Collin Hunt analyzes the results of NATO's military intervention in Libya which toppled Muammar Qaddafi and finds it has very little to point to in the way of successes four years on.

Jim Purvis, professor and combat veteran, discusses the difference between "can" versus "should" when it comes to the question of women serving in combat.

Diane Maye on the debate as to whether the successful strategist should include fiction alongside non-fiction on their bookshelf.

What do American service members look like today, and do they resemble those that served in other wars? Retired U.S. Navy officer David Mattingly reviews the new book by John McCain and Mark Salter, Thirteen Soldiers: A Personal History of Americans at War.

Peter Storey on the spread of a ridiculous conspiracy theory and the truth that Jade Helm 15 is a vital exercise in urban warfare.

Arnold Isaacs reviews The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen and Michael Putzel's The Price They Paid, two stories of the Vietnam War from two different sides, both retelling the personal costs each had to pay.

Iraq War veteran Carolyn Schapper on the fight to control the Bayji oilfields and what it means for the war against ISIS, for Iraq, and the people of Bayji.

Peter Storey on the latest battle for Tikrit between ISIS and Iraqi government forces and the changing nature of modern urban warfare.