The USCG National Strike Force: A Key National Asset to Deal with Environmental Challenges (Part One)

03/30/2010
SLD sat down with Commander Tina Cutter, Deputy Commander of the National Strike Force and Lieutenant Commander Tedd Hutley, operations manager for the National Strike Force in mid-February of 2010.  The National Strike Force is one of the United States Coast Guard elements to be affected by the budget cuts,…

The Shrinking of the Supply Chain: An Upcoming Crisis?

03/29/2010
The Challenges Facing the Supply Chain: An Interview With Bill Anderson The Honorable William C. (“Bill”) Anderson served as Assistant Secretary of the United States Air Force for Installations, Environment and Logistics as well as the Air Force Senior Energy Executive under President George W. Bush.  Presently he serves as…

The F-35 Low Observability’s Lifelong Sustainability: A Revolutionary Asset for 21st Century Combat Aviation

03/22/2010
2010-05-22 Everyone knows that the F-35 is a stealth aircraft. This is one element of what makes it a fifth-generation aircraft.  But what is not widely known is that the stealth or low observable (LO) character of the aircraft is significantly different from other stealth aircraft like the F-22. The…

Cyberpoints: Cyber-Exceptionalism In Warfighting

03/18/2010
"Only the dead have seen the end of war." —George Santayana [caption id="attachment_3466" align="alignnone" width="120" caption="John Wheeler"][/caption] By John Wheeler [email protected] Cyber-Exceptionalism in Warfighting “Cyber-Exceptionalism” refers to the set of ways in which American provisions for protection and defense of citizens and property, the police and military protections, differ so…