Army back issues from January 2008:
Letters
Jan 01, 2008; ... Adaptive Leaders Course * I am amazed that we would give credence to the academic theory of "adaptive leadership" ("Adaptive Leaders Course: Old Dogs Teaching New Tricks," November) when we have forces in the field in active combat. That discussion is better suited to a peacetime think ...
Defense Authorization Bill Nears Passage-Battle for War Funding Continues
Jan 01, 2008; ... House and Senate lawmakers finally reached agreement on the conference report to the fiscal year 2008 National Defense Authorization Act. The bill would authorize $696 billion in defense spending, including $189 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and $10.1 billion for ballistic missile ...
Appraising Army Needs
Jan 01, 2008; ... The October 2007 AUSA Annual Meeting was rewarding, particularly when one was witness to the reactions, comments and appreciation of soldiers as they beheld, many for the first time, the wonders offered by American industry for the future of our Army. This year, among many excellent ...
Funding the Army and Reconstructing Iraq
Jan 01, 2008; ... Lately, Washington and the defense community have been abuzz with the discovery and coverage of several illegal contracts and financial wrongdoings by military members. Most of the focus has been on major contracts in Washington and in Kuwait; overlooked, however, among the accusations of ...
Army Leadership-A Personal View
Jan 01, 2008; ... Leadership is taking the point position when your unit or flight is expecting contact with the enemy. Leadership is flying a crippled bomber to the ground when one of your wounded crewmembers cannot bail out. Leadership is keeping your young soldiers, marines, airmen, sailors and coast guardsmen ...
Correction
Jan 01, 2008; ... In the "Sustaining Member Profile" in ARMY Magazine's November 2007 issue, the helicopter (above) was incorrectly identified. It is a UH72A Lakota. The article also neglected to mention a Goodrich strategic business unit, ISR Systems, which ...
China: The Stirring Dragon
Jan 01, 2008; ... In preparation for this article, the author made a two-week visit to China, interviewing American military attachés, political analysts and officers in training. He also interviewed the director of the Chinese Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation Studies, a branch of the Chinese Academy ...
Army Aviation: SUPPORTING THE SOLDIER
Jan 01, 2008; ... With the termination of the Comanche program in 2004, the Army began an Aviation transformation with a focus on modernizing the current fleet of aircraft and procuring new, state-of-the-art aircraft to more effectively operate in current and emerging combat environments. In support of Operation ...
New Black Hawk Affirms the Future Of Army Aviation
Jan 01, 2008; ... The UH-60M Black Hawk, now being fielded at Fort Campbell, Ky., is a versatile machine that will perform assault, medevac, cargo, command-and-control, aerial sustainment and search-arid-rescue missions. CW4 Gene McNeill, currently test pilot and trainer on the aircraft at Sikorsky Aircraft, ...
UH-72A Lakota
Jan 01, 2008; ... One of the most recent additions to the U.S. Army aviation fleet is the UH-72A Lakota light utility helicopter (LUH). In late 2004, the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) announced its intention to issue a draft request for proposal for a full and open competitive procurement ...
Army Modernization In an Era Of Persistent Conflict
Jan 01, 2008; ... The Army intends to remain the preeminent landpower on earth, dominant across the full spectrum of operations, now and in the future, to meet our enduring contract with the American people to defend our freedom. The Army's modernization strategy is designed to meet the Army's current and future ...
Taking It To The Streets
Jan 01, 2008; ... DARPA's Latest Robotic Competition Focuses on Urban Environment In the predawn hours of Saturday, November 3, 2007, the former George Air Force Base, in Victorville, Calif., was a beehive of activity as industry and academia teams made a flurry of ?last-minute adjustments to nearly a ...
In Praise of Basic Training Instructors
Jan 01, 2008; ... A product of a too-often maligned system casts a vigorous vote of confidence. I feel that I am something of a connoisseur of instructors and instruction. Something like double the normal number of teachers has passed before my student desk in this country and in Europe, offering in ...
Leading our Soldiers After They Lose One of Their Own
Jan 01, 2008; ... To: Junior Officers From: Junior Officers "Private Paton was killed by a sniper. Shot through the neck. He was a good kid and always had a smile on his face. He was very close to my Soldiers, and they took it real hard. My Soldiers were so angry and were asking me, 'Why are we ...
AN/AVR-2B Laser Detecting System
Jan 01, 2008; ... The broad mandates of warfighter survivability extend far beyond the recent proliferation of improvised low-tech/high-concept weapons. Just as the warfighters themselves must be prepared to operate across a broad spectrum of conflict, survivability planners must also address threats across the ...
AUSA Sustaining Member Profile: Harris Corporation
Jan 01, 2008; ... Corporate Structure-Founded in 1895. Number of employees: 15,000. Chairman, President and CEO: Howard L Lance. Headquarters: 1025 W. NASA Blvd., Melbourne, f L 32919. Web site: www.harris.com. Harris Corporation is an international communications and information technology company ...
More Troops Needed in Northern Iraq
Jan 01, 2008; ... U.S. military commanders in the north have indicated they need more troops-in Mosul and in Nineveh, Diyala and Salahuddin Provinces-to fight increasing violence there. Military operations have forced al Qaeda in Iraq out of the south and west of the country, and the insurgents have migrated ...
Past Preparations for Wars of the Future
Jan 01, 2008; ... Past Preparations for Wars of the Future Imagining Future War: The West's Technological Revolution and Visions of Wars to Come, 1880-1914. Antulio J. Echevarria II. Praeger Security International. 120 pages; black and white drawings; index; $39.95. The Army constantly prepares to fight ...
What If-Japan's Pacific Strategy Revisited
Jan 01, 2008; ... What If-Japan's Pacific Strategy Revisited Japanese Military Strategy in the Pacific War: Was Defeat Inevitable? James B. Wood. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Inc. 141 pages; maps; diagrams; index; $24.95 paper, $69 cloth. Could Japan have won World War II in the Pacific or, falling ...
The Most Noble Adventure: The Marshall Plan and the Time When America Helped Save Europe
Jan 01, 2008; ... The Most Noble Adventure: The Marshall Plan and the Time When America Helped Save Europe. Greg Behrman. Free Press. 449 pages; black and white photographs; index; $27. Six weeks after his appointment as secretary of State in January 1947, George C. Marshall was on his way to Moscow to ...
House to House: An Epic Memoir of War
Jan 01, 2008; ... House to House: An Epic Memoir of War. SSgt. David Bellavia with John R. Bruning. Free Press. 321 pages; black and white photographs and diagrams; $26. "Welcome to the infantry" is how SSgt. David BeUavia begins his memoir House to House: An Epic Memoir of War. "This is our day, our job ....
War Made New: Technology, Warfare, and the Course of History, 1500 to Today
Jan 01, 2008; ... War Made New: Technology, Warfare, and the Course of History, 1500 to Today. Max Boot. Gotham Books. 624 pages; maps; black and white photographs; index; $35. Although not widely used now, four years after the high-technology attack into Iraq, the term "revolution in irulitary affairs" ...
Stonewall Jackson: A Biography
Jan 01, 2008; ... Stonewall Jackson: A Biography. Donald A. Davis. Palgrave Macmillan. 204 pages; black and white photographs; index; $21.95. Lt. Gen. Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson emerged from the American Civil War with a glorious military reputation, which at the time eclipsed that of Gen. Robert E ....
Homeward Bound: American Veterans Return from War
Jan 01, 2008; ... Homeward Bound: American Veterans Return from War. Richard H. Taylor with Sandra Wright Taylor. Praeger security International. 224 pages; black and white photographs; index; $49.95. In Homeward Bound, Richard H. Taylor records the problems American veterans have faced when they returned ...
West Point: An Inside Look at The Long Gray Line
Jan 01, 2008; ... West Point: An Inside Look at The Long Gray Line. Roger Charles Miller and Linda Foster. Image Publishing Ltd. 168 pages; color photographs; $44.50. To order, visit www.rogermillerphoto.com or call (410) 566-1222. Following a foreword by Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, U.S. Army retired, ...
The Old Guard in 1898: A Short History of the Third United States Infantry Regiment
Jan 01, 2008; ... The Old Guard in 1898: A Short History of the Third United States Infantry Regiment. Richard M. Lytle. Scarecrow Press Inc. 226 pages; black and white photographs; index; $35. Organized as the First American Regiment in 1784, the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, also known as The Old Guard, ...
Images des Américains dans la Grande Guerre
Jan 01, 2008; ... Images des Américains dans la Grande Guerre. ECPAD. Éditions Italiques. 160 pages; black and white photographs; 18euro. To order, e-mail the publishers at contact@italiques.com. In 1917, as World War I raged, American soldiers arrived in France to battle the Central Powers along with ...
The Veteran's PTSD Handbook: How to File and Collect on Claims for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Jan 01, 2008; ... The Veteran's PTSD Handbook: How to File and Collect on Claims for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. John D. Roche. Potomac Books. 231 pages; figures; index; $17.95. A veteran of Korea and Vietnam, John D. Roche relies on his experience as both a Veterans Affairs (VA) claims adjudicator ...
Earle G. Wheeler at 100
Jan 01, 2008; ... January 13, 2008, marks the one-hundredth birthday of Gen. Earle Gilmore Wheeler, Army Chief of Staff from 1962 to 1964, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1964 to 1970. Distinguished service brought him to these positions of preeminent responsibility and positioned him to be a key ...