U.S. Army Looks to New Ground-Based Sensors to Track Both UAS and Personnel Targets
The U.S. Army is exploring next-generation passive ground-based Persistent Surveillance Systems (PSS) that could be used to provide long range …
Conflicts & Operations
The Virtues of Stubbornness: Mules at War
Mules don’t exist in nature. They are an artificial product of human ingenuity, and like many such products, it didn’t …
Global Trends 2030: The Role of the United States
From a Unipolar World to a Multi-Polar One
Much has been made in the last decade regarding “America’s decline.” And …
B-52 Stratofortress Training Mission Over South Korea Demonstrates Capability and Resolve
With North Korea conducting nuclear weapons tests and making pronouncements about invalidating the Korean armistice, the U.S. Air Force gave …
Interview With Lt. Gen. John E. Wissler, Deputy Commandant of the Marine Corps for Programs and Resources
Lt. Gen. John E. Wissler is deputy commandant for Programs and Resources, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Washington, D.C. The son …
“Theater Security Package” Bulks Up U.S. Air Power in Korea As Tensions Rise
Airmen from bases in the United States are bolstering U.S. visibility in South Korea at a time when tensions on …
The Civil War Ironclad Monitor’s Unknown Sailors Are Remembered and Honored at Arlington
While the guns of the USS Monitor went quiet 151 years ago, the final rifle volleys fired into the brisk …
U.S. Army 2012: Year in Review
As outlined in the February 2012 U.S. Army Posture Statement, over the nation’s past decade at war, the U.S. Army …
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow, All for the War Effort
On March 6, 1943, the New York Times reported that 11-year-old Anita Hochberg of Sea Cliff, Long Island, had donated …
Turning Things Around: Patton Takes Over II Corps
The American debacle at the Battle of Kasserine Pass had brought the simmering command crisis of II Corps to a …