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As the Defense Department and Quadrennial Defense Review planners try to figure out what threats lie beyond Iraq and Afghanistan, the term “hybrid warfare” increasingly surfaces to satisfy those who believe we …

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Too few

Thanks, Mr. Secretary, but don’t stop now!

There’s a Bill Mauldin cartoon from World War II that shows two exhausted, bearded infantrymen slouched over on their feet along a road while one …

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Industry Pulse: Tanker food fight

Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he didn’t want to see a repeat of the corporate food fights that prevailed in the 2006 KC-X tanker competition. For a man who is serving his …

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Misplaced priorities

TO CNN for its upside-down coverage of an IED explosion event in Afghanistan that killed a soldier and seriously wounded a journalist. CNN reported the event this way: “A CBS News reporter …

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A jewel to treasure

Professional military education (PME) has played a major role in preparing military institutions for war. Solid basic, intermediate and senior-level PME combined with combat training is an indispensable element for success in …

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From our online discussion board

I found myself thinking about what I think the future holds and which of the four categories I fit into, and which of my own assumptions needed to be challenged. While Hoffman …

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Cybervoid

To the White House for a dismal start to its cybersecurity campaign. When President Barack Obama pledged in May “to deter, prevent, detect and defend against attacks” and make cybersecurity a “top …

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The people problem

Personnel costs are overwhelming the Pentagon

During the presidential campaign, Democratic candidate Barack Obama promised that, if elected, he would “place people first” in his defense priorities, crafting benefits to ease the …

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Industry Pulse: The crowded skies

Almost overnight, everyone wants a part of the UAV market

Defense Secretary Robert Gates wants a lot more of them. Boeing has created a new defense unit to make them. EADS wants …

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Defending the new Silk Road

The Internet of today is not the Internet of years past. It is an evolving entity that has a taken on a life of its own. When most Americans refer to the …

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