February 2007 Issue
New strategic partners
The Bush administration’s 2004 Global Posture Review was primarily about reshaping America’s global military footprint for easier deployment in the changed geopolitical...
The Bush administration’s 2004 Global Posture Review was primarily about reshaping America’s global military footprint for easier deployment in the changed geopolitical...
“This relates back to the capacity of our acquisition staffs to deal with the myriad definitization of task orders, particular line items, the ability to interact with the extensive amount of nodes that you have in ICGS.”
It’s definitely hard defining all those task orders.
– ADM. THAD ALLEN, COAST GUARD COMMANDANT
It’s definitely hard defining all those task orders.
– ADM. THAD ALLEN, COAST GUARD COMMANDANT
Theater of war
At some risk to my position at AFJ, I must observe that reading milblogs sometimes feels hopelessly out of date — the online scene nowadays is all about video. Recent bounds in data...
By Christopher Griffin
At some risk to my position at AFJ, I must observe that reading milblogs sometimes feels hopelessly out of date — the online scene nowadays is all about video. Recent bounds in data...
By Christopher Griffin
A betrayal of our heritage
The Defense Department last year initiated a comprehensive review of how military awards and decorations are awarded. With our nation at war, it is particularly important that our services...
BY LT. CMDR. JOHN OWEN
The Defense Department last year initiated a comprehensive review of how military awards and decorations are awarded. With our nation at war, it is particularly important that our services...
BY LT. CMDR. JOHN OWEN
Progress and peril
The final version of Army FM 3-24, “Counterinsurgency,” (MCWP 3-33.5 for the Marine Corps) deserves applause for coming a long way fast. The Sept. 21 draft was a jumble of...
By Ralph Peters
The final version of Army FM 3-24, “Counterinsurgency,” (MCWP 3-33.5 for the Marine Corps) deserves applause for coming a long way fast. The Sept. 21 draft was a jumble of...
By Ralph Peters
Tanker
The Northrop Grumman/EADS partnership continues to advance its proposed KC-30 replacement for the aging Boeing KC-135 aerial tanker, winning an important point with the U.S. Air Force and...
By Scott Hamilton
The Northrop Grumman/EADS partnership continues to advance its proposed KC-30 replacement for the aging Boeing KC-135 aerial tanker, winning an important point with the U.S. Air Force and...
By Scott Hamilton
Trans-Atlantic trade challenges
Defense cooperation among allies, whether programmatically or intellectually, is critical. As the saying goes, “No one’s got a monopoly on good ideas.” And treasuries...
BY VAGO MURADIAN
Defense cooperation among allies, whether programmatically or intellectually, is critical. As the saying goes, “No one’s got a monopoly on good ideas.” And treasuries...
BY VAGO MURADIAN
Eye on a $100 billion pie
U.S. aerospace and defense companies are stepping up efforts to secure a major portion of an estimated $10 billion in annual purchases that India says it plans to spend over the next decade...
By Karen Walker
U.S. aerospace and defense companies are stepping up efforts to secure a major portion of an estimated $10 billion in annual purchases that India says it plans to spend over the next decade...
By Karen Walker
Nuclear fusion
The most important fact of America’s new strategic partnership with India is not just that it recognizes India as a nuclear power, but that it also represents open American acceptance...
BY STEPHEN BLANK
The most important fact of America’s new strategic partnership with India is not just that it recognizes India as a nuclear power, but that it also represents open American acceptance...
BY STEPHEN BLANK
A blossoming relationship
For all the recent developments in the U.S.-Japan alliance, perhaps the most striking is that the alliance managers have made it look so easy. This is no mean accomplishment — the...
By Christopher Griffin
For all the recent developments in the U.S.-Japan alliance, perhaps the most striking is that the alliance managers have made it look so easy. This is no mean accomplishment — the...
By Christopher Griffin
Contractor crackdown
As they headed to the Baghdad airport in July, two security guards working for the contract firm Triple Canopy say they were stunned when their supervisor declared that he intended that day...
By WILLIAM MATTHEWS
As they headed to the Baghdad airport in July, two security guards working for the contract firm Triple Canopy say they were stunned when their supervisor declared that he intended that day...
By WILLIAM MATTHEWS
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