c155.htm Why are pilots punching out of AF? July 28, 1998

c156.htm  Why are pilots leaving AF?  July 28, 1998

c157.htm  Congressional Scam to Increase Defense Spending ... or ... Why "It's going to cost a lot to adjourn this year," the Hill Staffer said with a laugh.  July 28, 1998

c158.htm  Why are pilots leaving AF?  July 29, 1998

c159.htm  READINESS TRAP SPRUNG? - Senate Passes Amendment as Part of a Plan to 
Increase Defense Budget by $60 Billion over Next Three Years, August 1, 1998

c160.htm  Navy Pilot Retention, August 3, 1998

c161.htm  Why are Pilots Leaving the Navy? One Senior Officer's Opinion: They Are Not Training Realistically and are Disgusted with Hypocrisy, August 3, 1998

c162.htm  How Effective is Air Power in Urban Combat?  August 4, 1998

c163.htm  How Effective Are Air Power & Precision Weapons in Urban Combat?  August 4, 1998 

c164.htm  How Effective Are Air Power & Precision Weapons in Urban Combat? (III)  August 5, 1998

c165.htm  READINESS TRAP SPRUNG (II)? - Defense Intelligentsia Leads Stampede into Howling Wilderness of the Post-Information Era, August 10, 1998 

c166.htm  READINESS TRAP SPRUNG (III) - Crony Capitalists in Washington Funhouse Set Stage for Phony Debate Over Defense Spending, August 13, 1998

c167.htm  Notes From the Sausage Factory (III) - The Banality of Defense Spending, August 15, 1998

c168.htm Today's Contribution to the Hollow Defense Debate ... The Washington Post Weighs in Against Tax Cut to Protect Defense Budget, August 16, 1998

c169.htm  The Constitution, Situational Ethics & the Phony Debate Over More Defense Spending, August 25, 1998

c170.htm  Fourth Generation Warfare & the Relation of Military Strategy to Grand Strategy, August 26, 1998

c171.htm  Food for Thought: Fourth Generation Warfare & the Relation of Military Strategy to Grand Strategy (II)  August 28, 1998

c172.htm  Admiral Gehman Changes His Tune … or Why Emperors Lose their Clothes, August 28, 1998

c173.htm  Why Emperors Lose their Clothes, August 30, 1998

c174.htm  Food for Thought: Fourth Generation Warfare & the Relation of Strategy to Grand Strategy (III)  August 31, 1998

c175.htm  Why Emperors Lose their Clothes (II)  August 31, 1998

c176.htm  NATO Expansion - Are Self-Referencing Mutations in the Political DNA Good for the Health?  September 1, 1998

c177.htm  The Hollow Defense Debate An Army General Weighs In, September 1, 1998

c178.htm  Hollow Defense Debate - A View of General Sullivan's Comments from a Member of the Senate Staff, September 1, 1998

c179.htm  Hollow Defense Debate (III) - A View of General Sullivan's Comments from a Member of the House Staff, September 1, 1998

c180.htm  Notes from the Sausage Factory: Readiness Critics Go Nuclear While Troops Suffer, September 2, 1998

c181.htm  The Hollow Defense Debate (IV): A View of General Sullivan's Comments from a Retired Colonel's Perspective

c182.htm  DoD's Death Spiral … or ... Why Did It Take Five Years for the Light to Click On?  September 3, 1998

c183.htm  DoD's Death Spiral (II) … Why the End Game is Either Program Death or a Complete Overhaul, Not Higher Budgets, September 3, 1998

c184.htm  More on the Phony Debate to Increase the Defense Budget, September 11, 1998

c185.htm  Hollow Defense Debate Continues to Depart from Reality, September 12, 1998

c186.htm  The Hollow Defense Debate: Admiral Gehman's Readiness Perception Gap Re-Visited, September 14, 1998

c187.htm  Are We Better Today than 20 Years Ago? -- An Army Master Sergeant's Reality Check, September 15, 1998 

c189.htm  Ready for What?  September 16, 1998

c190.htm  Readiness Trap Sprung - Battle of Encirclement Looms as Budget Pincers Slice into Clinton Administration, September 22, 1998

c191.htm  Readiness Trap Sprung: Battle of Encirclement Evolves into Budgetary Equivalent of the Ulm Maneuver as Administration Leaves the Field, September 23, 1998

c192.htm  Hollow Defense Debate Heats Up as Congress Moves to "Save" Readiness by Adding Unneeded Weapons Systems, September 25, 1998

c193.htm  License to Steal: Senate Subcommittee Zeros in on Financial Control Failures in Department of Defense, September 25, 1998

c194.htm  Ready for What? … Loose Nucs, Scud Missiles, and the Changing Nature of Conflict, September 26, 1998

c195.htm  AF Readiness - Plummeting Pilot Retention Sets Stage for Crash-- A Cry From the Field, September 27, 1998

c196.htm  AF Readiness - A Non-Rated Lieutenant's View of the Retention Problem, September 28, 1998

c197.htm  Readiness Trap Sprung - More Money Spent the Same Way is Not the Answer, September 30, 1998

c198.htm  Hollow Defense Debate …. Why Hope IS the Method, October 1, 1998

c199.htm  Genghis John, October 9, 1998

c200.htm  Readiness Trap Sprung--The Real Game Begins, October 10, 1998

c201.htm  KOSOVO & RUSSIA: The Balkanizing Question of Political Secession & the Arrogance of Ignorance, October 17, 1998

c202.htm  Toys vs. Boys (I): The Emerging Defense Policy Debate It's Either the Contractors or the Troops, October 23, 1998

c203.htm  Toys vs. Boys (II) Crony Capitalism American Style, October 24, 1998

c204.htm  Notes from the Sausage Factory: C-130J -- Healthy or Rancid Pork?  October 27, 1998

c205.htm  Notes from the Sausage Factory: AF May Accelerate C-130J Procurement to Control F-22 Costs!!!!  October 27, 1998

c206.htm  Is It Simply a Question of Restoring the Warrior Spirit or Are There Deeper Problems?  November 2, 1998

c207.htm  Leadership (II) -- Is It Simply a Question of Restoring the Warrior Spirit or Are There Deeper Problems?  November 4, 1998

c208.htm  Leadership (III) -- Is It Simply a Question of Restoring the Warrior Spirit or Are There Deeper Problems?

c209.htm  Leadership (IV) - A Master Sergeant Sounds Off, November 4, 1998

c210.htm  Leadership (V) - Unit Cohesion and Why Personnel Rotation Policies Hurt the Army's Readiness for Combat, November 5, 1998

c211.htm  Leadership (VI) - A British Officer Helps Helps the Cretans to Understand Themselves, November 6, 1998

c212.htm  Leadership (VII) - A Marine's View of Officer Bloat and its Deleterious Effect on Unit Cohesion, November 6, 1998

c213.htm  The Howling Wilderness of Acquisition Deform (I) ... or Why Illegal Contracts Speed Up & Simplify Decision Cycles, November 9, 1998

c214.htm  Leadership (VIII) 7 Irrelevant Reasons Why COHORT Failed …or Why the Army Hates Unit Cohesion, November 10, 1998

c215.htm  Fortress America: Why America Lost Its Peace Dividend After the Cold War Ended, November 29, 1998

c216.htm  Ready for What: The Sclerotic Mentality of Star Wars vs. the Poor Man's Nuke, December 6, 1998

c217.htm  INFO SOURCES: Military Data Bases on Force Structure and Weapons, December 20, 1998

c218.htm  How the Breakdown of Law and Order in Russia Increases the Danger Posed by the Poor Man's Nuc, January 3, 1999

c219.htm  Can Russia be Saved? January 3, 1999

c220.htm  Strategic Priorities & the Breakdown of Law and Order in Russia, January 7, 1999

c221.htm  EMAIL COMMON SENSE: Launch the Generals but Leash the Coondogs, January 11, 1999

c222.htm  POOR MAN'S NUKE: the Nightmare Scenario Catches a Second Wind, January 11, 1999

c223.htm  F-22, F-18E/F, JSF, and V-22: A Trip Report to Lockheed-Martin, Boeing, and Bell-Textron by a Member of Congressional Staff, January 13, 1999

c224.htm  Nucs on the Loose (Part II) January 13, 1999

c225.htm  F/A18E/F Reveals 2 Rules for Real Decision Making Reform, January 14, 1999

c226.htm  Why the Mafia Will Grow to Love Star Wars -- Nukes on the Loose (Parts III & IV) January 18, 1999

c227.htm  TOYS vs. BOYS -- The Coming Conflict Between the Defense Contractors and the Troops, January 26, 1999

c228.htm  TOYS vs BOYS -- F/A-18E/F Freaks Out the Pentagon, January 27, 1999

c229.htm  The United States and Azerbaijan: Why the New Great Game is a Loser, January 31, 1999

c230.htm  Unites States & Azerbaijan -- A Foreign Service Officer Tells Us Why the New 'Great Game' Isn't, February 1, 1999

c231.htm  Budget Stampede Raises Question: How Can Congress Know How to Add Money If Pentagon Can Not Tell It Where It Spends Money?  February 1, 1999

c232.htm  Lobbyist's Recusal Freaks out the Pentagon (II) … or … Why Lewis Carroll Would Feel Right at Home in the Howling Wilderness of Acquisition Reform, February 3, 1999 

c233.htm  Email Common Sense (II): TacAir Readiness, Suppressing Email from the Troops, and the Widening Wedge of Mistrust, February 6, 1999

c234.htm  Be All You Can Be -- The Navy Steps Up to the Army's Challenge, February 8, 1999

c235.htm  The Howling Wilderness of Acquisition Reform:  Why Endless Lawsuits are at the Center of Its Vortex, February 10, 1999

c236.htm  F/A-18E/F Reveals the Exit Strategy From the Howling Wilderness of Acquisition Reform, February 11, 1999

c238.htm  Why the Rush to Throw Money at Retention & Recruiting Problems Will Not Fix the Personnel Crisis, February 17, 1999

c239.htm  The Personnel Retention Crisis: What Standards Make Good Soldiers? ... and ... Should We Bring Back the Draft?  February 17, 1999

c240.htm  An NCO's Opinion of the Retention and Leadership, February 17, 1999

c241.htm  What Standards Make Good Soldiers? ... A Veteran of Task Force Smith & Vietnam Speaks, February 18, 1999

c242.htm  What Makes a Good Soldier Want to Join and Stay In the Military? Cosmetics & Self Interest … or … Leadership & Idealism, February 20, 1999

c243.htm  Shortage of Protective Masks in Korea while Missile Defense Budget Zooms Upward, March 4, 1999

c244.htm  READY FOR WHAT? -- Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War vs. The Oracles in the Cave, March 5, 1999

c245.htm  Air Force Combat Command Paints a Grim Portrait, March 23, 1999

c246.htm  A Self-Portrait of the Army's Personnel Problems, March 23, 1999

c247.htm  An Outsider Synthesizes a Structural Portrait of Decay ... and Wonders: What is Going On?, March 23, 1999

c248.htm  Ready for What? … Will Street Fighting be in Our Future?  March 23, 1999

c249.htm  Two Army NCOs Sound off About Retention in the Army, March 24, 1999

c250.htm  INTERVENTION IN KOSOVO: Can Airpower Pull America's Fat out of the Fire, April 1, 1999

c251.htm  Versailles-on-the-Potomac Begins the Blame Game as Courtiers Position Themselves for Future Budget Battles in Congress, April 2, 1999

c252.htm  A Balkan Sun Tzu vs. the NATO Clausewitz: A Tentative Interpretation of the Serbo - NATO War, April 4, 1999

c253.htm  BALKAN PRIMER (I)  April 5, 1999

c254.htm  Balkan Primer (II) - 1987 Yugoslavia Sitrep, April 6, 1999

c255.htm  German Antiguerrilla Operations in the Balkans (1941-1944)  April 6, 1999

c256.htm  Judge Advocate Tells Troops to Foot the Bill for Losses of Pre-Paid Travel Expenses if they are Recalled from Leave Because of Kosovo Emergency, April 7, 1999

c257.htm  Comparative Air Power Inputs — Kosovo vs. Iraq (1991)  April 13, 1999

c258.htm  Balkan Primer III — Kosovo Fallout: Ethnic Tensions Rising in Vojvodina, April 14, 1999

c259.htm  Trickle Down Defense - Why Gas Masks in Korea Should Not Be a Metaphor for the American Art of War, April 15, 1999

c260.htm  Options for Kosovo (I) — A Case for Mediation, April 17, 1999

c261.htm  Mistrust, Careerism, and the Loss of the Warrior Ethos … or Why One Lieutenant is Leaving the Navy, April 17, 1999

c262.htm  Balkan Primer (IV) - The KLA and the Tangled Web We Weave, April 18, 1999

c263.htm  Options for Kosovo (II) — A Case for Partition, April 19, 1999

c264.htm  Options for Kosovo (III) — A Case Against Partition and the Question of a Religious War for a Greater Albania, April 20, 1999

c265.htm  Options for Kosovo (IV) — More on the Case Against Partition, April 20, 1999

c267.htm  Balkan Primer (V) - Redrawing the Cells in a Hornets Nest ... or ... the Case for a Declaration on War, April 21, 1999

c268.htm  Balkan Primer (VI) - Kosovo: Looking Backward into Looking Glass World All its Own, April 22, 1999

c269.htm  Driving Bill and Madeline Bananas, April 28, 1999

c270.htm  Should NATO Launch a Ground Offensive ... or ... How Tough do the Serbs Have To Be?  May 10, 1999

c271.htm  The Serbo-NATO War -- Is the Glass Half Full or Half Empty?  May 12, 1999

c272.htm  Email Uber Alles -- DoD Authorization Bill Reimburses Troops for Losses of Pre-Paid Travel Expenses, May 14, 1999

c273.htm  Toys vs. Boys Revisited - Pentagon Forgets to Put People in Armed Forces Day Poster for 4th Year in Row!!!!!!  May 14, 1999

c274.htm  Drive By Shootings and Moral Influence, May 16, 1999

c275.htm  Serbo-NATO War: Is It a Just and Necessary War ... or ... Should We Find an Honorable Exit?  May 24, 1999

c276.htm  Is Russia About to Pull the Plug on Negotiations?  May 27, 1999

c277.htm  Is Russia About to Pull the Plug on Negotiations (II)? … or … Is Chernomyrdin's Ultimatum a Plea for Sanity?  May 28, 1999

c278.htm  The Real Revolution in Military Affairs … or … Can NATO Cope with 4th Generation War?  May 29, 1999

c279.htm  NATO's Time Squeeze, May 31, 1999

c280.htm  Task Force Hawk -- Mud Soldier Laments Being Stuck in Albanian Muck, June 2, 1999

c281.htm  11 Reasons Why Army Officers Don't Want to be Warriors, June 3, 1999

c282.htm  Should We Rely on Adequate Patchwork Solutions If They Do Not Address the Fundamental Problem?  June 7, 1999

c283.htm  The Assault on Checks & Balances, June 7, 1999

c284.htm  The Win-Win Power Game ... or ... Why Working the Troops Overtime is Good for St. Louis and the Nation, June 13, 1999

c285.htm  Two Majors Sound Off on Question of Patchwork Solutions that Do Not Address the Fundamental Problem, June 15, 1999  

c286.htm  BALKAN PRIMER (VII) - The Perils of Decentralization in the Balkans Hornet's Nest, June 16, 1999

c287.htm  A World Without Russia? — An Inquiry into the Implications of a Long Term Secular Decline, June 18, 1999

c288.htm  Task Force Hawk -- Lessons Learned in Albania, June 21, 1999

c289.htm  The Lose-Lose Dilemma: Why Task Force Hawk is a Paradigm for Fiascos Waiting to Happen, June 22, 1999

c289a.htm  Correction of Error #289, June 22, 1999

c290.htm  The Dark & Satanic Forces Proliferating Gobbledygook in Versailles on the Potomac, June 22, 1999

c291.htm  Don't Mess With the OODA Loop, June 24, 1999

c292.htm  A 'Walk-About' Through the Howling Wilderness of Acquisition Reform, June 25, 1999

c293.htm  Why did Slobo Cave? -- The Case for a G-8 Trojan Horse … and … Why America Needs an Unbiased Strategic Bomb Survey, June 26, 1999

c294.htm  Why Did Slobo Cave? (II) ... or ... Why America Needs an Independent Bomb Survey, June 28, 1999

c295.htm  Why did Slobo Cave? (III) -- How fake guns and painting the roads fooled NATO: Yugoslav Army and Air Force Left Kosovo Almost Intact.  June 29, 1999

c296.htm  An Active Army Pilots View of Proficiency Training (Correction of Error - #289A)  July 3, 1999

c297.htm  Why Did Slobo Cave? (IV)  July 6, 1999

c298.htm  The Howling Wilderness of Acquisition Reform: A Discourse on Inside the Beltway Magic, July 9, 1999

c299.htm  The Howling Wilderness of Acquisition Reform:  F-22 — a Case Study of How Business-as-Usual Shapes the Anatomy of Decline, July 20, 1999

c300.htm  Assault on Checks and Balances (II): Hooray for the HAC(D)!!!  July 23, 1999

c301.htm  Was NATO's War Against Yugoslavia Legal?  July 28, 1999

c302.htm  Why Are the Best and Brightest Leaving the Military?  July 31, 1999

c303.htm  Fragging Soldierly Values (Why the Best and Brightest are Leaving the Military -- A Repost)  August 1, 1999

c304.htm  Email from Bill in Kosovo, August 2, 1999

c305.htm  Did the Russians Pull NATO's Fat Out of the Fire … or … the Question of Grand Strategy?  August 6, 1999

c306.htm  Good Guys vs. Bad Guys … or … Finding a Starting Point for Moral Crusading in the Balkans, August 10, 1999

c307.htm  Why did Slobo Cave? (VI) ... What If He Didn't?  August 16, 1999

c308.htm  Drill Sergeants vs. Hollywood The Army Trips Out on Electronic Acid, August 19, 1999

c309.htm  Drill Sergeants vs. Hollywood (II) - a Staff Sergeant Responds, August 20, 1999

c310.htm  Drill Sergeants vs. Hollywood (III) - Maj XXX Responds, August 20, 1999

c311.htm  Drill Sergeants vs. Hollywood (IV) - CAPT XXXXX & CMDR YYY Respond, August 21, 1999

c312.htm  Drill Sergeants vs. Hollywood (V) -- Professionalism or Patton's Mob, August 21, 1999

c313.htm  Drill Sergeants vs. Hollywood (VI) -- More Professionalism or Patton's Mob, August 23, 1999

c314.htm  Drill Sergeants vs. Hollywood (VII) - A Master Sergeant at Ft Sill Sounds Off, August 23, 1999

c315.htm  The Fallacy of Multi-Culturalism in a Bottom-Up Apartheid Culture, August 25, 1999

c316.htm  BALKAN PRIMER (VIII) - All You Didn't Want to Know About Serbian Politics, August 26, 1999

c317.htm  Asleep at the Switch in Versailles .. or ... Why Nonlinear Realities Overwhelm Linear Visions ... or ... Why did Slobo Cave? September 6, 1999

c318.htm  KOSOVO: Learning the Lesson We Want to Learn?  September 9, 1999

c319.htm  Kosovo Sitrep Why Winter is Bad News for the Wilsonian Wonks Preparing the Lessons They Want Us to Learn, September 15, 1999

c320.htm  Will an Across-the-Board Pay Raise Stop the Personnel Exodus?  September 21, 1999

c321.htm  Creeping Mobocracy in Versailles on the Potomac (I)  September 24, 1999

c322.htm  Balkan Primer (IX) - Slobo, Boris, & Behgjet, September 25, 1999

c323.htm  Will an Across-the-Board Pay Raise Stop the Personnel Exodus? (II) October 1, 1999

c324.htm  Will an Across-the-Board Pay Raise Stop the Personnel Exodus? (III)  October 3, 1999

c325.htm  Coup in Pakistan—An Expert' Initial Observations, October 15, 1999

c326.htm  Where are the Bodies in Kosovo?  October 18, 1999

c327.htm  Where are the Bodies in Kosovo? (II) October 19, 1999

c328.htm  Flash - Plummeting Defense Stocks Poised to Accelerate Defense Death Spiral, November 4, 1999

c329.htm  Theory of Self-Liking Ice Cream Cone to Replace Value Theory of Stock Pricing on Wall Street, November 6, 1999

c330.htm  Who is Minding the Store?  November 8, 1999

c331.htm  Virtual Decision Making in the Hall of Mirrors, November 10, 1999

c332.htm  The Question of Values, November 13, 1999

c333.htm  The Question of Values (II) Why Awarding Medals is Like Cog Maintenance in a Fredrick Taylor Production Line, November 15, 1999

c334.htm  Where are the Bodies in Kosovo (III)? – Genocide, Accountability, and the Rule of Law, November 24, 1999

c334a.htm  ERROR CORRECTION -- Where are the Bodies in Kosovo (III)?  November 25, 1999

c335.htm  Where are the Bodies in Kosovo? (IV) – A Compendium of "Revisionist" Literature, November 26, 1999

c336.htm  The Specter Haunting the Perfumed Princes of Versailles on the Potomac, December 7, 1999

c337.htm  The Specter Haunting the Perfumed Princes of Versailles on the Potomac (II)  December 7, 1999

c338.htm  The Howling Wilderness of Acquisition Reform … or … Why the Super Hornet is a Super Failure, December 16, 1999

c339.htm  Balkan Primer (X) - Blood Feuds, Kanuns, and American Policy, December 26, 1999

c340.htm  Kosovo Sitrep - Why There is No Light at the End of the Tunnel

December 30, 1999

c341.htm  Howling Wilderness of Acquisition – Why the Super Hornet is a Super Failure (II)  January 17, 2000

c342.htm  Roots of Crisis in Army Aviation An Old Fart Aviator Sounds Off, January 26, 2000

c343.htm  Was Task Force Hawk a Blessing in Disguise?  January 27, 2000

c344.htm  Why are Captains Leaving the Army?  A Question of Leadership, January 29, 2000

344_capt_attrition-Army.pdf  Why Captains are Leaving the Army?

c346.htm  Trust, Mistrust, and the Crisis in Leadership, February 5, 2000

c347.htm  Hill Staffer Charges Decisions in Washington Degraded Pilot Skills, February 28, 2000

c348.htm  Why Synchronization Dumbs Down Your OODA Loop, March 15, 2000

348_forcecom_brief.pdf  National Training Center:  Forscom Commander's Conference

c350.htm  NTC Problems Suggest a Deeper Question: Ready for What?  March 17, 2000

c351.htm  Balkan Primer (XI)- Why the Conflict in Southern Serbia is Important, March 28, 2000

c352.htm  The Kosovo Question: Out of Altitude, Airspeed, and Ideas, April 11, 2000 

c353.htm  Power Dependency in the Post Information Era  and the Question of Why are Captains Leaving the Army?  April 27, 2000 

c354.htm  Hooray for the Pentagon!!!  May 16, 2000

c355.htm  Kosovo SITREP – A Rough Week for Battalion XX, May 18, 2000

c356.htm  KOSOVO SITREP (II)  May 19, 2000

c357.htm  Kosovo SITREP III, May 23, 2000

c358.htm  The All Mercenary Army - Unintended Consequences of Enlistment Bonuses, May 24, 2000

c359.htm  Rising Cost of Low Readiness – A Senior Logistician’s Lament Lays Out the Challenge for the New QDR, May 25, 2000

c360.htm  Challenges for QDR-II: More the Logicians' Lament (II)  May 28, 2000

c361.htm  THE MADNESS OF VERSAILLES & THE QDR [I]  June 1, 2000

c362.htm  Kosovo SITREP IV, June 6, 2000

c363.htm  Proliferation of Bronze Stars Raises Question of Martial Values in a 21st Century, June 8, 2000

c364.htm  The Madness of Versailles II, June 20, 2000

c365.htm  Why the Army's Emerging Personnel Policies Will Not Stem the Exodus of Captains, June 26, 2000

c366.htm  The Military's Personnel Death Spiral, June 26, 2000

c367.htm  Tillson Report Calls for Reform of the Personnel System, June 26, 2000

c368.htm  Emails from the Field on the Personnel Crisis, June 27, 2000

c369.htm  Why Personnel Problems Reflect the Marginalization of Soldiers From Culture and Society, June 27, 2000

c370.htm  Bringing Back the Draft Won't Fix the "Marginalization" Problem, July 3, 2000

c371.htm  The Personnel Crisis is Not About Selling Fruit Loops, July 5, 2000

c372.htm  Sayen Report: Officer Bloat Creates the Shortage of Captains, July 16, 2000

c372_figure_6.pdf  Fig. 6  German Army in World War II Division-Months in Combat

c372_figures_1-5.pdf  America's Growing Officer's Surplus

c374.htm  Kinder & Gentler Boot Camp - A "Hard Right" or an "Easy Wrong"?  July 24, 2000

c375.htm  Women in the Military - 2 Calls for Common Sense, August 8, 2000

c376.htm  Women in the Military - a 3rd Call for Common Sense, August 10, 2000

c377.htm  Kashmir and the Arrogance of Ignorance, August 15, 2000

c378.htm  JO's Lament Illustrates Hollow Defense Debate, August 16, 2000

c379.htm  The JSF: One More Card In The House, August 16, 2000

c380.htm  Where are the Dead Bodies in Kosovo? (V)  August 18, 2000

c381.htm  Madness of Versailles: The 4% Solution, August 20, 2000

c381_1.pdf  Fig. 1:  Plans vs. Reality

c381_2.pdf  Fig. 2:  The 4% Hypothesis  (Military Spending 1999)

c382.htm  De-Colonizing Kashmir vs. Islamic Extremism & Hindu Chauvinism, August 29, 2000

c383.htm  Madness of Versailles: The Pentagon's Presidential Auction, August 30, 2000

c384.htm  Know-Nothing Defense: The Forgotten Side of the Readiness Debate, September 1, 2000

c385.htm  Was Wen Ho Lee Shot by Anatoli Golytsin in a Budget Battle?  September 16, 2000

c386.htm  The Real Cost Of Spending 1% More Of GDP On Defense, September 20, 2000

c387.htm  The Kind of Questions No One Wants To Hear, September 21, 2000

c388.htm  Boyd's Question: Are Sanctions on Iraq a Sensible Grand Strategy? September 24, 2000

c389.htm  What Is the Role of Congress? Oversight or Overlook, September 29, 2000

c390.htm  Trip Report: 10th Mountain Division, Ready or Not?  October 3, 2000

c391.htm  John T. Correl & the Question of Integrity?  October 11, 2000

c392.htm  The Palestinian Question - Is it a Colonialist War?  October 21, 2000

c394.htm  The Lewis Commentary: Why The Beret May Be a Good Thing, November 15, 2000

c395.htm  Strategy Quo Vadis: The Cycle of Adaptation Through Rationalization & the Case for a New SSC, November 17, 2000

c396.htm  The Lewis Report: "Time to Regenerate:  A GenX Response to Dr. Wong's Monograph"  November 27, 2000

c397.htm  The Revolution in Recruiting Affairs, December 7, 2000

c397a.htm  Comment #397 Error Correction, December 14, 2000

c398.htm  The Other Side of the Coin, December 17, 2000

c399.htm  Tighten Pentagon's Purse Strings Until It Passes an Audit, December 2000

c400.htm  American Grand Strategy: Gorbachev's Critique, December 30, 2000

c401.htm   "Buy Before You Fly" & the Asymmetric Politics of Risk Reduction, January 5, 2001

c402.htm The MacKenzie Proposal: Peacekeeping Reform & Grand Strategy, January 18, 2001

c403.htm  Smedley Butler & the Networked Solution, January 28, 2001 

c404.htm  Memo from Ms XX -- Is "Shit Hitting the Fan" in Kosovo?  February 1, 2001

c405.htm  Buy Before You Fly & the Politics of Risk Reduction (II)  February 11, 2001

c406.htm  Buy Before You Fly (III)  February 19, 2001 

c407.htm  Sneak Attack Reveals Why Bureaucrats Love Anonymity, March 5, 2001

c408.htm  The Iron Wall, March 11, 2001

c409.htm  A Critique of Pure Superstition: The Question of What Revolution in Military Affairs, April 6, 2001

 c410.htm  What Revolution in Military Affairs?  April 23, 2001

c411.htm  Why Did Sharon Go to the Temple Mount?  May 5, 2001

c412.htm  Iron Wall or Maginot Line?  June 7, 2001

c413.htm  The View From Mount Olympus Seen from the Cheap Seats, June 12, 2001

c414.htm  Why Does a "Half-War Plus" Strategy Require a Cold-War Budget to Keep It Afloat?  June 25, 2001

c415.htm  Spartacus Report: Will the Bush/Rumsfeld Pentagon Endorse Existing Plans to Worsen Military Readiness?  June 26, 2001

c416.htm  Will Army Digitization Work? - Mud Soldiers Sound Off, July 2, 2001

c417.htm  Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle: Cold-War Dinosaur or Techno Revolution for the 21st Century? July 11, 2001

c418.htm  Richards Report: A Swift Elusive Sword ... or ... An Alternative to "Transformation Pentagon Style"  July 12, 2001

c419.htm  The Werther SITREP: Is the Pentagon  Hostage to a Frankenstein Monster?  July 15, 2001

c420.htm  Will Digitization Work (II)? An NCO Responds, July 22, 2001

c421.htm  Dumbing Down the Indefensible Defense Debate, July 29, 2001

c422.htm  Down the Tubes: The Family Farm's Dangerous Romance with Technology, August 5, 2001 

c423.htm  Is War a Business?  or  Why it is Necessary to Teach the Pentagon to Think Before it Spends.  August 7, 2001

c424.htm  Saudi Arabia: An NCO Reports, August 15, 2001

c425.htm  The Struggle for Israel's Soul, August 20, 2001

c426.htm  Lewis Report: Why Stopping the Exodus of Junior Officers is Important, September 7, 2001

c427.htm  Track Records Don't Count in a Town that Likes Pretty Faces, September 20, 2001

c428.htm   A Grunt's View of the Saudi Volcano, October 4, 2001

c429.htm  Fourth Generation Warfare - Background Reading, October 4, 2001

c428A.htm Correction for the Record, October 22, 2001

c430.htm  One Guy Who Got it Right, November 14, 2001

c431.htm  4GW & the Question of Reform, November 16, 2001

c432.htm  Another Guy Who Got it Right, November 21, 2001

c433.htm  Islam: Its Conflict with the West, November 29, 2001

c434.htm  KRUMM REPORT: Why the Marines are In Afghanistan December 1, 2001

c435htm  Revolt of Islam or Revolting Islamicists? December 13, 2001

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