Army

Recent restructuring decisions surrounding projected acquisition quantities, roles and missions for the Army's RAH-66 Comanche helicopter have served to spotlight the importance of the Army's ongoing AH-64D Apache Longbow upgrade program. The AH-64D...

The Army announced in November that it is implementing a unit-based stop-loss policy for mobilized reserve component (RC) units. Mobilized RC soldiers will continue on active duty with their units from alert through 90 days after demobilization. The...

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Front&Center In the past few weeks a number of articles have been appearing regarding our "secret Army" and the pros and cons of privatizing and contracting out functions now performed by military and civilian manpower. Perhaps this is a solution...

"We are aggressively transforming Army aviation-rethinking the way our aviation finds, fixes and defeats the enemy in the three dimensional battlespace. We are going to increase the operational readiness of our aviation force to 90 percent fully mission-capable...

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Attack Helicopter Transformation This letter is in response to the article "Why Comanche?" (August). Being an old master aviator, I have had an association with attack helicopters, the AH-56 Cheyenne and the AAH/AH-64-Apache, and have served twice in...

In the grand scheme of things two events that took place in June were relatively minor in nature, but to a group of aging Cold War warriors, who still often refer to themselves as the Circle C Cowboys, the ceremonies were historic, memorable and a long...

In a ceremony at the Pentagon on December 2 President George W. Bush signed the 2003 National Defense Authorization Act which funds the military portion of the global war on terror and the continuing transformation of the military. The Authorization...

During any period of defense relook and reform, it is critical to identify new capabilities that are appropriate and applicable to the threats we anticipate. The decision to move beyond previously developed means to deter and defeat current threats with...

1 U.S. Army Forces, Far East, becomes the executive agency for the commander in chief, Far East Command, in administration and logistics and thus the principal administrative and logistical headquarters for the Korean theater. 2 Enemy forces attack Hill...

In tackling the challenges of transforming the Army, we have often discussed how the world would change in the years ahead. Recent events, particularly those in Afghanistan, have shown us that the world has already changed fundamentally. Changes already...