DARTS & LAURELS
Cold comfort
(September 2008)TO THE AIR FORCE, for its plan to spend $7.6 million on so-called “comfort capsules” to ferry senior officials aboard transport planes. Even if you buy the Air Force’s...
Audacious blueprint
(September 2008)TO SECRETARY ROBERT GATES, for his National Defense Strategy. It may be audaciously presumptuous for a SecDef to issue “a blueprint to succeed in the years to come” when his...
Destroyer flip-flop
(September 2008)TO THE NAVY, for its next-generation destroyer flip-flop. Having spent 13 years and $10 billion in research and development, the Navy reversed course and decided the DDG 1000 program...
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(August 2008)”MEL1776” COMMENTS ON MAJ. DAVID F. BIGELOW’S “MANAGING MANPOWER” ARTICLE, JUNE AFJ (http://www.armedforces journal.com/2008/06/3486514)
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(June 2008)MAJ. DUSTIN MITCHELL RESPONDS TO “NEW ANSWERS TO HARD QUESTIONS” BY 1ST LT. BRIAN DROHAN AND LT. COL. JOHN NAGL, APRIL AFJ (http://www.armedforcesjournal.com/2008/04/3392447)
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(May 2008)LT. COL. HARRY FOSTER, MAXWELL-GUNTER AIR FORCE BASE, ALA., RESPONDS TO LT. COL. EDITH DISLER’S “FLYBOYS” ARTICLE, APRIL AFJ...
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(April 2008)“I generally agree with Prof. Milan Vego’s assessment on [mine warfare], especially the discussion on the establishment of the new Naval Mine and Anti-Submarine Warfare Command...
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(March 2008)“Dwelling on unlikely scenarios, or inflating threats because they have limited quantities of top-notch equipment, is not productive. Nor is it wise to dwell on anecdotal or genuine...
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(November 2007)Profoundly insightful piece. This is precisely the type of examination that is regularly dismissed in the Pentagon both before and after the fact. It directly addresses multiple specific...
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(October 2007)America’s general officer corps is descending into a state of military “yes men” (YM). The reasons are simple — the political leadership wants it that way.
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(August 2007)“I doubt whether there’s any magic formula that will give us better generals. MacArthur was arguably our greatest general, and certainly a master of the English language (his...
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(July 2006)Think the latest strategy out of the Pentagon is a big mistake? Believe the latest QDR is an ideal blueprint for dealing with future strategic troubles? Whatever kudos or critiques you have...
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”HISTORIAN” RESPONDS TO LT. COL. ROBERT BATEMAN’S “CAUSE FOR RELIEF,” JUNE AFJ (http://www.armedforcesjournal.com/2008/06/3468975)JOIN THE DEBATE
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Destroyer flip-flop
Posted 9/2/2008 by Administrator
Posted 9/2/2008 by Administrator
Audacious blueprint
Posted 9/2/2008 by Administrator
Posted 9/2/2008 by Administrator