Ready To Eat! 30 Years of the MRE: A New Kind of Ration
For the last three decades, and for at least as many generations of warfighters, the individual combat ration known as …
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Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta’s Thanksgiving Day Message
Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta offered his gratitude to service members and their families in a Thanksgiving message Nov. 22, …
Sequestration: What’s Next?
As virtually everyone now knows, the congressional super committee’s abject failure to reach a deficit reduction agreement has triggered “sequestration.” …
Aegis BMD Afloat and Ashore
Wesley D. Kremer is vice president of Raytheon’s Air and Missile Defense Systems product line, which includes the Standard Missile …
Conflict in Afghanistan; Understanding the Narrative
Warfare is a hard science, but different social science disciplines can also be useful to equip or enable warfighters to …
Naval Ballistic Missile Defense
It has now been two decades since the U.S. Navy formally adopted the ballistic missile defense mission. For much of …
Veterans Day – Thank You, Veterans and Service Members
Veterans Day gives Americans the opportunity to celebrate the bravery and sacrifice of all U.S. veterans. However, according to the …
Air Force Flight Simulators May Help Cut Training Costs
Flight training is costly. The Air Force spends roughly $2.6 million to train a fighter pilot and roughly $600,000 …
A Herd of Hercs, a Knot of Phrogs, and a Warthog’s Welcome Home l Military Photos
Periodically we’ll be sharing favorite military photos we’ve come across in putting together our various publications and the DMN website. …
Closing Strength: In Today’s Urban Combat Settings, Soldiers Rely On Strategy, Training, and Pure, Physical Strength To Come Out On Top In Hand-to-Hand Encounters
Master Sgt. Tony Pryor was in a fight for his life. After wounding two combatants during a room-by-room sweep in …