This week’s cover article in Time magazine is about the V-22. The title of the article — “A Flying Shame” — gives you a pretty good indication of writer Mark Thompson’s thesis. I was contacted by Thompson in late August. During our half hour conversation I offered pretty much the same thoughts I put out […]
From the monthly archives:
September 2007
In this week’s edition of the Friday Follies, here’s why we at DT are confident of victory in Afghanistan. With professionals like these, no one else stands a chance. Have a great weekend… – Christian
From a story we posted on Military.com this morning… It’s like calling the auto parts store and ordering a new battery that you’re not sure you can pay for two months from now. That’s the situation in which the Army finds itself given the funding delays imposed by Congress for the 2008 fiscal year that […]
France is expected to soon rejoin NATO’s military command after a 40-year absence. The French government withdrew from the NATO military structure in 1966 (although remaining a member of NATO’s political-policy structure). France’s new president, Nicolas Sarkozy, has placed strong emphasis on France’s relationship with the United States. And, he recently declared that he would […]
The Pentagon’s number two official tried to throw cold water on this cat fight, but it seems that the fur is still flying. On Sept. 13, Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England forwarded a memorandum to the service chiefs and top Pentagon officials rejecting a recommendation that the Air Force be the central authority for […]
