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Secrets of the Quadrennial Review – Revealed! The cat, as they say, is out of the bag. In a front-page story today, Defense News reveals virtually every interesting fact about the Quadrennial Defense Review report headed for Capitol Hill in February that . . .
Is The Army’s Future Force A Mirage? The U.S. Army is currently engaged in the herculean task of sustaining a military force at war on multiple fronts while simultaneously transforming that force into a more agile and networked organization. . .
Iraq: The Army’s Weapons are Wearing Out Fast Anyone who follows coverage of U.S. military operations in Iraq can see that the Army's personnel system is experiencing considerable stress. Less apparent to many observers is what the war is doing to the . . .
2007 Defense Budget: Changes in Aircraft Programs The fiscal 2007 budget request that defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld carries to Congress next month will contain a series of changes to military aircraft programs. Here are the most important. . .
Weather Satellite Faces Clouded Forecast The United States has just endured one of the worst hurricane seasons on record. Whether you believe it was God's Will or global warming that wrecked New Orleans, it seems clear that weather patterns are . . .
Rumsfeld’s Legacy: WIN-T Winning the Race to Netcentricity If you listen closely to the whispers of political intrigue in Washington, you can sense the end of Donald Rumsfeld's tenure as defense secretary approaching. Past rumors of Rumsfeld's demise have been, as . . .
QDR Climax: Friendly Fire Hits Joint Strike Fighter Next Monday, the senior management of the nation's military establishment will gather to decide what it has learned from the Quadrennial Defense Review. That congressionally-mandated assessment of . . .
Ten Ways Iraq Is Like Vietnam (And One Way It Isn’t) Critics of the U.S. counter-insurgency campaign in Iraq complain that the military relies too much on metrics like enemy body counts to measure success. But national media maintain their own body count . . .
Finding The Enemy: The Pentagon’s Biggest Problem Hurricane Katrina seems to have turned all the dire predictions of a fiscal "perfect storm" into literal truth. The added spending required for Gulf Coast cleanup has led some cynics to conclude that the . . .
Future Challenges Facing U.S. Air Power My mission today is to describe the challenges facing American air power in the years ahead. I plan to do that by briefly assessing the major threats to global stability and then focusing on a range of . . .
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