October 2010 Issue
Small unit dominance
Slightly more than 40 years ago my unit was butchered by elements from the North Vietnamese 29th Regiment at a mountaintop firebase overlooking the A Shau Valley. Nineteen of my 55 soldiers...
BY MAJ. GEN. ROBERT H. SCALES (RET.)
Slightly more than 40 years ago my unit was butchered by elements from the North Vietnamese 29th Regiment at a mountaintop firebase overlooking the A Shau Valley. Nineteen of my 55 soldiers...
BY MAJ. GEN. ROBERT H. SCALES (RET.)
A heavy load to bear
What is the role of a heavy, mechanized force in an era of “hybrid” war? The Army thinks it knows and, assuming it can convince the civilian leaders and bureaucrats in the...
BY TOM DONNELLY
What is the role of a heavy, mechanized force in an era of “hybrid” war? The Army thinks it knows and, assuming it can convince the civilian leaders and bureaucrats in the...
BY TOM DONNELLY
Productivity’s promise
In his May 8 speech at the Eisenhower Library, Defense Secretary Robert Gates struck a powerful historical note in recalling President Eisenhower’s dedication to economy of force:
BY GEN. TOM HOBBINS (RET.) AND RON RITTER
In his May 8 speech at the Eisenhower Library, Defense Secretary Robert Gates struck a powerful historical note in recalling President Eisenhower’s dedication to economy of force:
BY GEN. TOM HOBBINS (RET.) AND RON RITTER
Flexible future
In a AFJ article titled “Hovering at a precipice,” [July/August] Lt. Cmdr. Perry Solomon challenged the merits of the F-35B Lightning II and the Marine Corps’ commitment to...
BY MAJ. TYLER BARDO AND MAJ. CHAD VAUGHN
In a AFJ article titled “Hovering at a precipice,” [July/August] Lt. Cmdr. Perry Solomon challenged the merits of the F-35B Lightning II and the Marine Corps’ commitment to...
BY MAJ. TYLER BARDO AND MAJ. CHAD VAUGHN
War on the brink of failure
Absent a major change in the status quo that currently dominates in Afghanistan, the U.S.-led military effort there will fail to accomplish the president’s objectives and, despite our...
BY LT. COL. DANIEL L. DAVIS
Absent a major change in the status quo that currently dominates in Afghanistan, the U.S.-led military effort there will fail to accomplish the president’s objectives and, despite our...
BY LT. COL. DANIEL L. DAVIS
Third time’s the charm?
All the Air Force wants is an airplane to replace the Boeing KC-135 aerial tanker, the last one of which was built in 1966. It seems like a simple desire, but fulfilling that wish has been...
BY SCOTT HAMILTON
All the Air Force wants is an airplane to replace the Boeing KC-135 aerial tanker, the last one of which was built in 1966. It seems like a simple desire, but fulfilling that wish has been...
BY SCOTT HAMILTON
The other surge
While much of the public debate over the war in Afghanistan has focused on the “surge” of U.S. troops there and the effect of President Obama’s July withdrawal deadline, a...
BY DAN GREEN
While much of the public debate over the war in Afghanistan has focused on the “surge” of U.S. troops there and the effect of President Obama’s July withdrawal deadline, a...
BY DAN GREEN
Air Force proud TO GEN. NORTON SCHWARTZ for a peculiar speech that implied the Air Force’s best chance of staying relevant is to ally with the Navy. In his keynote address at the Air Force Association...
More medals TO THE WHITE HOUSE for finally awarding the Medal of Honor to a living hero. Army Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta braved heavy enemy fire to pull one wounded comrade to safety, then engaged two...
Questionable Intelligence TO THE DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY AND THE PENTAGON for their clumsy handling of a new book on the war in Afghanistan. The Pentagon tried to keep Army Reserve officer and former DIA agent...
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