Archive for August, 2013

From the archives: August 4, 1945

Service News and Gossip

The Potsdam conference decided, as its communique discloses, that Germany is to have a hard subsistence peace. The Reich will be reduced …

From the archives: August 4, 1945

Badge of the 25th Infantry Division, “Tropic Lightning”

Combat Division Nicknames

A list of popular nicknames of combat divisions of the U.S. Army was compiled by …

From the archives: August 4, 1945

A naval mine drops from a B-29

Japanese Ships Hit Minefields

Japanese shipping is now beginning to feel the intensity of minefield operations planted through the …

What it will take to fix the Army

By Daniel L. Davis

The U.S. Army’s generals, as a group, have lost the ability to effectively function at the high level required of …

Rapid technological change sinks the case for big, costly platforms

The aircraft carrier is under attack — if not literally, then at least by defense thinkers who believe the Navy needs to …

Combat fitness standards should promote coolness under fire over physical strength

In March, the commandant of the Marine Corps laid out his perspective on women’s potential service in the infantry. Quoted in …

In your June issue, Col. (Dr.) Arthur Eisenbrey suggests that the Department of Defense tackle the issue of greater consolidation of military medical forces [“Unified medical command: An old idea whose time …

AFJ marked 150 years of publication in August 2013.

With this issue, we celebrate 150 years of continuous publication of Armed Forces Journal and lay out the path ahead.

It is fair …

The Air Force’s science and technology vision for a complex future

Demographic, technological and military trends will make the global domains in which the Air Force operates increasingly complex, competitive, congested and …

To Congress for reining in the proliferation of service-specific uniform designs.

Over the past decade, taxpayers and service members alike have been treated to a seemingly never-ending series of service-specific tweaks and …