Defense
Lessons Learned
Last summer, the U.S. Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) prepared a quick look at the military lessons to be learned from Operation Iraqi Freedom. It stressed the battlefield synergies made possible by greater . . .
Tankers: “McCain Mutiny” Looks Misguided
Ever since Senator John McCain was wrongly accused of aiding a corrupt savings and loan official in the 1980s, he has been on a crusade to improve ethical standards in the federal government. Much of what . . .
America’s Best Allies In The Arabian Gulf
America's victory over Iraq did much more than reconfirm its global military supremacy. That victory has decisively transformed the Persian Gulf's security dynamics and Washington's relationship with its allies . . .
Citizen-Soldiers and Homeland Security: A Strategic Assessment
The Department of Defense expects that the National Guard will provide the preponderance of its support to homeland security. Lessons learned from the opening phase of the war on global terrorism . . .
Space-Based Reconnaissance: Great Leaps On The Ground
In the age of network-centric warfare, almost no one fully understands new military technologies. "Network-centric" is the term academics use to describe the integration of diverse military forces in a . . .
Weapons: Bush Budget Contradictions Begin To Bite
Pentagon executives told Congress last week that they can't put a pricetag on their supplemental spending request for Iraq until later in the year, when costs are better understood. Actually, that's only . . .
Transformation Cult Targets Texas and Georgia
Thousands of aerospace workers in Texas and Georgia who thought that six positive reviews of the Air Force's next-generation Raptor fighter would be sufficient to secure their future employment are in for a . . .
Military Transformation: Who’s Up? Who’s Down?
Shortly after Donald Rumsfeld arrived at the Pentagon in 2001 with a mandate to remake the military, the Army and Navy began to sense they had a problem. A "strategic review" conducted by Rumsfeld's . . .
The Achilles Heel Of Military
In Greek mythology, Achilles was the bravest and handsomest soldier of the Trojan War, a warrior rendered nearly invincible because his mother Thetis dipped him in the River Styx during . . .
Get Moving On Broad Area Maritime Surveillance
Ever since Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld came back to Washington, the talk at the Pentagon has been about almost nothing but transformation. Yet, for all the talk and all the money expended, real progress . . .