November 2005 Issue
The War We’re Winning
Even the New York Times, no friend to the Bush administration, has noticed “the Afghan difference.” After the recent legislative elections, the Times editorialists allowed that...
Even the New York Times, no friend to the Bush administration, has noticed “the Afghan difference.” After the recent legislative elections, the Times editorialists allowed that...
They were able to retask it during the execution of a preplanned mission
Pity the poor noun “task,” so frequently verbed and now subjected to prefixing as well. If adding “re-” to a verb generally means “to do it again,”...
Don Goodale, U.S. Air Force mission planning system program office
Pity the poor noun “task,” so frequently verbed and now subjected to prefixing as well. If adding “re-” to a verb generally means “to do it again,”...
Don Goodale, U.S. Air Force mission planning system program office
Afghans have voted for change, but it will come only if the U.S. stays the course
Afghanistan is emerging from medieval chaos. The country is on the front end of creating an organized, law-based civil state. During a visit to Afghanistan in August, I saw dramatic,...
Gen. Barry R. McCaffrey, U.S. Army (ret.)
Afghanistan is emerging from medieval chaos. The country is on the front end of creating an organized, law-based civil state. During a visit to Afghanistan in August, I saw dramatic,...
Gen. Barry R. McCaffrey, U.S. Army (ret.)
The Taliban lost the war in Afghanistan, but still bedevils coalition efforts to establish security
After the two Chinook helicopters descend from the cobalt sky and land amid a flurry of whirring rotors and flying grit, 48 figures emerge from their ramps.
By Sean D. Naylor
After the two Chinook helicopters descend from the cobalt sky and land amid a flurry of whirring rotors and flying grit, 48 figures emerge from their ramps.
By Sean D. Naylor
Innovative teams are building goodwill at the grass-roots level
The front-line fighters in the battle for hearts and minds in Afghanistan are in the American and coalition Provincial Reconstruction Teams, or PRTs. In the classic counterinsurgency mold,...
By Vance Serchuk
The front-line fighters in the battle for hearts and minds in Afghanistan are in the American and coalition Provincial Reconstruction Teams, or PRTs. In the classic counterinsurgency mold,...
By Vance Serchuk
The warrior’s pen
A follow-up to October’s column on why veterans should write for publication.
By Ralph Peters
A follow-up to October’s column on why veterans should write for publication.
By Ralph Peters
Success in Afghanistan means fighting several wars at once
Why are we winning in Afghanistan? In the simplest terms, we’ve gotten the strategy reasonably right.
By Col. David Lamm
Why are we winning in Afghanistan? In the simplest terms, we’ve gotten the strategy reasonably right.
By Col. David Lamm
Weathering the storm
When Hurricane Katrina slammed into the central coast along the Gulf of Mexico on Aug. 29, the storm struck a region that is home to some of the U.S. Navy’s most important...
By Christopher P. Cavas
When Hurricane Katrina slammed into the central coast along the Gulf of Mexico on Aug. 29, the storm struck a region that is home to some of the U.S. Navy’s most important...
By Christopher P. Cavas
Surface ship, submarine missions are coalescing
The Navy is at a crossroads of great consequence. It faces decisions that will shape ship-based war-fighting requirements for the next century. In an era of reduced blue-water...
By Cmdr. John Perkins
The Navy is at a crossroads of great consequence. It faces decisions that will shape ship-based war-fighting requirements for the next century. In an era of reduced blue-water...
By Cmdr. John Perkins
Acquisition for the information age
The Pentagon’s acquisition system, with roots that stretch back to World War II, is rapidly approaching a precipice. In the Cold War, the acquisition process was deliberately...
By Thomas Hone
The Pentagon’s acquisition system, with roots that stretch back to World War II, is rapidly approaching a precipice. In the Cold War, the acquisition process was deliberately...
By Thomas Hone
Friend or foe?
The remarkable economic growth of the People’s Republic of China during the past two decades, combined with its geopolitical clout and increasing military power, has made Beijing the...
The remarkable economic growth of the People’s Republic of China during the past two decades, combined with its geopolitical clout and increasing military power, has made Beijing the...
China’s grand strategy is to make war while avoiding a battle
China’s impact on world affairs is growing and poised to grow further in coming decades. Whether the People’s Republic continues to prosper and maintain a strong measure of...
By Laurent Murawiec
China’s impact on world affairs is growing and poised to grow further in coming decades. Whether the People’s Republic continues to prosper and maintain a strong measure of...
By Laurent Murawiec
The Taiwan problem
China’s military, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), is in the midst of a remarkable modernization of its naval, air and ballistic missile forces. Although facing no imminent...
By U.S. Navy Rear Adm. (ret.) Eric A. McVadon
China’s military, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), is in the midst of a remarkable modernization of its naval, air and ballistic missile forces. Although facing no imminent...
By U.S. Navy Rear Adm. (ret.) Eric A. McVadon
China plans to control space and win the coming information war
The engine of the ongoing Sino-Russian “strategic partnership” remains unchanged: countering U.S. superiority in the development and employment of ever-emerging weaponry,...
By Mary C. FitzGerald
The engine of the ongoing Sino-Russian “strategic partnership” remains unchanged: countering U.S. superiority in the development and employment of ever-emerging weaponry,...
By Mary C. FitzGerald
Disaster response
After four days of submerged neighborhoods, floating bodies, armed looters, toxic flood waters and fetid emergency shelters, the big green Army trucks plowing axle-deep toward the New...
By William Matthews
After four days of submerged neighborhoods, floating bodies, armed looters, toxic flood waters and fetid emergency shelters, the big green Army trucks plowing axle-deep toward the New...
By William Matthews
Tighter budgets await next secretaries
To a person, Senate Armed Services Committee members signaled support for the two men nominated to be Air Force and Navy secretaries. But after two hours of hearing senators describe the...
To a person, Senate Armed Services Committee members signaled support for the two men nominated to be Air Force and Navy secretaries. But after two hours of hearing senators describe the...
Capitol Hill report Card
To Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., for insisting on an amendment to the Defense Appropriations Act to ban cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment of detainees held by the U.S. military. The...
To Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., for insisting on an amendment to the Defense Appropriations Act to ban cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment of detainees held by the U.S. military. The...
Echoes of 1863
Armed Forces Journal published its first issue — under the banner Army and Navy Journal — on Aug. 29, 1863. The Civil War then was at its height, with the North winning the great...
By TOM Donnelly
Armed Forces Journal published its first issue — under the banner Army and Navy Journal — on Aug. 29, 1863. The Civil War then was at its height, with the North winning the great...
By TOM Donnelly
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