Articles by: Bradley Peniston

How four small European navies can support U.S. strategic rebalance

The U.S. admires certain nations for their willingness to be involved in crises and contingency operations, but we rarely challenge them to …

To Gen. William ‘Kip’ ward who, according to a DoD inspector general report, turned his posting as Africa Command’s first commander into a grab bag of free travel and goodies for himself …

Focus on stability, not exit deadlines

In a parody of Army Gen. David Petraeus’ famous assessment of progress in Afghanistan — “fragile and reversible” — the transition process there is fragile and …

Comparing AirSea Battle to AirLand Battle rests on faulty logic

Metaphors stress similarities of logic but mask differences. In introducing its AirSea Battle concept in May 2010, the Center for Strategic and …

To Raytheon CEO Bill Swanson for keeping his head when many others are losing theirs over sequestration. His peers and industry allies are not wrong when they say that Congress’ apparent inability …

We kick off this issue with some great news: AFJ has been recognized for general excellence as a Top 10 Magazine of the Year by The Association of Business Publication Editors. AFJ …

Is it legal to use UAVs to kill suspected enemies in Pakistan and other countries where your country is not formally at war? It is a vital question in an area where …

Promoting conformity

THE JUNE ARTICLE BY BRIG. GEN. MARK C. ARNOLD, “Don’t promote mediocrity,” addresses a critical failure of the military bureaucratic mindset that treats leaders as if they were identical products …

TO SGT. MAJ. OF THE ARMY RAYMOND CHANDLER, who asked his troops what they think of their service’s year-old promotion-system reforms.

By opening up the controversial decision to public discussion on Facebook, …

TO CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS ADM. JON GREENERT for acting, at last, to tighten up the Navy’s process for selecting commanding officers.

For most of the past decade, the Navy has sacked …