Defense
Logistics Transformation: Next Steps to Agile Supply Chain Integration
Numerous studies have recommended that the Department of Defense apply best commercial practices to logistics operations as a long-term solution to its inventory management weaknesses. However, there . . .
Logistics Transformation: Next Steps to Interoperability and Alignment
Policy and vision documents declare interoperability to be the “foundation of effective joint, multinational and interagency operations.” Achieving that vision has been challenging and logistics leaders . . .
Non-Nuclear Missile Answers New Targeting Needs
Early in his tenure as defense secretary, Donald Rumsfeld embraced a handful of new weapon initiatives intended to fill gaps in near-term military capabilities. Possibly the smartest was conversion of four . . .
Military Logistics isn’t a Game of Texas Hold ‘Em
Approximately 60,000 players per day spend time at the most popular Internet poker casinos, while 50 to 60 million play live games at least once a month. ESPN's showing of the World Poker Championships . . .
Sometimes The BRAC Process Gets It Wrong
Over the past 12 years there have been five Base Closure and Realignment (BRAC) commissions leading to the elimination of some bases and other military facilities. The process for determining which facilities . . .
Is The Terrorist Threat Over-Rated?
There's a concept in psychoanalysis called "parataxic distortion" that describes how traumatic experiences can distort perceptions of subsequent events. The victim is so upset by the trauma that later . . .
Iraq: Stop The Bombers, Win The War
The Washington Post and ABC News released a survey this week revealing dramatic deterioration in public support for the administration's handling of the military campaign in Iraq. Three-quarters of the . . .
Air Guard Attacks BRAC Process with Dumb Bombs
If the U.S. Air Force and the Air National Guard were a married couple in some television sitcom, you'd have to marvel at how such mismatched people manage to stay together. Their love-hate relationship has . . .
High Tea On The Titanic
There is a program on public broadcasting called Antiques Roadshow that features professional appraisals of family heirlooms and flea-market treasures. Last week's program provided a metaphor that . . .
Curing Jitters
There's a saying among psychotherapists that when every other remedy fails, the mere passage of time can work wonders. Unfortunately, that wisdom doesn't apply to weapons programs, especially the . . .