Articles by: Bradley Peniston

The Bush administration discredited crucial strategic concepts

The quickest way to discredit a good idea is to execute it incompetently. Human nature will blame the idea along with those who botched it. …

AIP vs. nuclear submarines: No contest

Even as the world waits with great anticipation to see if the new diplomatic approach of the Obama administration lessens tensions throughout the world, many governments …

Narcotics traffickers threaten Mexico and U.S.

Largely invisible to most Americans, just to the south, the security situation is worsening as a result of an intense conflict between the Mexican government and …

The U.S. has possessed the most powerful economy in the world for so long that no one can remember a time when America was not No. 1. The armed forces have been …

TO THE NAVY for not knowing what it wants. Trying to decipher where the Navy is headed with its new ship programs is increasingly a voyage into unclear waters. Last year, the …

TO THE AIR FORCE for its fanciful notion of turning part of Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., into a beach resort hotel. (This is not a joke.) Eglin and Air Force Materiel …

A plan to ease the Guard and Reserve’s move to an operational force

Since the 9/11 attacks, the Army reserve components (RC) deployed approximately 540,000 soldiers in support of the war on …

TO THE OBAMA DEFENSE TEAM for indicating early on its intent to instill disci¬pline in the weapons pro¬curement process. In its public debut, the team suggested it would move away from supplemental …

With pirates off the coast of Somalia grabbing ships and headlines, the Navy’s 5th Fleet in Bahrain has established a new command that will head up an international force of navies to …

TO THE NAVY for cutting funding of its P-8 patrol aircraft program. In the Defense Department’s fiscal 2010 budget proposal, the Navy has requested a shift of more than $900 million from …