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Military power often emerges at the nexus of technology, organizational processes of force employment, and training. (1) However, rapid technological change, the constantly evolving character of warfare, and the lingering [...]

IN JUNE 2016, then-Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced that the United States would be lifting a ban on transgender people serving openly in the armed forces. 'We're talking about [...]

Nuclear deterrence is not what it used to be. Theorists, policy makers, and military planners have arrived at the place that noted physicist Freeman Dyson referred to as 'The Quest [...]

The Canadian F-35 procurement represents the largest peacetime acquisition of new aircraft for Canadian forces since the Korean War. Securing industrial benefits from military procurement is essential for advanced industrialized [...]

The joint planner has many conditions to consider when contemplating future threats against the United States. The vast expanse of an adversary's weapons arsenal includes improved terminal guidance systems for [...]

Joint Publication 1-02, Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, defines weapon system as 'a combination of one or more weapons with all related equipment, materials, services, personnel, [...]

July 29, 2009, started out like so many other days for Major Mary Jennings Hegar, a helicopter pilot in the U.S. Air Force. She was flying a mission to rescue [...]

Tactically, the US Air Force performs superbly in a counterinsurgency (COIN) fight. Strategically, though, that fact is irrelevant; the critical capability involves building the partner nation's indigenous airpower--an essential distinction. [...]

The United States is looking on changing its focus from the deployment of expensive, high-performance satellite programs to smaller, low-cost satellites. The US Operatively Responsive Space (ORS) vision is focused on the development of a new information-age-based model of low-cost, rapid-reaction space assets.

Heading into the Fiscal Year 2008 Department of Defense (DoD) budget process, key issues still face all four DoD armed forces concerning equipment: * Developing the best equipment for troops […]

If the Army is to transform to a force that can respond rapidly with leaner sustainment and lighter deployment requirements, it must reduce its forward logistics footprint and increase its [...]

An overview on the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) 2005, which determines the possible threats to be faced by United States Defense of Department (DoD), and also the suggestions for disaster planning, are presented.

The headline for a Feb. 27, 2004, article on reads, 'Clean Government Audit Remains Elusive.' The article opens with this statement: 'Financial management problems at the Pentagon continue to prevent [...]

The base realignment and closure action (BRAC) that is heading to a new round is detailed. The BRAC would reduce excess capacity and in addition would enable DOD to rationalize facilities to better match the force structure for the new way of doing business.

Operation Iraqi Freedom was in its eighth day and things were going well for the allies. Despite fierce sand storms which threatened to hold up the advance, U.S. forces were […]

Worldwide Air Force news reports are presented. It includes news about increasing Iraqi attack on patrols, United States Air Force hoping to realign manpower and Russia planning military reforms.

A worldwide Air Force news report is presented. It includes news about the death of an F-16 pilot in crash, increasing Southern Watch strikes and Department of Defense's (DOD) announcement of a shift in tactics.

Signs of change are everywhere, especially in the world of business and commerce, with daily reports of mergers, acquisitions, and spin-offs in search of profit and efficiency The art and [...]

An analysis of the effects of the Department of Dense decision to postpone indefinitely the resumption of training at Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, is presented.

Amid bipartisan congressional concerns about the cost, the Defense Department is defending its plan to rebuild the remaining stockpile of U.S. nuclear warheads, including the B61 bomb. The National Nuclear [...]

Byline: Kevin Wack The Pentagon will move forward with new restrictions on high-cost loans to soldiers after a Republican-led effort to delay those rules failed early Thursday on Capitol Hill. [...]