TO JAMES BAKER AND WARREN CHRISTOPHER, co-chairs of the National War Powers Commission report, for a practical, fair and balanced proposal that deserves high-priority consideration by the next president and Congress. The …

”MEL1776” COMMENTS ON MAJ. DAVID F. BIGELOW’S “MANAGING MANPOWER” ARTICLE, JUNE AFJ (http://www.armedforces journal.com/2008/06/3486514)

A focus on efficiency over tradition in the military is long overdue. We still suffer some from a …

TO AIR FORCE acquisition assistant secretary Sue Payton. As the service’s chief weapons buyer, Payton should be held accountable for the debacle of the KC-X tanker competition. The Government Accountability Office’s scathing …

Computers have permeated everyday life, making even the smallest task quicker and more efficient. The problem is that the efficiencies created by computers are costing us our resilience to rebound from technological …

A fatigued soldier is a sign of poor leadership

Throughout the history of warfare, it has been common knowledge that leadership can have crucial effects on battlefield success. During pre-industrial-era warfare, the …

Israel’s operational intermediate-range ballistic missiles have a range of about 3,000 kilometers, or much more using fractional orbit delivery. He also stated that a single nuclear weapon is enough to destroy the …

Why presidents no longer fire generals

We are now more than six years into a war that spans the globe. American forces are engaged on the land, from the sea and from …

THANK YOU FOR CMDR. JERRY HENDRIX’S THOUGHT-PROVOKING ARTICLE “CARRIED AWAY” [March]. A few comments:

Expeditionary Strike Groups (ESGs) are useful but unlikely to undertake any significant operations without a Hawkeye overhead. Because …

Preparing for the next Korean War

It is early 2012, and six months have passed since the death of North Korean tyrant Kim Jong Il. The Korean People’s Army is clearly on …

The race for space is back on

China destroyed one of its own aging, low-Earth-orbit (LEO) weather satellites last winter while it was circling at 500 miles above the planet, using a …