May 2011 Issue
The impact of a decade at war
It would be easy to discount the conjecture that the Army is in trouble. After all, it is unmatched as a fighting force and successfully conducted military operations that achieved regime...
BY COL. CHARLES D. ALLEN (RET.)
It would be easy to discount the conjecture that the Army is in trouble. After all, it is unmatched as a fighting force and successfully conducted military operations that achieved regime...
BY COL. CHARLES D. ALLEN (RET.)
Getting it right
International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Commander Gen. David H. Petraeus often talks about getting the “inputs” right in Afghanistan, which means having the right mix of...
BY DAN GREEN
International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Commander Gen. David H. Petraeus often talks about getting the “inputs” right in Afghanistan, which means having the right mix of...
BY DAN GREEN
Paying the piper
Defense in an uncertain world is vital, but ensuring national security involves far more than military prowess. We now find ourselves asking how we satisfy two conflicting requirements:...
BY GENE MYERS
Defense in an uncertain world is vital, but ensuring national security involves far more than military prowess. We now find ourselves asking how we satisfy two conflicting requirements:...
BY GENE MYERS
The right to be wrong
Michael Allsep Jr., David Levy and Lt. Col. James Parco, in their article “The culture war within” [AFJ, January/February], addressed the challenges and possibilities for the...
By Col. Al Shine (Ret.) and Col. Don Snider (Ret.)
Michael Allsep Jr., David Levy and Lt. Col. James Parco, in their article “The culture war within” [AFJ, January/February], addressed the challenges and possibilities for the...
By Col. Al Shine (Ret.) and Col. Don Snider (Ret.)
A Darwinian world
As these words are written, U.S., British and French warplanes are striking Libyan ground forces along the Mediterranean littoral; American and other NATO troops are pounding out...
BY BOB KILLEBREW
As these words are written, U.S., British and French warplanes are striking Libyan ground forces along the Mediterranean littoral; American and other NATO troops are pounding out...
BY BOB KILLEBREW
The next training revolution
The Defense Department faces a sea change in the next 20 years with regard to training. A rising flood will fundamentally alter all training and operational processes within DoD, across...
BY COL. BENJAMIN C. WASH
The Defense Department faces a sea change in the next 20 years with regard to training. A rising flood will fundamentally alter all training and operational processes within DoD, across...
BY COL. BENJAMIN C. WASH
Fresh start
The Army has indicated its commitment to the development and fielding over the next seven years of the first — in over three decades — completely new infantry fighting vehicle...
BY COL. WOLF D. KUTTER (RET.) AND MAJ. GEN. JOHN E. LONGHOUSER (RET.)
The Army has indicated its commitment to the development and fielding over the next seven years of the first — in over three decades — completely new infantry fighting vehicle...
BY COL. WOLF D. KUTTER (RET.) AND MAJ. GEN. JOHN E. LONGHOUSER (RET.)
A better way to develop officers
Aimless with little impact. This describes an organization’s human resource policies when those policies do not support or are not congruent with the larger strategic direction of that...
BY KAREN E. BOROFF, MAJ. ARAM M. DONIGIAN AND MAJ. ZACHARY J. MUNDELL
Aimless with little impact. This describes an organization’s human resource policies when those policies do not support or are not congruent with the larger strategic direction of that...
BY KAREN E. BOROFF, MAJ. ARAM M. DONIGIAN AND MAJ. ZACHARY J. MUNDELL
Rational thinking
Gen. Martin Dempsey’s article about building critical thinking into leader development (AFJ, March) was interesting and well-intentioned, but who should he be talking about? Critical...
Gen. Martin Dempsey’s article about building critical thinking into leader development (AFJ, March) was interesting and well-intentioned, but who should he be talking about? Critical...
Education technology
Online programs that use state-of-the-art education technology represent a promising venue for officer educational development, as retired Col. Gwynne Burke suggests (“A better way to...
Online programs that use state-of-the-art education technology represent a promising venue for officer educational development, as retired Col. Gwynne Burke suggests (“A better way to...
TO NATO For its contradictory and incoherent approach to the Libyan war. Since taking lead of the campaign, NATO leaders are struggling to present a united front. After some rebels were mistakenly...
TO PRESIDENT OBAMA for his call to find another $400 billion in defense budget savings over 10 years. Finding those savings on top of the $400 billion already slashed from long-term spending over the past two...
TO CONGRESSMAN RANDY FORBES for his attempt to stonewall the closure of Joint Forces Command. The House Armed Services Readiness Subcommittee chairman inserted into a budget bill a provision that blocks funding for the...
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