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- Legitimacy and military operations: the views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of the U.S. Government, the Department of Defense, or any of its agencies
- [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] America is at war ... We have kept on the offensive against terrorist networks, leaving our enemy weakened, but not yet defeated ... The struggle against this enemy ... has been difficult. And our work is far from over --President George W. Bush, 16 March 2006...
- Research articles 2008-07-01
- Adding less-lethal arrows to the quiver for counterinsurgency air operations
- THE CONFLICT IN Iraq has enabled the war fighter to improve, and in some cases rewrite, many counterinsurgency COIN tactics, techniques, and procedures and has illustrated some gaps in our COIN capabilities. In this article, I explain one of those gaps in our weapons inventory and address how we resolved...
- Research articles 2008-06-22
- The role of Air Force civil engineers in counterinsurgency operations
- WHAT IS THE role of the Air Force's general-purpose forces in support of counterinsurgency COIN operations? Facilitators of the 2007 Air Force Symposium on Counterinsurgency posed that question at Maxwell AFB, Alabama, in April 2007. A presentation by David Ochmanek of the RAND Corporation analyzed areas of the world where...
- Research articles 2008-06-22
- Developing joint counterinsurgency doctrine: an airman's perspective
- [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Anybody who thinks that you can win these kinds of things in one dimension is not being honest. --General Peter Schoomaker, USA (1) How does the U.S. military plan to win in Iraq? According to some, "The Book" on Iraq is the Army's new Field...
- Research articles 2008-04-01
- Listen to the Airman
- [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] All Army officers need to read Shortchanging the Joint Fight? An Airmen's Assessment of FM 3-24 and the Case for Developing Truly Joint Doctrine, a monograph recently published by the Air University Press. In this 115-page piece, Major General Charles L. Dunlap Jr. provides an airman's insights...
- Research articles 2008-03-01
- Strategic Civil Affairs for The Long War
- The 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review QDR states that "the United States is a nation engaged in what will be a long war." During this long war, the condition of the civilian populace and civil infrastructure are centers of gravity in the fight to marginalize insurgencies, defeat terrorism, and provide support...
- Research articles 2008-02-01
- The Coalition Air Force Transition Team: rebuilding Iraq's air force
- ANYONE WHO WALKS into the dayroom of the Iraqi Air Force's 2nd squadron at Taji Air Base would likely see a group of pilots sitting around, talking flying with hand movements ("shooting their watch"), and sipping tea fromporcelain glasses--a scene typical of flying squadrons around the world. A closer look...
- Research articles 2007-12-22
- Strategic realignment: ends, ways, and means in Iraq
- Four years into the war in Iraq, the debate rages over whether there are enough troops deployed to accomplish the mission. Congress and the White House continuously argue over resources and the conduct of the war. Meanwhile, American and Iraqi casualties persist at an unacceptable rate. America's political and military...
- Research articles 2007-12-22
- Air-minded considerations for joint counterinsurgency doctrine
- Editorial Abstract: According to the author, the recent publication of Army Field Manual 3-24/Marine Corps Warfighting Publication 3-33.5, Counterinsurgency, reflects a distinctly "surface-minded" perspective. Since airpower possesses unique capabilities, such as speed, range, flexibility, and persistence, he proposes exploiting these "air-minded" viewpoints to enlarge and enhance what is currently a...
- Research articles 2007-12-22
- Irregular warfare and the US Air Force: the way ahead
- IRREGULAR WARFARE IW in general and counterinsurgency COIN more specifically require a particular mind-set and specific talents not entirely applicable or common to more traditional styles of warfare. That does not suggest that COIN represents either a new or separate form of war. As Colin Gray stated during the Air...
- Research articles 2007-12-22
- Nepal king's name removed from new coin
- KATHMANDU AFP — The name of Nepal's embattled king has been removed from the two-rupee coin, the state bank said Thursday, in the latest move ahead of polls this year that could see the country become a republic. King Gyanendra's name has been replaced on the coin with an...
- Research articles 2007-09-06
- Fighting "the other war" counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan, 2003- 2005
- [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Strategy without Tactics is the slowest road to Victory. Tactics without Strategy is the noise before Defeat.--Sun Yzu The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of the Department of Defense or the U.S....
- Research articles 2007-09-01
- Penny lobby takes on Congress
- THE U.S. PENNY is not what it appears to be, and some in Congress would like to see it change further, if not disappear entirely. Because of a surge in the price of copper, the U.S. Mint decided 25 years ago to manufacture the coins almost entirely...
- Research articles 2007-08-17
- Where it's still true that Cash Is King
- Loomis, whose armored trucks have been a familiar sight on Spokane's streets for most of a century, says it's pursuing new avenues in cash handling services to help drive its continued growth. New products and services the company's Spokane branch has introduced or plans to roll out here soon include...
- Research articles 2007-07-26
- ARMY Magazine Hooah Guide to COUNTERINSURGENCY COIN, The
- A Short Course on a Big Mission: U.S. involvement in counterinsurgency COIN operations and now the American character programmed itself for doing good in bad situations, along with an abbreviated version of the new Field Manual 3-24 Counterinsurgency and the startling shifts insurgency is making-dimensions of warfare heretofore unimaginable and...
- Research articles 2007-07-01
- Air Power in the New Counterinsurgency Era: The Strategic Importance of USAF Advisory and Assistance Missions
- Air Power in the New Counterinsurgency Era: The Strategic Importance of USAF Advisory and Assistance Missions by Alan J. Vick et al. RAND (http://www.rand.org/publications/index.html), 1700 Main Street, P.O. Box 2138, Santa Monica, California 90407-2138, 2006, 204 pages, $25.00 softcover. Available free from http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2006/RAND_MG509.pdf. The short title of this RAND...
- Research articles 2007-06-22
- AP Exclusive: Shipwreck yields estimated $500 million in gold and
- TAMPA, Fla. -- Deep-sea explorers said Friday they have mined what could be the richest shipwreck treasure in history, bringing home 17 tons of colonial-era silver and gold coins from an undisclosed site in the Atlantic Ocean. Estimated value: $500 million. A jet chartered by Tampa-based Odyssey Marine...
- Research articles 2007-05-18
- Canada At A Glance: AM.
- Byline: Resource News International WINNIPEG, MB, Jan 11, 2007 Resource News International via COMTEX -- The following is a quick glimpse of the news making the headlines in Canada. CANADIAN SOLDIER INJURED IN LANDMINE BLAST KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN - A Canadian soldier...
- Research articles 2007-01-11
- The Air Force's Missing Doctrine
- I would like to congratulate Maj Kenneth Beebe on his article "The Air Force's Missing Doctrine: How the US Air Force Ignores Counterinsurgency" (Spring 2006). The author hit on an issue that I have been asking about for the last few years regarding the service's disregard of counterinsurgency COIN at...
- Research articles 2006-12-22
- Anatomy of a successful COIN operation: OEF-Philippines and indirect approach
- Freedom, by its nature, must be chosen and defended by its citizens. --President George W. Bush THE TERRORIST ATTACKS of 9/11 have ushered in a new era of counterinsurgency to deal with Al-Qaeda-linked insurgent and terrorist organizations. The U.S. military's initial success in Afghanistan, as impressive as it...
- Research articles 2006-11-01
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