March 2006 Issue
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The history of the U.S. Marine Corps has been marked by a series of existential crises; the question often has been, “What do we need the Marines for?” At least now, if for...
The history of the U.S. Marine Corps has been marked by a series of existential crises; the question often has been, “What do we need the Marines for?” At least now, if for...
To Gen. Peter PaceChairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who apparently did not read the Quadrennial Defense Review’s rather blunt assessment’s of Chinese military power and...
To Zhongguo Guofang BaoThat’s the Chinese military’s newspaper — which apparently can better understand the QDR than Pace. Noting that the review describes China as the...
To Ryan Henry Deputy undersecretary of defense and principal QDR point man, one last QDR-related bolt. Proving that the Pentagon’s leadership is still stuck in the transformational past, pre-Sept....
To the Windsor, Conn., Democratic Town Committee For its 34-2 vote of “no confidence” in Connecticut’s Democratic Sen. Joseph Lieberman for his support of the war in Iraq, and in the Middle East more broadly. Referring to...
Two out of three ain’t enough
In the November issue of AFJ, my first as editor, I promised that I would try to refrain from self-referential columns. I now have to grant myself a waiver from that pledge in order to write...
By TOM Donnelly
In the November issue of AFJ, my first as editor, I promised that I would try to refrain from self-referential columns. I now have to grant myself a waiver from that pledge in order to write...
By TOM Donnelly
Transformation bashing
As part of the media fuss over the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), critics of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld have taken the opportunity to once again snipe at the concept of...
As part of the media fuss over the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), critics of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld have taken the opportunity to once again snipe at the concept of...
Misfire
Considering how much effort went into its preparation, the Quadrennial Defense Review report sent to Capitol Hill on Feb. 6 is a surprisingly modest document. No signature weapon systems are...
By Loren Thompson
Considering how much effort went into its preparation, the Quadrennial Defense Review report sent to Capitol Hill on Feb. 6 is a surprisingly modest document. No signature weapon systems are...
By Loren Thompson
‘It will be better when you leave’
“Another day fighting the war on drugs.” So commented a Marine Corps platoon commander as he stood atop a dirt- and rock-strewn hill near Jubbah, Iraq, watching his men hike an...
By Christian Lowe
“Another day fighting the war on drugs.” So commented a Marine Corps platoon commander as he stood atop a dirt- and rock-strewn hill near Jubbah, Iraq, watching his men hike an...
By Christian Lowe
Waters of wealth and war
Five hundred years ago, the Portuguese conquered the Indian Ocean with a dozen ships. In the 21st century, the U.S. Navy may find itself hard-pressed to maintain control of the same sea...
By Ralph Peters
Five hundred years ago, the Portuguese conquered the Indian Ocean with a dozen ships. In the 21st century, the U.S. Navy may find itself hard-pressed to maintain control of the same sea...
By Ralph Peters
Beyond the 3-block war
Traditional amphibious warfare remains the focus of Marine Corps planning and drives its spending priorities. But the service is more likely to engage in stability operations, says Max Boot,...
Traditional amphibious warfare remains the focus of Marine Corps planning and drives its spending priorities. But the service is more likely to engage in stability operations, says Max Boot,...
The Corps should look to its small-wars past
The U.S. Marine Corps is nothing if not versatile. What explains the Corps’ talent for metamorphosis and its ability to take on so many roles and missions was summed up by Marine Lt....
By Max Boot
The U.S. Marine Corps is nothing if not versatile. What explains the Corps’ talent for metamorphosis and its ability to take on so many roles and missions was summed up by Marine Lt....
By Max Boot
How Marines are preparing for hybrid wars
British historian Michael Howard observed long ago that during extended eras of peace, military planners are like sailors. He meant true sailors, those who use sextants and abhor the Global...
By Frank Hoffman
British historian Michael Howard observed long ago that during extended eras of peace, military planners are like sailors. He meant true sailors, those who use sextants and abhor the Global...
By Frank Hoffman
More than door-kickers
For the United States’ special operations forces, these should be the salad days. In late 2001, a relatively small number of Army Special Forces (SF) A-teams worked with the CIA and...
By Sean D. Naylor
For the United States’ special operations forces, these should be the salad days. In late 2001, a relatively small number of Army Special Forces (SF) A-teams worked with the CIA and...
By Sean D. Naylor
Rescue mission
The Air Force combat search-and-rescue (CSAR) force is reaching a critical juncture as the HH-60G Pave Hawk reaches the end of its expected service life. Our U.S. military’s operations...
By Lt. Gen. Michael Wooley
The Air Force combat search-and-rescue (CSAR) force is reaching a critical juncture as the HH-60G Pave Hawk reaches the end of its expected service life. Our U.S. military’s operations...
By Lt. Gen. Michael Wooley
Trouble below
For the first time since the end of the Cold War, the United States faces a resurgent submarine challenge from a state that is seeking to challenge American pre-eminence in Asia, and likely...
By Richard D. Fisher Jr.
For the first time since the end of the Cold War, the United States faces a resurgent submarine challenge from a state that is seeking to challenge American pre-eminence in Asia, and likely...
By Richard D. Fisher Jr.
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