Back to reality
Back to reality

By Maj. Robert M. Chamberlain

The American Army is an organization in search of a strategic purpose. American conventional involvement in the war in Afghanistan is drawing to a close, the security establishment has rejected armed nation-building as a viable national strategy, and the projection of military power seems to take...

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DARTS & LAURELS
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Budget blunder
To the Obama administration for counting on Congress to help fix things.
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Tricare’s toll
To the Defense department for tackling the rising cost of military health care for retirees. As overall defense spending declines, the growing cost of caring for retirees and their families...
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EMCON redux
To the U.S. Navy for resurrecting the lost art of EMCON.
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COMMENTARY
Perspectives

Cybersecurity is tough, and not just because it's technical.
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Perspectives
Lt. Col. Thomas Macias
Last year, Norway pulled its special-operations units from their various armed services and used them to create Norwegian Special Operations Command. The Ministry of Defence gave NORSOCOM its own funding pool, prioritized it higher than conventional forces' funding and invited the special operators...
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THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM
BY CHARLES D. ALLEN
CONUNDRUM IN THE SAHEL
BY COL. JOHN C. CASE
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