From our online discussion boards (July 2008) LIPPARD ADDS TO COMMENTARY ON COL. CHARLES W. WILLIAMSON III’S “CARPET BOMBING IN CYBERSPACE” ARTICLE, MAY AFJ
A human tragedy (July 2008) On May 7, Michael Bhatia was killed when an improvised explosive device detonated under his Humvee in Khowst province, Afghanistan. The blast also killed two soldiers from the 4th Brigade...BY CHRISTOPHER GRIFFIN
Intolerable tolerance (July 2008) At a military training base in the southern U.S., tensions ran high. A minority enlisted service member returned to his work area only to find that a noose had been left on a chair. When it...BY LT. COL. JIM PARCO, DAVE LEVY AND RANDY BLASS
Weapons Stratego (July 2008) When George W. Bush was inaugurated as president in 2001, he inherited a military budget from the Clinton administration totaling about $300 billion. In six months, Bush’s successor...BY LOREN THOMPSON
Credit where it’s due (July 2008) Just one week after Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) launched its March assault to wrest control of Basra from various militias, the American media issued the first of a steady stream of...BY COL. DAVID G. JESMER JR. (RET.)
Think small (July 2008) The Navy has a relatively large number of surface combatants capable of conducting a wide range of missions in a high-intensity conflict. However, the Navy lacks adequate capabilities to...BY MILAN VEGO
Generation gap (July 2008) The F-22 Raptor and F-35 Joint Strike Fighter stand at the pinnacle of fighter aircraft technology, integrating low observability, fused sensor interfaces, cutting-edge networking and...BY CHRISTOPHER GRIFFIN
Coming up short (July 2008) Fighter gap? Or credibility gap? The Air Force swooped into a Senate hearing in April to drop a budget bomb: The service faces a shortage of 800 jet fighters beginning about a decade from...BY WILLIAM MATTHEWS
IAEA indicts Iran (July 2008) New intelligence continues to blast away like a sledgehammer at Iran’s rocklike insistence that its nuclear program is purely peaceful and not a nuclear weapons effort as many strongly...BY PETER BROOKES
