Using the Army Guard and Reserve as an operational force

Over the past nine years, the performance and conduct of the soldiers in the Army National Guard and Army Reserve have been …

TO AFGHANISTAN PRESIDENT HAMID KARZAI for his surprisingly cool-headed and pragmatic response to WikiLeaks’ embarrassing diplomatic cable disclosures. Among the secret cables made public were less-than-complimentary comments about Karzai by U.S. ambassador …

Training, assisting foreign forces must remain central to Army doctrine

Like the Swamp Thing of comic book legend, proposals to break Army force structures into “heavy war” and “light war” forces keep …

Servant leadership can be a powerful asset in the military

In the fall of 2009, the National Defense University (NDU) participated in a quantitative research study to determine the level of servant …

It’s time to commit to funding a fratricide solution

In the spring of 2003, as U.S. troops fought the decisive battles that led to the fall of Saddam Hussein, they also battled …

The command’s time has passed; some roles should be maintained

Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ decision to close down Joint Forces Command is certainly not a done deal — yet. The secretary, who …

An army might march on its stomach, but it moves on fossil fuels.

Indeed, hydrocarbons permit our armed forces to drive, fly, sail, fight, train and operate. And while all of the …

I agree with very much of what Nadia Schadlow has written [“A False Dichotomy,” September AFJ]. The COIN versus “high-intensity only” choice is a great academic debate, but in reality, commanders and …

Information-age warfare demands new approaches to ISR structures

When we first took to the air, it wasn’t to attack, it was to gather. It was to find. Both the Union and Confederate …

TO THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT for proposing defense spending cuts that send ominous signals to its coalition partners. The White House, Pentagon and State Department rushed to put an optimistic face on their …