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Letters
Feb 01, 2009; ... Remembering Gen. Walter Kerwin The passing of Gen. Walter T. Kerwin Jr. last July brought to mind afresh a memorable encounter that I had with him while I was a captain in the North Carolina Army National Guard (NCARNG). At the time, I was battery commander of Battery A, 1st Battalion, ...
Divining New Directions
Feb 01, 2009; ... During the weeks leading up to the inauguration of President Barack H. Obama, the directions in which policy winds would blow in the new administration were hazy at the Pentagon and fogbound at headquarters, outposts and fighting positions around the world. What would the new administration do ...
82nd CAB to Deploy to Afghanistan in Spring
Feb 01, 2009; ... The Department of Defense has announced that approximately 2,800 soldiers and the fleet of helicopters of the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB), 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C., will deploy to Afghanistan in late spring, several months earlier than planned. In January, Secretary of ...
Rebuilding America's Eroding Defense Industrial Base
Feb 01, 2009; ... Recently a colleague sent me two important studies on a topic that has received too little scrutiny for too long: the post-Cold War erosion of America's formerly unequaled defense industrial base. That isn't a problem calculated to prompt headlines, although its consequences occasionally ...
No Holy Grails, No Silver Bullets
Feb 01, 2009; ... Since I've been back from Iraq (after a tour as commanding general of the Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq from June 2007 to July 2008), one of the questions I'm asked most often is: "What was the thing that made the surge work?" By "the thing," the questioner really means the one ...
Leadership Versus Information Technology Management-Where Do We Go From Here?
Feb 01, 2009; ... As our Army, by necessity, becomes more technologically savvy and dependent, we must keep an eye on the fact that ultimately the Army is a people profession (as opposed to a business or a bureaucracy) that requires authentic ethical leaders to lead our soldiers. We introduce this cautionary ...
The Shortage of Army Officers in Year Groups 1991-97
Feb 01, 2009; ... "When written in Chinese, the word crisis is composed of two characters-one represents danger and one represents opportunity." -John F. Kennedy, April 1959 As our nation continues to fight over an extended period of time and attempts to expand the size of its Army, there will be ...
The Year of the NCO
Feb 01, 2009; ... The Army has just launched the Year of the NCO web site: http://www4.army.mil/yearofthenco/home.php Since 1775, the Army has set apart its NCOs from other enlisted Soldiers by distinctive insignia of grade. With more than 200 years of service, the U.S. Army's Noncommissioned ...
OPERATIONALIZING FM 3-07 Stability Operations IN U.S. AFRICA COMMAND
Feb 01, 2009; ... In the course of contributing to the development of the new Army field manual, FM 3-07 Stability Operations, I was convinced that I was reading a copy of the strategy for U.S. Africa Command. While it was written with "Phase Four" Iraq and Afghanistan in mind, everything in the manual - from its ...
ARMY SAFE-A TEAM EFFORT
Feb 01, 2009; ... Cpl. Johnson had just finished packing his bag when he heard a knock at his barracks door. It was Sgt. Givens, his squad leader, and he needed to talk to the young corporal. "Johnson, I just received your TRiPS form with your three-day weekend pass request," Sgt. Givens said. "It says you're ...
Training Innovations
Feb 01, 2009; ... "We continued to make improvements at both the home station and our com· bat training centers in our training programs, and the innovation and resources that we've put into these have combined to increase the realism of our irregular warfare training. At the same time, we are beginning to reset ...
Officer Education at CGSC: The Origin, Revival and Value of the Staff Ride
Feb 01, 2009; ... In the early 1900s, a group of Army officers attending what would become the modern U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC) at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., boarded trains to travel to the South. They had prepared for the study of the Civil campaigns of 1864 by reading extensive reports ...
Strategic And Tactical 'Paper Pushing'
Feb 01, 2009; ... "The pen is mightier than the sword." -Edward Bulwer-Lytton The U.S. Army puts such a high premium on command that few commissioned officers who have not previously commanded at company, battalion and brigade levels ever wear stars, whereas most professional staff officers who ...
Celebrating the Lincoln Bicentennial
Feb 01, 2009; ... On the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth, the nation reflects not only on his presidential legacy, but also on his achievements as Commander in Chief. Long recognized as an eloquent orator and skilled politician, America's 16th President was also the consummate Commander in Chief. A ...
Pass in Review: The Tale Of The Flying Half Section
Feb 01, 2009; ... A change of command is a special event requiring a synchronicity unrivaled in the civilian world. The ceremony commemorates the physical and emotional passage of leadership from one commander to the next. When our battalion commander announced his new assignment, he had very specific designs for ...
Platoon Leaders' Stories
Feb 01, 2009; ... To: Company Commanders From: Company Commanders Our experiences as platoon leaders shaped our under- standing of the Army and of our place within it as leaders. Today's lieutenants are learning to lead American Sol- diers in a time of war, when the stakes are greater and the ...
RAID Tower Sensor Helps Force Protection Equation
Feb 01, 2009; ... A long with new air and ground platform upgrades and weapon enhancements, Army warfighters have also been the beneficiaries of recent technology enhancements in a range of aerial and ground-based force protection capabilities. One of the early examples can be found in the evolution of ...
AUSA Sustaining Member Profile: MGM Brakes
Feb 01, 2009; ... Corporate Structure - Founded: 1956. Chairman, President and CEO: Ron Parker. Corporate Headquarters and Technology Development Center: 8530 Cliff Cameron Dr., Charlotte, NC 28269. Manufacturing Plants: Murphy, N.C.; Cloverdale, Calif. Telephone: 704-547-7411. Web site: ...
Mutual Assured Destruction and the Military
Feb 01, 2009; ... Mutual Assured Destruction and the Military The Great American Gamble: Deterrence Theory and Practice from the Cold War to the Twenty-First Century. Keith B. Payne. National Institute Press. 471 pages; index; $19. By James Jay Caratano Keith Payne is not like the rest of us. When ...
Cavalryman of the Lost Cause: A Biography of J.E.B. Stuart
Feb 01, 2009; ... Cavalryman of the Lost Cause: A Biography of J.E.B. Stuart. Jeffry D. Wert. Simon & Schuster. 496 pages; maps; black-and-white photographs; index; $32. In the annals of American military history, no cavalryman occupies a higher position than Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, the preeminent ...