Proceedings – December 2008

Write-with Your Eyes Wide Open
By Captain William J. Toti, U.S. Navy (Retired)
A long-time Proceedings author urges Sea Service professionals to write for publication but warns of the risks involved.

Get On Board with Alternative Fuels (Members Only)
By Kevin Billings, Rear Admiral David R. Oliver Jr., U.S. Navy (Retired),and George Alan Hutchinson
The Navy needs to work with the Air Force in weighing other options to temper the two services reliance on expensive jet fuel.

What Makes Piracy Work?
By Virginia Lunsford
A piracy expert surveys the history of the phenomenon and highlights the five factors that are still keeping piracy alive.

The Overstated Threat
By Commander John Patch, U.S. Navy (Retired)
According to a U.S. Army War College professor, piracy is being over-hyped and confused with terrorism. Theyre not the same.

Feral Cities-Pirate Havens (Members Only)
By Lieutenant Commander Matthew M. Frick, U.S. Navy
Throughout its history, piracy could not have survived and cannot survive today without firmly emplaced lifelines on land.

The Unwanted Challenge (Members Only)
By Martin N. Murphy
An authority on maritime irregular warfare says random terrorism at sea is less of a threat than maritime insurgency.

Piracy, Policy, and Law
By Commander James Kraska, JAGC, U.S. Navy, and Captain Brian Wilson, JAGC, U.S. Navy
Two military lawyers identify the major problems in enforcing international piracy laws and prosecuting pirates.

Drawing Lines in the Sea (Members Only)
By Lieutenant Timothy A. Martin, Royal Australian Navy Reserve
An Australian maritime legal scholar points out the difficulties in interpreting the murky laws that govern the worlds oceans.

'Go in and Get a Hit' (Members Only)
By Robert J. Mrazek
The new book, A Dawn Like Thunder, follows the ill-fated Torpedo Squadron Eight in the 1942 Battle of Midway.

Military Review – November-December 2008

Enable from Overwatch: MNF-Iraq
General Raymond T. Odierno U.S. Army

The Strategy of Protracted People’s War: Uganda
Yoweri Kaguta Museveni President of the Republic of Uganda

Rethinking IO: Complex Operations in the Information Age
Brigadier General Huba Wass de Czege U.S. Army Retired

**IO Contest 2008, 1st Place** Irregular Warfare Information Operations: Understanding the Role of People, Capabilities, and Effects
Lieutenant Colonel Norman E. Emery U.S. Army

Georgia: The War Russia Lost
Stephen J. Blank Ph.D.

China’s Electronic Long-Range Reconnaissance
Lieutenant Colonel Timothy L. Thomas U.S. Army Retired

On Metaphors We are Led By
Colonel Christopher R. Paparone Ph.D. U.S. Army Retired

Sociocultural Expertise and the Military: Beyond the Controversy
Pauline Kusiak Ph.D.

Revisiting Modern Warfare: Counterinsurgency in the Mada’in Qada
Lieutenant Colonel David G. Fivecoat U.S. Army
Captain Aaron T. Schwengler U.S. Army

How Jesse James, the Telegraph, and the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 Can Help the Army Win the War on Terrorism
Peter E. Kunkel Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller)

Planning Full Spectrum Operations: Implications of FM 3-0 on Planning Doctrine
Major Glenn A. Henke U.S. Army

**MacArthur Contest 2008, 1st Place** Relooking Unit Cohesion: A Sensemaking Approach
Major Geoff van Epps U.S. Army

Reconstruction: A Damaging Fantasy?
Amitai Etzioni

Joint Force Quarterly – 1st Q 2009

JFQ Dialogue
The National Defense Strategy: Striking the Right Balance
by Robert M. Gates
From the Chairman
by Michael G. Mullen
Letter to the Editor
by Stephen D. Chiabotti
Joint Doctrine Update
By Joint Staff J7
Gaming the 21st Century
By Margaret McCown

Forum
Executive Summary
By David H. Gurney
An Interview with General George W. Casey
By David H. Gurney
Let’s Win the Wars We’re In
By John A. Nagl
Let’s Build an Army to Win All Wars
By Gian P. Gentile
Hybrid Warfare and Challenges
By Frank G. Hoffman
Systems versus Classical Approach to Warfare
By Milan N. Vego
Mobile Nuclear Power for Future Land Combat
By Marvin Baker Schaffer and Ike Chang

Special Feature
Teaching Strategy in the 21st Century
By Gabriel Marcella and Stephen O. Fought
“Military-Political” Relations: The Need for Officer Education
By Derek S. Reveron and Kathleen A. Mahoney-Norris
A Strategic Asset for Engagement: Enhancing the Role of National Defense University
By Keith D. Dickson

Commentary
Irregular Warfare Lessons Learned: Reforming the Afghan National Police
By Lewis G. Irwin
Effects-based Operations: Combat Proven
By Paul M. Carpenter and William F. Andrews
EBO: There Was No Baby in the Bathwater
By Paul K. Van Riper
Victory—From the Prism of Jihadi Culture
By Jeffrey B. Cozzens

Features
Death of the Combatant Command? Toward a Joint Interagency Approach
By Jeffrey Buchanan, Maxie Y. Davis, and Lee T. Wight
Irregular Warfare Is Warfare
By Kenneth C. Coons, Jr., and Glenn M. Harned
Wired for War? Robots and Military Doctrine
By P.W. Singer
Chinese Disaster Relief Operations: Identifying Critical Capability Gaps
By Nirav Patel
China-Africa Relations in the 21st Century
By Jennifer L. Parenti
Shoulder to Shoulder: The Marine Corps and Air Force in Combat
By Daniel J. Darnell and George J. Trautman III

Force of Law
Inside the Detention Camps: A New Campaign in Iraq
By Mason Brooks and Drew Miller
“Operationalizing” Legal Requirements for Unconventional Warfare
By James P. Terry

Interagency Dialogue
Reconstructing Iraq’s Provinces, One by One
By Henry L. Clarke
Why USAFRICOM?
By Edward Marks
U.S. Africa Command: Value Added
By Mary C. Yates

Recall
A General Airman: Millard Harmon and the South Pacific in World War II
By Thomas Alexander Hughes

Armed Forces Journal – December 2008

Terror at the border
With American attention diverted to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the economic crisis and a hard-fought national election, national security experts have largely overlooked the bitter...
BY COL. ROBERT KILLEBREW (RET.)

Muzzling the military
To the Pentagon for its heavy-handed attitude toward media seeking the personal opinions of service members in the run-up to the election. The Defense Department issued a blanket...

Smart money
To Pentagon acquisition chief John Young for being fiscally responsible toward how much money is spent on new F-22 production work. In September, Congress budgeted $523 million for parts...

Unjust loophole
To the Bush administration for being unable to secure total immunity for U.S. troops in Iraq while drafting a new Status of Forces Agreement with Baghdad. There’s no doubt that the...

From our online discussion boards
This is absolutely necessary for the military to get a handle on this. As a Reservist who has gone through this continuum, and having many friends and colleagues who have done the same, I...

Industry pulse: Giving away the store
Commercial aviation industry outsourcing threatens the viability of America’s aerospace industry and our national security interests. This is a bold statement. It’s also...
By Scott Hamilton

Transition strategy: If Iran goes nuclear
Iran and its nuclear program will be a top issue for the Obama administration. Both U.S. political parties have declared an Iranian nuclear weapons capability to be...
By Joseph J. Collins

Working together
Government bureaucracies are not typically as hospitable to change as private industry, nor are they generally comfortable with adopting corporate practices. Understandably, the idea of...
BY SHARON A. HOUY

A major problem
Majors — the Army’s future senior leaders — are exiting the service at increasing rates during a period of military growth. A recent article in The Washington Post...
By Maj. Myles B. Caggins

Learning from Lawrence: Lawrence the insurgent “Do not try to do too much with your own hands. Better the Arabs do it tolerably than that you do it perfectly. It is their war, and you are to help them, not to win it for...
By Lt. Col. Robert L. Bateman

Learning from Lawrence
I loved you, so I drew these tides of men into my hands and wrote my will across the sky in stars / To gain you Freedom, the seven-pillared worthy house, that your eyes might be shining for...
The transition of the Navy force structure from one focused on a set of counter-Soviet missions centered on blue-water operations and self-sustaining battle forces to blue-water transit...
By William Startin

Flashpoint: Buccaneers are back
The thought of pirates usually evokes Hollywood blockbusters involving swashbuckling buccaneers, tropical isles and buried treasure marked on a tattered map with an “X.”
BY PETER BROOKES

Talk, without preconception
The U.S. stands as an uncontested superpower, albeit serendipitously with the demise of the USSR and despite being incessantly denounced and challenged by rogue states and insurgency...
By Thomas S. Momiyama

Air and Space Power Journal - Winter 2008

Senior Leader Perspective
Lichte on Leadership: A Yankees Fan’s Perspective
Gen Arthur J. Lichte, USAF

Focus Area
Global Vigilance, Reach, and Power
Lt Col Paul D. Berg, USAF, Chief, Professional Journals

Features
Defense of US Space Assets: A Legal Perspective
Capt Adam E. Frey, USAF

Shifting the Air Force’s Support Ideology to
Exploit Combined Arms in the Close Fight
Lt Col Collin T. Ireton, USAF

Why We Should End the Aviator Continuation Pay Bonus Program
Maj Brian E. A. Maue, USAF

PARAMETERS - Autumn 2008

“Tying US Defense Spending to GDP: Bad Logic, Bad Policy” by Travis Sharp (.htm format) (.pdf format)

The Future of Effects-based Operations
“USJFCOM Commander’s Guidance for Effects-based Operations” by James N. Mattis (.htm format) (.pdf format)

“Effects-based Operations: More Important Than Ever” by Tomislav Z. Ruby (.htm format) (.pdf format)

“The Next Wave of Nuclear Proliferation” by Nader Elhefnawy (.htm format) (.pdf format)

“A Concert-Balance Strategy for a Multipolar World” by Michael Lind (.htm format) (.pdf format)

Contractors on the Battlefield
“Contractors: The New Element of Military Force Structure” by Mark Cancian (.htm format) (.pdf format)

“Why Contractor Fatalities Matter” by Steven L. Schooner (.htm format) (.pdf format)

“Global Counterinsurgency: Strategic Clarity for the Long War” by Daniel S. Roper (.htm format) (.pdf format)

“Time for a New Strategy” by William McDonough (.htm format) (.pdf format)

Proceedings – September 2008

Another View
Eric Smith

Now Hear This (Members Only)
By Lieutenant Colonel Jay A. Stout, U.S. Marine Corps (Retired)

Nobody Asked Me, But . . . (Members Only)
By Lieutenant Casey Bates, U.S. Navy

Answering the Call
By Frederick W. Smith

An Affordable Global Presence
By The Honorable Donald C. Winter
The Secretary of the Navy looks at shipbuilding challenges in an era of tight budgets.

Al Qaeda's Demise? Or Evolution? (Members Only)
By Lieutenant Colonel F. G. Hoffman, U.S. Marine Corps (Retired)
Lets not be too quick to pat ourselves on the back over al Qaedas strategic defeat. We still have a long way to go.

Afghanistan - The War Escalates
By Andrew Lubin
A Proceedings journalist in Afghanistan illuminates the 21st-century meaning of the Marines have landed.

Brother Death (Members Only)
By Robert Earl
In an excerpt from his new book, the former senior adviser to the first U.S. ambassador to Iraq, John Negroponte, offers an inside look at the early attempts to develop a counterinsurgency strategy.

Taking Out Saddam's Floating Pleasure Palace
By Commander John Patch, U.S. Navy (Retired)
Was Saddam Husseins palatial yacht a target of opportunity or was the Navy trying to send a message? Or what?

Fish or Cut Bait (Members Only)
By Ensign Jaden J. Risner, U.S. Navy
The Navy needs a dedicated special operations helicopter unit to stay in the unconventional warfare fight.

Pulling Gs: The Pilot's Body Sets the Limit (Members Only)
By Ensign Eric Page, U.S. Navy
Believe it or not, the greatest limiting factor in military combat aircraft is human physiology.

An Unlikely Naval Aviation Pioneer
By Rear Admiral Ernest E. Christensen Jr., U.S. Navy (Retired)
A young Danish immigrant found himself making the first transatlantic flight.

A Grizzly from the Coral Sea (Members Only)
By Tom Lea
The famed combat artist recounts his time on board the USS Hornet (CV-8) during the tense days of fall 1942.

New Flagships of the Fleet? (Members Only)
By Ensign Jeff Vandenengel, U.S. Navy
Subs should replace carriers in the Navys hierarchy.

SPECIAL
By Commander Robert W. Selle, U.S. Navy Reserve (Retired)
The Third Locks Project will increase the Panama Canals capability, but will our newest and biggest ships fit?