June 2011 Issue
Contract terms
In Iraq and Afghanistan, the use of contractors reached a level unprecedented in U.S. military operations. The presence of contractors on the battlefield is not a new phenomenon, but has...
BY T.X. HAMMES
In Iraq and Afghanistan, the use of contractors reached a level unprecedented in U.S. military operations. The presence of contractors on the battlefield is not a new phenomenon, but has...
BY T.X. HAMMES
Capabilities, not clothes
Talk about the whole-of-government or comprehensive approach to complex operations such as post-conflict reconstruction often emphasizes that lasting success requires capabilities beyond...
BY CMDR. MICHAEL HALLETT
Talk about the whole-of-government or comprehensive approach to complex operations such as post-conflict reconstruction often emphasizes that lasting success requires capabilities beyond...
BY CMDR. MICHAEL HALLETT
First among equals
In deciding on his nomination for his first chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS), President Obama will inevitably have been confronted with contending goals, such as whether he...
BY DAN GREEN
In deciding on his nomination for his first chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS), President Obama will inevitably have been confronted with contending goals, such as whether he...
BY DAN GREEN
A force of choice
The 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review directed that a “comprehensive review of the future role of the Reserve Components” be undertaken. That mandate was carried out by a group of...
BY Asst. Secdef DENNIS M. McCARTHY
The 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review directed that a “comprehensive review of the future role of the Reserve Components” be undertaken. That mandate was carried out by a group of...
BY Asst. Secdef DENNIS M. McCARTHY
A defense policy vision
Barack Obama might ultimately rival Lincoln, JFK and Reagan as among the greatest communicators to hold the office of president. He is also the commander in chief of a nation now fighting...
BY P.W. SINGER
Barack Obama might ultimately rival Lincoln, JFK and Reagan as among the greatest communicators to hold the office of president. He is also the commander in chief of a nation now fighting...
BY P.W. SINGER
The unmanned future
We recently saw the 20th anniversary of Operation Desert Storm and, in a few months, will mark the 10th anniversary of Operation Enduring Freedom. Over those two decades, remotely piloted...
BY LT. GEN. DAVID A. DEPTULA (ret.)
We recently saw the 20th anniversary of Operation Desert Storm and, in a few months, will mark the 10th anniversary of Operation Enduring Freedom. Over those two decades, remotely piloted...
BY LT. GEN. DAVID A. DEPTULA (ret.)
In this issue
At their peak in the summer of 2008, there were more than 160,000 Defense Department-hired contractors in Iraq, outnumbering troops by some 8,000. In Afghanistan, about 90,000 contract...
At their peak in the summer of 2008, there were more than 160,000 Defense Department-hired contractors in Iraq, outnumbering troops by some 8,000. In Afghanistan, about 90,000 contract...
TO WHITE HOUSE COUNTERTERRORISM CZAR JOHN BRENNAN For his unverified and unnecessary descriptions of firefights and human shields immediately after the bin Laden takedown, which turned out to be more Hollywood screenplay (or perhaps...
TO PRESIDENT OBAMA For lacking a communications plan with Pakistan that might have helped reduce, if not remove, the embarrassment the Osama bin Laden raid caused Islamabad. Another consequence of the White...
TO THE JOINT SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND For its coordination of the remarkable Operation Neptune’s Spear, which identified Osama bin Laden’s location and resulted in his death. Meshing together a plethora of military...
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