Defense Security Cooperation Agency – Defense Solutions for America’s Global Partners – Premiere Edition
We are excited to announce the release of the premiere edition of Defense Security Cooperation Agency: Defense Solutions for America’s …
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Unmanned Logistics Support
Logistics convoys have been high priority – and highly vulnerable – targets for insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan over the …
Citizen-soldier to Warrior Ethos: Let’s Reverse the Trend
I’ve just marked my 55th year writing for publication about the armed forces, with emphasis on the Air Force. For …
The Fall Edition of Defense Now Available to Read Online
Over the past few weeks, printed copies of the fall edition of Defense have been delivered to the desks of …
Veterans Day Message As Written by Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta
Since our nation’s founding, brave young Americans from every generation have answered the call to serve in uniform and put …
How Does the Election Result Affect U.S. Defense?
Some observers in Washington say U. S. defense policy probably wouldn’t have changed much regardless of which candidate won the …
Lend-Lease to Russia: The Persian Corridor
Of all the competing top priorities President Franklin Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill grappled with, the most vexing was …
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works Moves 4,500+ Ton Zumwalt (DDG 1000) ‘Ultra Unit’
The first Zumwalt-class DDG 1000 destroyer takes shape as a massive 4500+ ton “ultra unit” of the hull is moved …
Cuban Missile Crisis: Black Saturday, Agreement, and Lessons Learned
When the sun rose over the Eastern Time Zone on Oct. 27, 1962, the events that would almost cause a …
Cuban Missile Crisis: Consensus, Announcement and DEFCON-2
The two weeks following the discovery of a Soviet R-12/SS-4 Sandal Medium Range Ballistic Missile (MRBM) regiment in Western Cuba …