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National Defense November 2004 Roxana Tiron |
Pentagon Seeks Joint Doctrine, Training for Personnel Recovery Despite accounting for each and every missing soldier in the Iraq war the combat search and rescue community is stretched thin and grappling with gaps ranging from policy to training.  |
National Defense November 2004 Roxana Tiron |
GPS System Locates Downed Pilots, Speeds Up Recovery The U.S. Joint Forces Command is preparing to hand off to the services technology that would enable them to speedily locate and rescue combat personnel.  |
National Defense November 2004 Roxana Tiron |
Pentagon Still Undecided on Policies to Protect Contractors As contractors increasingly fall in the cross hairs of insurgents in Iraq, the Defense Department is struggling to figure out how to account for them, provide for their security and, if necessary, rescue them.  |
National Defense May 2006 Michael Peck |
Combat Rescue Units See Shift in Missions Air Force combat rescue teams increasingly are shifting their training and resources to the evacuation of casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan, instead of just focusing on the recovery of downed pilots.  |
National Defense March 2008 Stew Magnuson |
Goal of a `Network-Centric' Military Seems Distant Unblocking communications and data sharing barriers is necessary if the military will achieve its longtime goal of becoming a network-centric force.  |
National Defense July 2005 Sandra I. Erwin |
Language Barriers Hinder Multinational Operations U.S. military allies view language barriers, rather than incompatible technology, as a primary obstacle to multinational operations.  |
National Defense December 2004 Harold Kennedy |
Military Steps Up Training For Joint Close-Air Support The U.S. Joint Forces Command is increasing its efforts to ensure that aviators from all military services follow the same procedures when they provide joint close-air support to ground troops during combat.  |
National Defense April 2005 Roxana Tiron |
Irregular Warfare Counter-insurgency in Iraq provides a template for fighting terrorism.  |
National Defense September 2015 Sandra I. Erwin |
U.S. Central Command Leads Push to Connect Allies in Common Network U.S. military leaders in regional commands have coped with limited interoperability with allies by setting up one-off communications systems.  |
National Defense April 2005 Harold Kennedy |
Coalition Training U.S. special operations forces step up collaboration with allies.  |
National Defense March 2004 Roxana Tiron |
Lack of Common Technology Still a Problem in Air Combat Although NATO leaders have expressed interest in acquiring interoperable technologies for tactical aircraft, the alliance is far from having a common information backbone, according to Gen. Robert Foglesong, the commander of U.S. Air Forces Europe.  |
National Defense June 2004 Sandra I. Erwin |
Redefining Combat Among the hard lessons the U.S. Army is learning in Iraq is that the line between "major combat" and "stability operations" is blurred, at best, and that the enemy gets to decide when the war is finally over.  |
Parameters Autumn 2004 Michael O'Hanlon |
The Need to Increase the Size of the Deployable Army The possibility exists that large numbers of active-duty troops and reservists may soon leave the service rather than subjecting themselves to a life continually on the road. The seriousness of the worry cannot be easily established.  |
National Defense May 2004 Harold Kennedy |
The New face of Peacekeeping U.S. leaders have began to rediscover the value of peacekeeping operations.  |
National Defense July 2009 Grace V. Jean |
U.S., Coalition Troops to Rehearse For Combat in Simulated Afghan War A high-tech combat simulation now in the planning stages will seek to achieve what eight years of real combat in Afghanistan apparently has not. And that is to teach U.S. forces how to fight with allies.  |
National Defense April 2009 Sandra I. Erwin |
U.S. Wants More Help From Allies? Not Really The hope is that President Obama's extraordinary popularity in Europe will translate into "enhanced contributions to the efforts in Afghanistan."  |
National Defense April 2005 Roxana Tiron |
Personnel Locator System Helps Rescue Downed Pilots Cubic Defense's V12 has been used in the U.S as well as by NATO forces.  |
National Defense February 2008 Breanne Wagner |
Special Operators Ponder the Right Mix of Roles and Missions U.S. Special Operations Command is growing. From 48,000 personnel today, its numbers are expected to increase to 58,000 in the coming years. But how will they be used?  |
National Defense July 2010 Sandra I. Erwin |
To Meet War Equipment Needs, Commanders Continue to Bypass Pentagon Acquisition System Commander's wish lists are supposed to influence the military services' buying decisions, but often do not. If they do make it into the services' budgets, it takes years for the system to deliver equipment.  |
National Defense February 2013 Paul J. Kern |
U.S. Troops Deserve a Competitive Equipment Advantage The Army can take advantage of commercial competitive practices for fast-moving technologies, rather than lengthy bureaucratic processes. The armed forces should have the best capability when they need it -- and at a more affordable price in a time of lean defense budgets.  |
National Defense January 2006 Stew Magnuson |
Adaptive Foe Thwarts Counter-IED Efforts Coalition forces are engaged in an ongoing invisible combat in the radio and infrared spectra. Iraqi insurgents have progressed from simple trip wires to infrared devices to set off improvised explosive devices.  |
National Defense June 2006 |
NATO Needs a Unified Elite Force, Experts Contend A NATO commando formation would be better qualified -- particularly in counterterrorism scenarios -- to respond to contingencies, military experts say.  |
National Defense April 2004 Roxana Tiron |
Computer Simulations Bolster Joint-Service Combat Training Connecting combat simulations in real time, so commanders and war planners from all services can train together, has proved to be a tough technical issue for the Defense Department. Last year, the Pentagon cancelled the multibillion-dollar Joint Simulation Systems program, as a result of cost overruns and poor performance.  |
CIO August 15, 2002 Simone Kaplan |
Marching in Sync Integration is difficult in the best of circumstances. When you're the U.S. Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) and your integration project involves four branches of the military and dozens of government agencies, it's an almost insurmountable challenge.  |
National Defense February 2009 Grace V. Jean |
Equipment Shortages Undercut U.S. Special Operations Forces The U.S. Special Operations Command has seen its budget and personnel nearly double since 2001. But analysts caution that the command may be stretching itself thin because it has not acquired enough additional equipment to support a larger force.  |
Defense Update Issue 1, 2005 |
Operation Iraqi Freedom C 4ISR Lessons Learned Operation Iraqi Freedom was the first major military operation conducted under the newly introduced US Army Net-Centric Warfare (NCW) doctrine.  |
National Defense May 2005 Joe Pappalardo |
Special Operations Command Faces Personnel Shortages Some of the most skilled personnel slots may face future shortages, including civil affairs operators, psychological operations staff, special forces units and combat controllers.  |
National Defense February 2005 Harold Kennedy |
Wars Taking Air Commandos Into Uncharted Territory Air Force commandos are adapting to the emerging difficulties of fighting counterinsurgency wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere in the U.S. global war on terrorism, said Lt. Gen. Michael W. Wooley.  |
National Defense May 2006 Harold Kennedy |
Race Begins For Search and Rescue Contract The Air Force is preparing to award a contract worth as much as $500 million over the next five years to provide training for its combat search and rescue personnel.  |
National Defense April 2009 Grace V. Jean |
U.S. Special Operations Command Seeks Culturally Attuned Warriors Candidates who hope to join the Army's Special Forces, whether recruited from the services or other programs, will face higher standards in training.  |
National Defense June 2006 Harold Kennedy |
Special Operators Gain Civilian Assistance As it plans for an extended struggle against terrorism, the U.S. Special Operations Command is realizing that it is going to need a lot of outside help, and it is reaching out to civilian agencies, allied nations and private contractors.  |
National Defense December 2006 Harold Kennedy |
Service Teams Seek More Cooperation to Save Lives With U.S. forces heavily engaged in combat, peacekeeping and disaster-relief missions around the world, military search-and-rescue units are trying to figure out how to work more closely together while saving lives.  |
National Defense April 2007 Sandra I. Erwin |
Military Readiness: Candid Assessments Long Overdue Alarm bells have gotten progressively louder and more jarring in recent weeks on the issue of military readiness on the home front.  |
National Defense August 2005 Harold Kennedy |
State Department Gets Major Role In Peacekeeping The White House has assigned the role of coordinating civilian and coalition efforts, or "stability operations," after a war to the State Department, which has created an office with an "ambassadorial-level coordinator."  |
National Defense July 2015 Sandra I. Erwin |
Best of Times, Worst of Times for Air Power Gen. Herbert J. "Hawk" Carlisle, acknowledged that the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria will never be defeated from the air.  |
National Defense September 2006 Sandra I. Erwin |
Defense Engineers Ponder `Modest Adjustments' for Connecting Forces Incompatible weapon systems and disjointed information networks continue to be a source of frustration at the Defense Department.  |
National Defense January 2006 Harold Kennedy |
Europe-Based NATO Reaches Deep into Asia, Africa U.S. and allied military forces in Europe -- grappling with a lengthy, global war on terrorism -- are expanding their reach far beyond their traditional perimeters, deep into Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa.  |
National Defense October 2009 Sandra I. Erwin |
U.S. May Be Losing Track of Critical Night Vision Equipment A State Department official said that increasingly the Pentagon is losing track of its night vision equipment. State is responsible for transfers and exports of military technology.  |
National Defense December 2007 Breanne Wagner |
Air Force Search-and-Rescue Crews Stressed by War, Say Commanders The intense pace of operations of Air Force search-and-rescue crews is straining units and is causing frustrations because medevac procedures differ among the services.  |
National Defense May 2007 Sandra I. Erwin |
Comrades in Arms With Penchant for Bitter Rivalries Retired four-star general and West Point professor Barry McCaffrey marvels at the miracle of joint-service combat power.  |
National Defense March 2012 Stew Magnuson |
Army, Marine Corps Face Pitfalls When it Comes to Modernizing Equipment As budgets tighten and the military reduces ground forces, the Marine Corps' failed attempt to field the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle may serve as a case study for those hoping to modernize military equipment.  |
National Defense July 2004 Sandra I. Erwin |
Washington Pulse Army Nearing Breaking Point... Third Rotation Into Iraq Begins in September... War Stress Mounting in the Marine Corps... `Security of Supply' Treaties Exclude Vaccines, Fuel...  |
National Defense October 2004 Harold Kennedy |
Forces Under Stress The Special Operations Command is struggling to retain its most experienced personnel while it moves to fill a growing role in the U.S. war against terrorism.  |
National Defense June 2005 Sandra I. Erwin |
Iraq Lessons Pervade Army War Games Insights gleaned from two years of fighting a brutal counterinsurgency in Iraqi cities are being folded into the Army's strategy to prepare for the next war.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2006 John Keller |
U.S. And Its Allies Get Serious About Systems Interoperability Recent international exercises involving U.S. and allied military forces, as well as police departments and first responders, are finally getting the idea across that military leaders are getting very serious about interoperability.  |
Parameters Spring 2004 Peter B. Zwack |
A NATO-Russia Contingency Command The time may be opportune to consider establishing a tangible, combined NATO and Russian military entity to jointly face the challenges of the post-9/11 world.  |
Parameters Spring 2007 Ryan C. Hendrickson |
The Miscalculation of NATO's Death NATO's history, its ability to overcome crises, an analysis of NATO expansion, its institutional flexibility, and evidence of renewed interest in the alliance by many of the world's great powers.  |
Parameters Summer 2004 Gordon & Sollinger |
The Army's Dilemma The Army is perceived by many as unimaginative, obstructionist, and wedded to concepts of warfare that are increasingly irrelevant to the current geopolitical environment. This article suggests an explanation for this perception and ways the Army might alter it.  |
Parameters Winter 2003/2004 Christopher J. Toomey |
Army Digitization: Making it Ready for Prime Time The Army's commitment to creating a digitized force elicits some key questions about how the Army will make the transition from an analog force in the face of rapidly changing technology while maintaining the capability to meet key strategic and operational challenges.  |
National Defense May 2005 Lawrence P. Farrell |
Successful Net-Centric Operations Require Joint Testing The wars U.S. forces are fighting today---and can be expected to fight in the foreseeable future---undoubtedly are shaping the military services' requirements for new and improved technology.  |