Counterterrorism Advisory Team Celebrates Second Birthday
Publisher of FSM Receives Special Awards
From Fredericksburg to Bastogne
From Washington's Farewell to Puller at Koto-ri
From the Grand Union Flag to the Battle of Franklin
Intelligence Experts: Terror Group's Penetration of CIA is "Catastrophic"
From Bloody Betio to Chattanooga
From Guadalcanal to Second Fallujah
From a Corps of Marines to the Corps of Discovery
From Tippecanoe to Roosevelt's Patrol
From Decatur's Victory to Humphrey's Solo
From Greene's Tigers to MacArthur's Promise
October Marks a Huge Anniversary in the Ongoing War on Terror
Quds Force in Our Own Backyard
From the Navy's Birthday to Black Thursday
From Second Saratoga to Striking the Taliban
From the Meuse-Argonne to Little Rock
Counterterrorism Advisory Team Presents Awards
From a Naval Aviation First to the Air Force Birthday
From Blood Stripes to Bloody Ridge
Iranian News Agency Publishes List of U.S. Citizens and Lawmakers
From the Flag's First Action to the Japanese Surrender
From Bleeding Kansas to the Tenaru River
America Loses a Giant, South Carolina Loses a Friend
From the Marquis to the Nautilus
God's Will in a Military Maxim
From the Petersburg Mine to the Wright Flyer
From Farragut's Raiders to the First Man on the Moon
From Farragut's First to a Marine at the Helm
From Melted Majesty to the First Military Aviators
From Sullivan's Island to San Juan Hill
From Crazy Horse to the G.I. Bill
From Bunker Hill to the Marianas Turkey Shoot
Phares: Lebanon's New Cabinet Was Decided by Iran and Syria
Polish Government: Bestselling Book Marks "Historic Moment"
International NGO Demands Syria Cease Firing into Lebanese Territory
Ghastly Atrocities Being Committed by The Syrian Regime: Part Two
Leading Kuwaiti Newspaper Reporting Ghastly Atrocities by the Syrian Regime
From Jackson at Pensacola to the Lions of Cantigny
First Enterprise to Gordo's Big Day
From Green Mountain Boys to Hamburger Hill
From Chancellorsville to Alcatraz
Bin Laden Killed by Special Operators - That's Where Credit is Due
From the Irish Coast to "Desert One"
From the Battle of San Jacinto to the Bay of Pigs
“Disperse ye rebels, ye villains, disperse!”
From a Midnight Ride to Bataan
From a "Murderous Fistfight" to the "Ribbon Creek Massacre"
From the Wizard of the Saddle to Task Force Tarawa
From the Birth of West Point to "a Bulldog of a Fighter"
From Dueling Ironclads to Flying Tigers
From the Boston Massacre to a Green Beret Ballad
From the Alamo to Mount Suribachi
From America's Lord Nelson to the Battle of Hue
From Patch's Dispatch to a Cold War Swap
From Bonhomme Richard to the Space Shuttle Columbia
Terrorist Group Strengthened By Lebanon's New Prime Minister
From Indian-Fighting Marines to "the Mighty Eighth"
From Sons of Liberty to Devils in Baggy Pants
From Big Red to Halsey's Right Arm
Military Leadership - "The Mission, The Men, And Me"
From Washington's Brave Fellows to Phantom MiG Killers
From Patton's Breakthrough to Howard's Heroics
From Washington's Crossing to Lincoln's Gift
Decorated Soldier Receives Second Star and New Command in S.C.
From Fredericksburg to Bastogne
The Unsettling Failure of Airport Security Worldwide
From Wake's Defenders to Chesty at Chosin
From Rogers' Rangers to Richard Byrd
From Bloody Betio to Mao's Death Warrant
The Big 10 - America's Greatest Generals
From the King of Battle to Second Fallujah
From the Birth of the Marines to the First Jet Fight
From Washington's Farewell Address to the Army to Roosevelt's Patrol
Counterterrorism Team Tests "The Red Cell"
From Humphrey’s Solo to Thornton’s Swim
From Burgoyne's Surrender to the First Carrier Takeoff
From the Navy's Birthday to Black Thursday
Peggy Noonan on Receiving Journalism Award from Medal of Honor Society
This Week in American Military History: From the Navy's First Ace to a "Barren Victory"
From Blood Stripes to Bloody Ridge
Counterterrorism Team Tests “The Sharkman” Combat Knife
Counterterrorism Team Tests High-speed Flashlight
From the King’s Proclamation to Richie’s MiG
From Galloping Gates to the Gulf of Sidra
Alvin York’s Action to a Pillar of Purple Fire
Boykin: Islam's Primary Objective is Conquest
From the Coast Guard’s Birthday to a U-2 First
Exclusive: France and Al Qaeda’s War of Words
From the Marquis’ Commission to an F-86 Kill
From Farragut’s Raiders to the First Man on the Moon
Exclusive: Why Was This National Story Missed?
From Gamble’s Command to the Fall of Cuba
From Independence Day to Scott at Chippewa
From Pickett’s Charge to Roosevelt’s Rough Riders
Exclusive: Royal Laotian parachutists over S.C.
From the Little Big Horn to the ’03 Springfield
From the Birth of the Army to Marines at Saipan
BLACK HAWK DOWN Commander On Winning the War on Terror
Exclusive: A Celebration and a Loss
Interview: Rita Cosby on Her War-Hero Father
From Pensacola to Shuri Castle
White House Official Wants to Court Members of World’s Most Infamous Terrorist Group
From Arnold’s Prize to Cunningham’s Diary
From Chancellorsville to Coral Sea
From the Flag at Derna to Dewey at Manila Bay
From a Midnight Ride to Doolittle’s Raid
Four Questions for Dr. Walid Phares on the Iranian Threat Report
From Andrews’ Raiders to the Escadrille Americaine
Five Questions for Dr. Walid Phares on the Nuclear Security Summit
Poland will Survive This Latest Tragedy
Exclusive: A Movie, a Picture, and a Gift
From Patrick Henry's Speech to the First Medals of Honor
From Guilford Courthouse to Iraq
From Dueling Ironclads to Flying Tigers
From the First Marine Landing to a Billboard Hit Song
Exclusive: BREAKING NEWS: Army Discharges Four of the Fort Jackson Five
Exclusive: Military Writing Too Often Wrong
From Old Ironsides to Fortress Corregidor
From Apache Pass to Patch’s Dispatch
From Shay's Rebellion to Looking Glass
From Archie Henderson to Audie Murphy
Rita Cosby Tells Story of her Father’s Wartime Service as a Polish Resistance Fighter
From Golden Hill to Desert Storm
Howard’s Heroics to Washington’s ‘Brave Fellows’
From Fredericksburg to Bastogne
From Wake’s Defenders to Chesty at Chosin
From Rogers’ Rangers to Richard Byrd
From Bloody Betio to Mao’s Death Warrant
From the King of Battle to Second Fallujah
From the Birth of the Marines to the First Jet Fight
America’s Defense Rests in her Legacy
The Jihadist who Infiltrated the U.S. Army’s Officer Corps
From Tippecanoe to Roosevelt’s Patrol
From Greene’s Tigers to MacArthur’s Promise
Exclusive: Jihadist War May be Ramping-Up Against America’s Homeland
From the Navy’s First Ace to a ‘Barren Victory’
Iranian Generals Issue Death Warrant According to Letter
Exclusive: Hizballah – ‘The Most Capable and Disciplined Terrorist Organization in the World’
Iranians Target International Journalist According to Letter
Hizballah’s Possible Back Door into the UN
Lebanese Soldiers Reportedly Receive Hizballah Missile Training
Revering the Regiment – A Tribute to S.C.’s State Defense Forces
Hizballah’s Phoneprints All Over Hariri Assassination?
The World in Denial about Hizballah
Exclusive: From Obama to Russia with Love
From the Alamo to Mount Suribachi
Hizballah Gets Away with Murder, Again
Phares: Analysis of the Munich debate on Russia, Iran and Afghanistan
Phares: Iran’s Fear of a Velvet Revolution
Exclusive: Phares Plan Calls for Gaza Demilitarization
Halsey’s ‘Right Arm’ and ‘The Mother of All Battles’
Exclusive: A WMD Attack Within Five Years?
Exclusive: Goliath-fighting Davids
Exclusive: An Open Letter to the Beneficiaries of America's Military Prowess
Former CIA Ops Officer on Hizballah
The Middle-East American Vote – Who is for Whom?
Phares: Military Aid to Lebanese Army Means Guns and Ammo for Hezbollah
Exclusive: Sarah Palin or Theodora Roosevelt
Joe Biden, Friend of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Exclusive: Hezbollah and Salafists Sign Agreement
Hezbollah ‘Five-Times’ Stronger Than It Was During Israeli War
Exclusive: Obama Unfit to Command Armed Forces
Exclusive: Obama Unfit to Hold Supreme Command of the American Military
Hezbollah Solidifying Its Already-Strong Position in Lebanon
Exclusive: Baby-Killer Receives ‘Hero’s Welcome’ by Hezbollah
Exclusive: WCCR Suspects “Sinister Activities” May Be Behind Recent Earthquakes in Lebanon
Exclusive: CRC OPEN SOURCES: Doing Business with Terror Inc.
Exclusive: U.S. Marines and Truth
