DoD Completes BRAC 2005
After six years and almost $18 billion, Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) 2005 is finalized. The deadline for compliance was …
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Service Members Say the Medal of Honor Is Too Hard to Get
Throughout the U.S. armed forces today, many feel that too few service members are receiving the nation’s top award for …
Petite Cyber Drone Packs Punch
Two experienced network security experts are startling the U.S. cyberspace community. Functioning as airborne hackers, they are clearly demonstrating penetration …
Interview With Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif.
Congressman Duncan Hunter, a former U.S. Marine Corps captain, served two tours in Iraq and one in Afghanistan. He is …
SAIC Wins DoD Awards, But Delays Ground Combat Vehicle Program With Protest
After recently reporting financial results its CEO called “disappointing,” SAIC Inc. quickly bounced back by winning several large defense-related contracts …
The Copenhagen Meeting of Heisenberg and Bohr
September 1941 was a high water mark for Nazi Germany. Though defiant, Great Britain was reeling. The Soviet Union appeared …
Field Marshal Sir John Dill and Gen. George C. Marshall
“. . . I propose writing to you personally and very frankly whenever any matters arise which I think merit …
CrossFit Training for Combat Fitness
We’ve all seen the black-and-white, 8mm films of infantrymen performing various forms of calisthenics in formation. We’ve all heard tales …
The Capture of U-570 and its Enigma Cipher Machine
The use of secret messages to communicate sensitive information is as old as the art of war itself. The ancient …
Rewriting the 2011 Defense Budget: Raymond F. DuBois
Earlier in the year, as part of the article that details the 2011 Department of Defense Authorization Bill, which was …