Articles by: Bradley Peniston

Libya points to a new era of aggression and turmoil

As these words are written, U.S., British and French warplanes are striking Libyan ground forces along the Mediterranean littoral; American and other …

For its contradictory and incoherent approach to the Libyan war. Since taking lead of the campaign, NATO leaders are struggling to present a united front. After some rebels were mistakenly killed in …

Gen. Martin Dempsey’s article about building critical thinking into leader development (AFJ, March) was interesting and well-intentioned, but who should he be talking about? Critical thinking is fine, but it is just …

Aimless with little impact. This describes an organization’s human resource policies when those policies do not support or are not congruent with the larger strategic direction of that organization.

With this in …

Explosive changes in information availability will profoundly affect how training is delivered

The Defense Department faces a sea change in the next 20 years with regard to training. A rising flood will …

For DADT repeal to work, inclusion and respect must be extended to all

Michael Allsep Jr., David Levy and Lt. Col. James Parco, in their article “The culture war within” [AFJ, January/February], …

It would be easy to discount the conjecture that the Army is in trouble. After all, it is unmatched as a fighting force and successfully conducted military operations that achieved regime change …

An aerospace-centric defense strategy makes fiscal sense

Defense in an uncertain world is vital, but ensuring national security involves far more than military prowess. We now find ourselves asking how we satisfy …

for his call to find another $400 billion in defense budget savings over 10 years. Finding those savings on top of the $400 billion already slashed from long-term spending over the past …

John K. Hawley’s letter in the January/February issue requires clarification, particularly regarding “automation” vs. humans in the loop [“Controlling armed robots”]. The Patriot missile fratricide of Pennsylvania National Guard troops was not …