March 2013 Issue
Time to think
America has a can-do military, by tradition and inclination, and so when the combatant commanders ask for assets, the service chiefs and their forces provide. But more than a decade of war,...
America has a can-do military, by tradition and inclination, and so when the combatant commanders ask for assets, the service chiefs and their forces provide. But more than a decade of war,...
Armor: Key to the future fight
Increasing fiscal constraints, perceived changes in the character and capabilities of future adversaries, and the national strategic shift to the Asian-Pacific lead some to doubt the...
By Col. David B. Haight, Col. Paul J. Laughlin and Capt. Kyle F. Bergner
Increasing fiscal constraints, perceived changes in the character and capabilities of future adversaries, and the national strategic shift to the Asian-Pacific lead some to doubt the...
By Col. David B. Haight, Col. Paul J. Laughlin and Capt. Kyle F. Bergner
Medicine and the GWOT
edicine is the only victor in war,” said Dr. William Mayo, and the recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are no exceptions. It is time to view through a health-care perspective the...
By Dr. Michael Baker
edicine is the only victor in war,” said Dr. William Mayo, and the recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are no exceptions. It is time to view through a health-care perspective the...
By Dr. Michael Baker
An unnecessary success
From most perspectives, France’s recent intervention in Mali has been wildly successful. Within days of their arrival in January, French forces turned back al-Qaida-led fighters...
By Maj. Shawn Russell
From most perspectives, France’s recent intervention in Mali has been wildly successful. Within days of their arrival in January, French forces turned back al-Qaida-led fighters...
By Maj. Shawn Russell
Rebuilding the Army — again
By 1973, when the last U.S. troops departed Vietnam, the Army was close to collapse. Widespread opposition to the war, indiscipline in the ranks and conversion from the draft to an...
By Robert Killebrew
By 1973, when the last U.S. troops departed Vietnam, the Army was close to collapse. Widespread opposition to the war, indiscipline in the ranks and conversion from the draft to an...
By Robert Killebrew
Rapid responding Army acquisition has taken its lumps in recent years — among other things, for wasting more than $3 billion annually on programs that were ultimately canceled — but the Rapid...
The once and future insurgent
As America enters what is now the 12th year of the “decade of war,” it is time to assess that experience and learn what we can. In that light, three recent books demand our...
By Joseph J. Collins
As America enters what is now the 12th year of the “decade of war,” it is time to assess that experience and learn what we can. In that light, three recent books demand our...
By Joseph J. Collins
Counseling crisis
Once upon a time, our Air Force chaplains knew every face in their units and could call out many airmen by their first names. Today, we get lost searching for the commander’s office. A...
By Chaplain (Maj.) Robert A. Sugg
Once upon a time, our Air Force chaplains knew every face in their units and could call out many airmen by their first names. Today, we get lost searching for the commander’s office. A...
By Chaplain (Maj.) Robert A. Sugg
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