Author Archives: Merrick "Mac" Carey
China As Security Threat: Big Bad Wolf Or Wounded Bear?
Conventional analysis of the Chinese economy is it is an unstoppable juggernaut, and those following China through a security prism note the growing resources that nation has to spend on its military. But some analysts wonder if the Chinese economy [Read More...]
President Obama’s Job Approval Rating And Defense Spending
A continued steep fall in President Obama’s job approval rating could have a dramatic impact on current defense spending and warfighting plans. But a careful look at the president’s position in current polls brings back the old adage about Russia: [Read More...]
Has President Obama Targeted The Defense Sector?
A lot of workers and managers in the defense sector are reeling this summer from the fast, deep cuts the Obama administration has undertaken on a range of military platforms and programs. But they should not feel too lonely. In [Read More...]
Missile Defense: The Navy’s Role Is Growing
Issue Brief
The post-Bush missile defense debate is already underway inside the Beltway and the Pentagon. One of the primary focuses is what role the U.S. Navy will play in the wake of their highly successful Aegis shots.
The bulk [Read More...]
Army Fiscal Pressures Encourage Huge Depot To Innovate
Issue Brief
The recent surge of forces in Iraq has proven so successful that the Army may soon begin revisiting prewar plans for the rationalization of its domestic logistics network. Supply centers and repair depots are once again reflecting on [Read More...]
ARMY FISCAL PRESSURES ENCOURAGE HUGE DEPOT TO INNOVATE
Issue Brief
The recent surge of forces in Iraq has proven so successful that the Army may soon begin revisiting prewar plans for the rationalization of its domestic logistics network. Supply centers and repair depots are once again reflecting on [Read More...]
Public-Private Partnerships
Presentation to The Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University
It has been six years and three days since the Al Qaeda attack on the American homeland. I doubt anyone in this room woke up on September 12th, assuming [Read More...]
Defense Logistics: Global Reach, Global Power (1)
Issue Brief
With an award expected this summer for U.S. Transportation Command’s major new procurement, DTCI, it is a good time to look at the progress the American military has made outsourcing and privatizing key functions of government.
From Iraq [Read More...]
Naval Networking and E-2C
Issue Brief
The key to the operation of modern complex systems in the information age, whether in the military or the commercial sector, is networking. Networking allows individual elements of the system to share information and coordinate their activities thereby [Read More...]
Naval Forces Provide Leverage With Iran
Issue Brief
As Iran’s jihadist government presses its pursuit of nuclear technology, the U.S. defense establishment is developing plans for conflict with that Alaska-sized country.
The Army, Marine Corps and allied land forces are currently stretched thin with difficult missions [Read More...]