{"id":5209,"date":"2012-01-23T03:26:36","date_gmt":"2012-01-23T03:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=5209"},"modified":"2012-01-23T03:26:36","modified_gmt":"2012-01-23T03:26:36","slug":"changing-of-the-guard-at-swj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=5209","title":{"rendered":"Changing of the Guard at SWJ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whodeyfans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Changing-of-the-Guard.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Occasional\u00a0<strong>ZP<\/strong> commenter and <strong>SWJ Editor<\/strong> and author <strong>Major Mike Few<\/strong>\u00a0passes the<a href=\"http:\/\/smallwarsjournal.com\/blog\/minor-tweaks-to-editorial-policy\" target=\"_blank\"> editorial torch <\/a>to <a href=\"http:\/\/peterjmunson.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Major<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/peterjmunson.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Peter J. Munson<\/a>, USMC <\/strong>author, blogger and occasional\u00a0<strong>ZP<\/strong> commenter:<\/p>\n<h3>Dave Dilegge &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/smallwarsjournal.com\/blog\/small-wars-journal-change-of-command\">Small Wars Journal Change of Command<\/a><\/h3>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Though a change, it is not one of command. Peter Munson has replaced Mike Few as our editor.\u00a0 Mike took SWJ to a new level we only hoped to attain and Peter&#8217;s vision will ensure we stay on that upward climb. Many thanks to both as we keep on, keepin&#8217; on.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Carl Prine<\/strong>&#8211;\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lineofdeparture.com\/2012\/01\/19\/small-wars-journal-change-of-command\/\" target=\"_blank\">Small Wars Journal Change of Command<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>I\u2019m not sure what this particular change of command entails \u2013 perhaps the ceremonial exchange of a mouse pad, followed by light refreshments and the appearance of some brown-nosing First Sergeant to congratulate both of them excessively, all done online of course \u2013 but I thought it would be nice to highlight some of the intellectual firepower they expended here as we wish them well.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We\u2019ll start with Few who spent his sentence at SWJ largely making it relevant again after it fell into a fat vat of who gives a **** following the so-called \u201cSurge\u201d in Iraq.\u00a0 Because Munson also suffers no fools, he\u2019ll take on SWJ\u2019s apparently unceasing flood of submissions with a well-sharpened pencil and a stubby eraser.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Best replacement possible.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Peter J. Munson &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/smallwarsjournal.com\/blog\/swj-editor\">SWJ Editor<\/a><\/h3>\n<blockquote><p><strong>In my first post here, I would like to thank Dave Dillege and Bill Nagle for taking me on as editor of the Journal and for helping to start getting me snapped in to my new duties. \u00a0In the next week, I will be working through the pending submissions and figuring out the website, so bear with me as I get up to speed. \u00a0I hope to carry on the great work that Mike Few did during his tenure as editor, getting relevant and timely content to you, the reader. \u00a0More to follow this week as I get to work.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><\/strong>Hearty congratulations to Peter and all of us here hope that we will continue to see Mike in a larger role of author at SWJ and elsewhere!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Occasional\u00a0ZP commenter and SWJ Editor and author Major Mike Few\u00a0passes the editorial torch to Major\u00a0Peter J. Munson, USMC author, blogger and occasional\u00a0ZP commenter: Dave Dilegge &#8211;\u00a0Small Wars Journal Change of Command Though a change, it is not one of command. Peter Munson has replaced Mike Few as our editor.\u00a0 Mike took SWJ to a new [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[161],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-swj-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5209"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5211,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5209\/revisions\/5211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}