Articles by: Bradley Peniston

Lt. Cmdr. David Coghlan’s recommendation that NORTHCOM absorb EUCOM has merit, except that it fails to take into account the political aspect of that combatant command’s interaction with NATO.

Making the NORTHCOM …

Charting the erosion of senior officer responsibility

Army Lt. Col. Paul Yingling wrote in these pages that today a private who loses his weapon “suffers far greater consequences than a general who …

10 things the military needs to know about its security partner

Since President Harry S. Truman created the CIA with the signing of the National Security Act in 1947, the agency and …

The Army must reinforce standards of discipline

Nearly two years into the Army Profession campaign, this systematic effort to identify and promote key principles has assessed the service’s strengths and weaknesses, identified …

To the Air Force for attempting to return to the thrilling days of yesteryear, when manned jets ruled the skies.

Looks like Bob Gates called this one. A few months before he …

Dissent is always difficult, yet history is rife with examples of people who spoke out against consensus and saved the day. In a military context, dissent is especially tricky. Good commanders value …

To the Marine Corps for requiring all new sergeants to get culture-and-language training.

Starting last month, Marines who ascend to E-5 and above enroll in familiarization courses focusing on one of 17 …

Worry less about China’s rise than its fall

Current U.S. security policy and the “strategic pivot” toward Asia are rooted in the premise that China’s rise to economic and military power threatens …

To Defense secretary Leon Panetta for establishing a baseline cybersecurity doctrine for the U.S. military and for simultaneously pressing Congress to do its part to shape national policy on the issue.

Panetta’s …

We have let our fears obscure how terrorists really use the Internet

About 31,300. That is roughly the number of magazine and journal articles written so far that discuss the phenomenon of …