Weapons Stratego
When George W. Bush was inaugurated as president in 2001, he inherited a military budget from the Clinton administration totaling about $300 billion. In six months, Bush’s successor will inherit a military budget that has grown to nearly $700 billion counting supplemental appropriations, and a...
Generation gap
The F-22 Raptor and F-35 Joint Strike Fighter stand at the pinnacle of fighter aircraft technology, integrating low...
BY CHRISTOPHER GRIFFIN
The F-22 Raptor and F-35 Joint Strike Fighter stand at the pinnacle of fighter aircraft technology, integrating low...
BY CHRISTOPHER GRIFFIN
Coming up short
Fighter gap? Or credibility gap? The Air Force swooped into a Senate hearing in April to drop a budget bomb: The service...
BY WILLIAM MATTHEWS
Fighter gap? Or credibility gap? The Air Force swooped into a Senate hearing in April to drop a budget bomb: The service...
BY WILLIAM MATTHEWS
Essay
BY COL. MICHAEL D. WYLY (RET.) - “Civilians who serve as defense secretary rarely inspire the military men who serve in uniform. It is the profession of arms itself that has the job of exhorting, leading and studying the art of war. From time to time, however, it becomes the job of the civilian overseer to deter...”
DARTS & LAURELS
Supreme judgmentTo the Supreme Court, for its decision that gives foreign suspects in Guantanamo Bay the right to challenge their detentions in U.S. civilian courts. The June ruling was the third time the...
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LIPPARD ADDS TO COMMENTARY ON COL. CHARLES W. WILLIAMSON III’S “CARPET BOMBING IN CYBERSPACE” ARTICLE, MAY AFJ (http://www.armedforcesjournal.com/2008/05/3375884)
LIPPARD ADDS TO COMMENTARY ON COL. CHARLES W. WILLIAMSON III’S “CARPET BOMBING IN CYBERSPACE” ARTICLE, MAY AFJ (http://www.armedforcesjournal.com/2008/05/3375884)
COMMENTARY
Perspectives
LT. COL. JIM PARCO, DAVE LEVY AND RANDY BLASS
At a military training base in the southern U.S., tensions ran high. A minority enlisted service member returned to his work area only to find that a noose had been left on a chair. When it was discovered who left it, the situation went from bad to worse. It had been the unit commander.
LT. COL. JIM PARCO, DAVE LEVY AND RANDY BLASS
At a military training base in the southern U.S., tensions ran high. A minority enlisted service member returned to his work area only to find that a noose had been left on a chair. When it was discovered who left it, the situation went from bad to worse. It had been the unit commander.
Perspectives
COL. DAVID G. JESMER JR. (RET.)
Just one week after Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) launched its March assault to wrest control of Basra from various militias, the American media issued the first of a steady stream of assessments questioning the performance of the ISF.
COL. DAVID G. JESMER JR. (RET.)
Just one week after Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) launched its March assault to wrest control of Basra from various militias, the American media issued the first of a steady stream of assessments questioning the performance of the ISF.
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