Facing new realities after a decade of war

The Army finds itself in a period of profound organizational, operational and fiscal transition. How shall it process the campaigns of the past decade, …

To Maj. Gen. Tony Thomas, senior commander for Special Operations forces in Afghanistan, for temporarily halting the training of local forces amid the recent spate of green-on-blue violence.

It can’t have been …

The Army is shrinking, its mission set expanding — it’s the very incarnation of “do more with less.”

Yet this was inevitable after a decade of war and soaring defense budgets, and …

To the air force warfare center for thinking differently — at last — about what unmanned aerial vehicles might bring to the fight. The pilot-centric culture of the air service, which for …

Why the anti-gay policy vanished without ill effects

It has now been a year since the long-standing U.S. policy banning homosexuals from openly serving in the U.S. military known as “don’t ask, …

How Air-Sea Battle undermines our grand strategy

In the intervening year since I expressed my concerns regarding Air-Sea Battle (ASB) in these pages, a cottage industry has formed to assure citizens, friends …

Future-proofing the Air Force’s next bomber

Purely manned or purely unmanned aircraft possess various inherent advantages and limitations. A manned aircraft can be used in contested environments where command-and-control is limited, autonomy …

Maj. Mark Jacobsen’s well-laid-out plan in “How to Teach About Islam” [July/August] misses a basic point: We, as members of different departments of our government, in order to protect and defend the …

Cmdr. Benjamin Griffeth’s letter to the editor, “Reserve needs joint path, too” [February], said: “[T]he states’ Joint Force Headquarters only benefits the National Guard, as there is no reserve counterpart to this …

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 …