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
