June 2010 Issue
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Securing vital networks has become as critical as defending borders and physical territory. But the Pentagon and its new Cyber Command are grappling with what constitutes an act of war in...
Securing vital networks has become as critical as defending borders and physical territory. But the Pentagon and its new Cyber Command are grappling with what constitutes an act of war in...
Letters: Officer education
Paula Thornhill made the case in “Improving Capstone” [April] that the “charm” school for newly minted brigadiers and rear admirals should be turned into an...
Paula Thornhill made the case in “Improving Capstone” [April] that the “charm” school for newly minted brigadiers and rear admirals should be turned into an...
Letters: Manpower policy
Curtis Gilroy’s response to Lt. Col. Paul Yingling’s article “The founder’s wisdom” presents a strong, factual defense of an all-volunteer military [April]....
Curtis Gilroy’s response to Lt. Col. Paul Yingling’s article “The founder’s wisdom” presents a strong, factual defense of an all-volunteer military [April]....
Flashpoint: Atomic affairs
At a near-breathless pace over a month’s time, the Obama administration released a nuclear strategy, inked a new strategic treaty, hosted an all-world atomic affair and attended a...
BY PETER BROOKES
At a near-breathless pace over a month’s time, the Obama administration released a nuclear strategy, inked a new strategic treaty, hosted an all-world atomic affair and attended a...
BY PETER BROOKES
Cyberspace policies we need
The U.S. government has very limited national-level experience, knowledge or policy guidance for fighting a netwar across the cyberspace domain at the national level. It is difficult for...
BY LT. COL. DAVID M. HOLLIS AND KATHERINE HOLLIS
The U.S. government has very limited national-level experience, knowledge or policy guidance for fighting a netwar across the cyberspace domain at the national level. It is difficult for...
BY LT. COL. DAVID M. HOLLIS AND KATHERINE HOLLIS
The silent infiltrator
Many of the challenges of traditional warfare are magnified in the cyber realm. Chief among these is the challenge of situational awareness. Cyberspace is a vast, incredibly complex and...
BY MIKE LLOYD
Many of the challenges of traditional warfare are magnified in the cyber realm. Chief among these is the challenge of situational awareness. Cyberspace is a vast, incredibly complex and...
BY MIKE LLOYD
Securing the info advantage
The expansion of commercial and military activity from land to oceans and eventually to space continues into cyberspace at a rapid pace. In the oceans and outer space, as in cyberspace, we...
BY ED GRANSTEDT AND TROY NOLAN
The expansion of commercial and military activity from land to oceans and eventually to space continues into cyberspace at a rapid pace. In the oceans and outer space, as in cyberspace, we...
BY ED GRANSTEDT AND TROY NOLAN
Afghanistan’s unique surge
Afghanistan operations have evolved from a Special Forces-centric campaign to one that extends across the general-purpose forces. This shift came when it was recognized that the Operation...
BY RUSSELL HAMPSEY AND SEAN P. McKENNA
Afghanistan operations have evolved from a Special Forces-centric campaign to one that extends across the general-purpose forces. This shift came when it was recognized that the Operation...
BY RUSSELL HAMPSEY AND SEAN P. McKENNA
Don’t ask, don’t politicize
As part of the law widely known as “don’t ask, don’t tell,” military members are required to be briefed on the homosexual policy “upon entry into the armed...
BY CAPT. CHARLES G. KELS
As part of the law widely known as “don’t ask, don’t tell,” military members are required to be briefed on the homosexual policy “upon entry into the armed...
BY CAPT. CHARLES G. KELS
In harm’s way
When the country went to war, nearly nine years ago, troops were called on to stand in harm’s way. When those service members volunteered to confront the enemy, the leadership of the...
BY MARC A. KING
When the country went to war, nearly nine years ago, troops were called on to stand in harm’s way. When those service members volunteered to confront the enemy, the leadership of the...
BY MARC A. KING
False choices
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has shifted the target of his budget cross hairs from the Air Force (a service that has long held the unwelcome ranking of No. 1 to receive the budget ax) to...
BY MACKENZIE EAGLEN
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has shifted the target of his budget cross hairs from the Air Force (a service that has long held the unwelcome ranking of No. 1 to receive the budget ax) to...
BY MACKENZIE EAGLEN
Essay: Double-hatting around the law
Over the years, a dense code of laws has risen to divvy out the various authorities of who can do what in our government. At the heart of these in national security are Title 10, which doles...
BY P.W. SINGER
Over the years, a dense code of laws has risen to divvy out the various authorities of who can do what in our government. At the heart of these in national security are Title 10, which doles...
BY P.W. SINGER
Industry Pulse: Fewer forms
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has two wars to finish. But his most challenging mission may be here at home: reforming the Pentagon’s procurement and export control processes.
BY SCOTT HAMILTON
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has two wars to finish. But his most challenging mission may be here at home: reforming the Pentagon’s procurement and export control processes.
BY SCOTT HAMILTON
Airborne loser To Congress for continuing to keep alive the Airborne Laser, a program so plagued by problems and delays that it was all but canceled last year. Defense Secretary Robert Gates stopped...
Costly care To Defense Secretary Robert Gates for saying publicly that the Pentagon is being eaten alive by ballooning health care costs, which have soared from $19 billion a decade ago to $50 billion...
Not enough chiefs To the Pentagon for making the job of leading the new Cyber Command an adjunct to heading the National Security Agency. Gen. Keith Alexander has the skills and the expertise for either job....
Forum pick: From our online discussion boards
Posturing a military for the future necessarily involves assuming risk. Mr. Scharre’s argument is that that risk should be assumed on the ‘war-winning’ side of the Army, as...
Posturing a military for the future necessarily involves assuming risk. Mr. Scharre’s argument is that that risk should be assumed on the ‘war-winning’ side of the Army, as...
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