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National Defense
December 2007
Stew Magnuson
Strategic Command Selling Itself to Field Commanders The officers at U.S. Strategic Command are trying to sell their ability to support commanding officers. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
October 2009
J.R. Wilson
Military Information Security Command Opens for Business at Lackland AFB The U.S. Air Force ended two years of confusion and controversy by designating Lackland Air Force Base as its official operational cyber security center, consolidating all U.S. military cyberspace operations and computer security. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2004
Harold Kennedy
U.S. Northern Command Actively Enlisting Partners The U.S. Northern Command--established in 2002 to prevent a repeat of 9/11--is seeking assistance from a wide range of organizations to help it protect the United States, its territories and interests, said Army Col. Stover James, the organization's director of interagency coordination. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2006
Sandra I. Erwin
Protecting Skies Over War Zones Gets Tougher The airspace over Iraqi cities has become a traffic controller's nightmare. And it could get much worse, officials predict. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2006
Harold Kennedy
At Special Ops Forum, Experts Weigh Prospect of WMD Attacks As military leaders devote increasing attention to neutralizing roadside bombs in Iraq, specialists caution that it would be a mistake to dismiss the threat posed by weapons of mass destruction. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2009
Grace V. Jean
Lesson for Army: Forget Everything You Learned Before You Went to Iraq The Army will try to groom leaders who can adapt to many forms of war, says Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chief of the Army Training and Doctrine Command. mark for My Articles similar articles
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? mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2005
Sandra I. Erwin
Gen. Griffin: Army Procurement In Need Of Sweeping Changes The Army's procurement apparatus is undergoing a major reorganization designed to anticipate and satisfy equipment requirements. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2006
Sandra I. Erwin
Technologies Rushed to War Face an Uncertain Future In the scramble to deliver equipment requested by commanders in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army often bypassed its own procurement bureaucracy. mark for My Articles similar articles
Parameters
Winter 2005/2006
Mitchell J. Thompson
Breaking the Proconsulate: A New Design for National Power There have been few truly transformational changes to the institutions of national security, only slight modifications to the existing ones. mark for My Articles similar articles
Parameters
Autumn 2007
Gregory L. Cantwell
Nation-Building: A Joint Enterprise When America's Army is at war, is the nation also at war? mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2007
Sandra I. Erwin
Enjoy Your Money While You Can ... More than any other service, the Army has relied on Iraq-war funding to refurbish vehicles and acquire new hardware. However, if history is any guide, money only lasts as long as there are troops under fire. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2006
Harold Kennedy
U.S. Steps Up Efforts to Keep WMD Out of Enemy Hands Amid concerns about terrorist attacks against the U.S. and its allies, the U.S. government is increasing its efforts to keep enemies from acquiring and using weapons of mass destruction. Some of these efforts, however, are raising hackles even at home. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
November 2004
Harold Kennedy
WMD Defense Lacks Unified Command-Control Structure The Defense Department has assigned to multiple units the job of protecting the United States against attacks by weapons of mass destruction. These agencies, however, lack a central command and control structure. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2013
Valerie Insinna
Defense Department Infrastructure Still Vulnerable to Cyber-Attacks, Critics Say The Defense Department knows how to fight a kinetic war with bullets, bombs and boots on the ground, but it is still figuring out what a cyberwar would look like and how it would be fought. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
January 2004
Carolyn Maloney
Advanced Technology Demonstrations Proven in Iraq The war in Iraq helped demonstrate several Defense Department research and development programs that started out more than a decade ago as Advanced Concept Technology Demonstrations. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
December 2009
Grace V. Jean
Army to Create Education Programs for Soldiers Who Are Too Busy to Go to School Repeated deployments have kept soldiers away from schoolhouses. But the Army still believes there are ways to provide learning opportunities outside of the traditional education system. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
December 2014
Stew Magnuson
Army Takes Stock of Its Domestic Chem-Bio-Nuclear Response Capabilities More than a decade after the Army reluctantly took on the responsibility for responding to domestic chemical, biological and nuclear attacks or accidents, it has built a force of more than 18,000 dedicated personnel. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2006
Grace Jean
Irregular Warfare Underscores Equipment Shortcomings While U.S. military commanders in the Middle East generally are satisfied by Pentagon efforts to move needed technologies to the front lines, much remains to be done. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2006
Grace Jean
U.K. Defense Procurement Entirely `Joint' While the U.S. military continues to debate how best to develop and procure joint-service weapons systems, in nations such as the United Kingdom, the entire defense acquisition system is based upon joint requirements. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2004
Mike Cast
Army-Led Team Probes Joint Logistics Gaps The U.S. Army Developmental Test Command is sponsoring a test and evaluation program aimed at improving joint logistics processes. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
December 2007
Stew Magnuson
Murky Picture of What's Happening in Space Worries Air Force Officials There is a deterrent value to space situational awareness that doesn't grab the attention it should. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2012
Stew Magnuson
Changes on the Horizon For Special Operations Command as Force Grows No one in the White House or Pentagon is talking about cutting the ranks of special operators. They number about 66,000 personnel now, and the goal to reach 70,000 will not change. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2009
Sandra I. Erwin
Future War: How The Game is Changing "It's hard to concentrate on a grand strategy when your house is on fire," said Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis, head of U.S. Joint Forces Command. Even as they cope with the frantic demands of two major wars, military leaders say they have a clearer sense of the future than they did in the 1990s. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2005
Harold Kennedy
Coalition Training U.S. special operations forces step up collaboration with allies. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2005
Harold Kennedy
Special Operations Command Plans for Expanded Role in U.S. War on Terrorism The new role for special operations forces would not interfere with the U.S. Central Command's leadership in Iraq or Afghanistan. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2005
Sandra I. Erwin
Air Force Kicks Off Staff Reorganization Air Force officials intend to have in place by October nine new war-fighting headquarters that are intended to improve efficiency when organizing combat efforts. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2010
Stew Magnuson
Competition Keen for Next Generation of Cyberwarriors The Air Force last year established its first command devoted solely to protecting and attacking networks. But in a time when cybersecurity experts are in high demand, the question has arisen: Where is the talent coming from? mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
December 2009
Stew Magnuson
Increasingly Complex Operations Force Rapid Changes in Army Training The increasingly complex battlefield is prompting the service to rethink the way it trains for war. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2008
Breanne Wagner
Urban Surveillance Still Falling Short, Say Army Commanders Army commanders need more sophisticated aerial surveillance sensors to give them a wider, more detailed view of the complex urban battlefield. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
August 2004
Ben Ames
Military Warns Contractors About Pitfalls of Joint Weapons Design Pentagon planners are pushing the different service branches to share equipment and split the cost of customized-weapons development. This joint operation will help transform the American military into a lighter, faster force, they say. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2013
Stew Magnuson
Special Operations Missions to Require New Doctrine Whether it is called "soft power," or the latest buzzword, "the seventh warfighting function," special operations forces are entering a new chapter in their storied history, senior SOF leaders said. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
September 2007
Sandra I. Erwin
Incompatible Technologies Weaken Utility of Aerial Spies The military services operate nearly 4,000 unmanned aircraft, most of which have been deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan. The Army alone is flying 1,200 drones in surveillance combat missions. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
October 2004
Sandra I. Erwin
Memo to War Planners: No Post-It Notes or Stubby Pencils Allowed To bring order and discipline into it's information systems, the Air Force plans to hire a contractor to serve as a lead systems integrator in charge of standardizing the technology. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
September 2008
Glenn Derene
The Coming Cyberwar: Inside the Pentagon's Plan to Fight Back In the modern American military, digital telecommunication is so integral to command and control of forces and equipment that the disruption of data can do more to disable a fighting force than a thousand bombs mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2010
Sandra I. Erwin
Army Reorganizes Training for Intelligence Units "The focus now is on getting soldiers used to identifying information that could be useful" to commanders in Afghanistan, says Army Maj. Eric Butler says during a recent teleconference with military bloggers. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2015
Jon Harper
Surveillance Technology a Priority For Special Operations Forces Members of U.S. Special Operations Command's aviation component face difficult technological challenges as they seek to improve their ability to find, track and destroy the enemy. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2007
Grace Jean
Defense Technologies for an Uncertain Future The United States is at a crossroads when it comes to developing defense technologies for a future that seems obscure at best. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2004
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.
`Information Fusion' Key to Winning Wars What made a huge difference in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, said Roche, was the fusion of information. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2005
Harold Kennedy
Joint Force: Capital Unit Seen as Prototype for Homeland Defense A newly organized all-services command charged with protecting the Washington, D.C., region from terrorist attacks, natural disasters and civil disturbances is expected to serve as the model for defending other key regions in the United States. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
November 2007
Stew Magnuson
Units That Work With Civilians Often Disregarded, Soldiers Claim Experienced military troops who are trained to communicate with foreign audiences are neglected and underutilized, argue the authors of "United States Special Operations Command," a new book that is sparking debate within the special operations community. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2004
Sandra I. Erwin
Commanders Ponder How Best To Mend Battlefield Logistics A team of about 100 logistics experts dispatched to Iraq earlier this year pinpointed serious problems in the distribution of military supplies in the war zone, and is taking steps to solve them. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2009
Stew Magnuson
U.S. Plans to Destroy Enemy Computer Networks in Cyber-Attacks Questioned But secrecy may have impeded widespread debate about the nature and implications of cyber-attack. mark for My Articles similar articles