June 2007 Issue
Evolving doctrine
While I’m reluctant to too forcefully jump on a captain’s good ideas, since Capt. James Alden has taken the time to put his thoughts on paper, I really think he has taken a very...
While I’m reluctant to too forcefully jump on a captain’s good ideas, since Capt. James Alden has taken the time to put his thoughts on paper, I really think he has taken a very...
TO THE ARMY For twisting the truth to such an extent, in a misguided attempt to create media heroes, that the service’s credibility is seriously harmed. Congressional hearings into what happened...
TO THE NAVY For its latest assault attempt on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, this time aimed at cutting the short-takeoff-and-vertical landing (STOVL) variant. The Navy’s carrier version of JSF is...
TO AIR FORCE CHIEF OF STAFF GEN. T. MICHAEL MOSELEY for telling the Army and Marine Corps to quit assigning Air Force people to jobs for which they are not trained. Having seen more than 20,000 airmen assigned to “in lieu of” jobs...
I understand there’s a bunch of busy people in here that need to get — have suspenses and timelines, as well as meetings, and I can count myself among one of those.”
TV dramas do suspense. Journalists have deadlines.
— BRIG. GEN. PERRY WIGGINS, DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS, JOINT STAFF, DURING A PENTAGON BRIEFING IN MAY
TV dramas do suspense. Journalists have deadlines.
— BRIG. GEN. PERRY WIGGINS, DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS, JOINT STAFF, DURING A PENTAGON BRIEFING IN MAY
Internet insecurity
In the opening pages of “Catch-22,” the bombardier Yossarian spends his time in the hospital censoring letters from enlisted men back to their families, sequentially redacting...
BY CHRISTOPHER GRIFFIN
In the opening pages of “Catch-22,” the bombardier Yossarian spends his time in the hospital censoring letters from enlisted men back to their families, sequentially redacting...
BY CHRISTOPHER GRIFFIN
Opportunity missed
The hallmark of a professional army is its ability to analyze its performance after military operations and develop strategies that reinforce strengths and improve weaknesses for future...
BY RICHARD MAY
The hallmark of a professional army is its ability to analyze its performance after military operations and develop strategies that reinforce strengths and improve weaknesses for future...
BY RICHARD MAY
Planes
Take one of Washington’s closest allies, a successful and cost-effective commercial airframe, and wed them with a newly developed suite of radar, communications and electronic warfare...
BY CHRISTOPHER GRIFFIN
Take one of Washington’s closest allies, a successful and cost-effective commercial airframe, and wed them with a newly developed suite of radar, communications and electronic warfare...
BY CHRISTOPHER GRIFFIN
A question of cost
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Mullen has outlined the Navy’s plan for constructing the next-generation fleet in the 30-year shipbuilding plan, which details the road to a...
BY REAR ADM. Charles “CHUCK” GODDARD, HOWARD FIREMAN AND CHRIStopher DEEGAN
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Mullen has outlined the Navy’s plan for constructing the next-generation fleet in the 30-year shipbuilding plan, which details the road to a...
BY REAR ADM. Charles “CHUCK” GODDARD, HOWARD FIREMAN AND CHRIStopher DEEGAN
The maritime strategy we need
Strategy formulation requires an in-depth assessment of history, theory, future capabilities and threats, national policy, and the realities of international relations. Analyses of the...
By Cmdr. John Patch
Strategy formulation requires an in-depth assessment of history, theory, future capabilities and threats, national policy, and the realities of international relations. Analyses of the...
By Cmdr. John Patch
Shootdown solution
Helicopter pilots flying in the lethal environment of Iraq are faced with a dilemma — one that may prevent them from seeing the world as it is and instead lead them to see it as...
BY COL. JIM SLIFE
Helicopter pilots flying in the lethal environment of Iraq are faced with a dilemma — one that may prevent them from seeing the world as it is and instead lead them to see it as...
BY COL. JIM SLIFE
Flashpoint: Peril in Pakistan
In the global struggle against Islamic extremism and terrorism, Pakistan may be the most important country most Americans don’t know is important. That state of blissful ignorance had...
BY PETER BROOKES
In the global struggle against Islamic extremism and terrorism, Pakistan may be the most important country most Americans don’t know is important. That state of blissful ignorance had...
BY PETER BROOKES
‘Up or out’ folly
I read my first copy of AFJ while waiting to speak to my Area Support Group commander. The articles “Growing the Army,” “Rightsized Army” and “Transformation...
I read my first copy of AFJ while waiting to speak to my Area Support Group commander. The articles “Growing the Army,” “Rightsized Army” and “Transformation...
I was struck by Capt. Alden’s lack of appreciation...
I was struck by Capt. Alden’s lack of appreciation for conventional doctrine and force structure. Alden does nothing to explain current Army doctrine, nor does he acknowledge that Army...
I was struck by Capt. Alden’s lack of appreciation for conventional doctrine and force structure. Alden does nothing to explain current Army doctrine, nor does he acknowledge that Army...
In this issue
Nap-of-the-earth flying is exciting. But while it undoubtedly adds to the attraction, adrenaline kick is not why helicopter pilots have a predisposition for hugging the terrain. Flying low...
Nap-of-the-earth flying is exciting. But while it undoubtedly adds to the attraction, adrenaline kick is not why helicopter pilots have a predisposition for hugging the terrain. Flying low...
Generalship and statesmanship
Even if everything Lt. Col. Paul Yingling says about America’s generals is true, few, if any, of America’s great military leaders have shown the broad understanding of war and...
Even if everything Lt. Col. Paul Yingling says about America’s generals is true, few, if any, of America’s great military leaders have shown the broad understanding of war and...
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