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Army
Published monthly, Army focuses on issues of national security, past and present issues of landpower, and future trends in military science through in-depth articles and analyses.
Articles from Vol. 61, No. 11, November
A Doomed but Praiseworthy Effort to Curb Acronymania
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"Call the TOC ASAP and tell the ADC that the CG is en route to 3rd brigade's BSA and wants a LOGPAC SlTREP as soon as he arrives."Utter that sentence to anyone in uniform and he or she will understand immediately. Say it to anyone else and they'll look...
Ball's Bluff, the Trent Affair and the Joint Committee at 150
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Both the Union and the Confederacy experienced ups and downs throughout the Civil War. In the fall of 1861, 150 years ago, the Union certainly suffered from its share of setbacks. A battlefield debacle at Ball's Bluff, 30 miles northwest of Washington,...
BG Hazel W. Johnson-Brown, USA Ret., 1927-2011
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BG Hazel W. Johnson-Brown, USA Ret., the first AfricanAmerican woman to be promoted to Army general, died on August 5 in Wilmington, Del., at the age of 83. In 1979, BG Johnson-Brown was promoted to brigadier general when she became the chief of the...
Company-Level Innovation in Afghanistan
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To: Company CommandersFrom: Company Commanders in AfghanistanAt the company level, the war in Afghanistan can be immensely frustrating. The enemy is smart and elusive; the weather and terrain, harsh and unforgiving. Government officials are corrupt....
Defeating Al Qaeda with the 'New Deterrence'
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Defeating Al Qaeda with the 'New Deterrence' Counterstrike: The Untold Story of America's Secret Campaign Against Al Qaeda. Eric Schmitt and Tlioiu Shanker. Time Books. 324 pages; notes; $27.00.Eric Schmitt and Thorn Shanker claim, convincingly, that...
Denial and Its Consequences
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U.S. economic security is at risk, yet the nation seems unable to make the set of collective decisions necessary to produce policies addressing the problems everyone recognizes. Our national political leaders seem to be in denial that their seeking to...
Enhancing Tomorrow's Technologies
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While the Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT) focuses on the delivery of technologies in the 6,1, 6.2 and 6,3 arenas, others are working to refine and enhance those fielded technologies for the warfighter. Just two months before the introduction...
GEN Dempsey Outlines Essential Themes
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In a letter to the joint force released in October, GEN Martin E. Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, outlined four essential themes the military must focus on to "ensure we remain the joint force the nation needs."* First, GEN Dempsey wrote,...
GEN Donn A. Starry, USA Ret., 1925-2011
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GEN Donn A. Starry, USA Ret., a 1948 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N. Y, who developed the Army doctrine integrating land and air forces known as AirLand Battle, died in Canton, Ohio, on August 26 after a long illness. He was 86....
Ground Combat Vehicle
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Asserting that the most likely 2ïstcentury adversary will come from hybrid threats combining conventional, irregular, terrorist and criminal capabilities and tactics, U.S. Army planners are working to ensure that tomorrow's nine-soldier infantry squad...
How Our Training Fails Us When It Counts
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My right hand twitched with barely concealed rage as I searched the man's eyes for a clue. He was probably guilty, and if I took him inside the house and pulled out my blade, maybe he would lead me to the rest of his fighters. I believed that he was...
Letters
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'M1A2 SEP Update'* All the alleged defense experts who like to dismiss weapons systems first introduced during the Cold War as irrelevant need to read Scott Gourley's September "Soldier Armed" ("M1A2 SEP Update"). Without question, the advanced version...
Optimer Brands, Makers of DRIFIRE®
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Corporate Structure - CEO: Steven Scheyer. Corporate Headquarters: 10 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 2200, Chicago, IL 60606. Telephone: 866-266-4035. Website: www.DRIFIRE.com.Optimer Brands is a company that focuses on delivering innovative textile solutions...
Remembering GEN Starry
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".. .And this eternal resting place Is known as Fiddlers' Green ..."In May 1970, America was at war in Vietnam. In order to stop communist infiltration into the Republic of Vietnam from Cambodia, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces attacked into Cambodia...
Revisiting the Normandy Campaign
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Revisiting the Normandy Campaign Normandy Crucible: The Decisive Battle That Shaped World War II in Europe. John Prados. NAL Caliber. 336 pages; photographs; maps; appendix; index; $25.95.Few campaigns during World War ? have captured public imagination...
Security Force Assistance in Africa: The Case for Regionally Aligned BCTs
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The purpose of assisting foreign security forces is to build U.S. partner capabilities and capacity in order to enhance their ability tu secure their own territory, fight national and international terrorism, and promote local and regional stability-...
The Costs and Risks of AirSea Battle
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Managing the rise of emerging powers is always a tricky business, especially for the reigning power. According to Raoul Heinrichs, writing in the August 17 issue of The Diplomat, "The AirSea Battle concept for countering China's military rise is expensive...
The Emergence of Ulysses S. Grant
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"It is men who wait to be selected, and not those who seek, from whom we may always expect the most efficient service."-GEN Ulysses S. GrantLTG Ulysses S. Grant emerged from the American Civil War in resplendent glory. As the victor at Fort Donelson,...
The Sword of Damocles
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With recent legislation increasing our debt ceiling and the creation of the debt "super committee" charged with finding further spending reductions, Congress has hung a Sword of Damocles over the future funding of the Department of Defense and military...
U.S. and Afghans Working 'Shoulder to Shoulder'
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U.S. and Afghan forces are working "shoulder to shoulder," said LTG Curtis M. Scaparrotti, commander, International Security Assistance Force joint Command, last month. "Together," he said, "we are creating a better future for the people of Afghanistan."As...
Virtual Humans
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An bout the same time these pages are reaching readers' hands (and screens), soldiers at the Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Benning, Ga., will begin to receive greetings on their own screens by the latest generation of "virtual humans."Virtual...
