By Richard E. Hawley, General (Ret), USAF General Hawley served as the Commander, Air Combat Command and Commander US Air Forces in Europe. Additionally he was the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition. *** PART TWO This is not an easy question to answer. There are three…
Mountains Surrounding Bagram by Fred Allison "Everybody wanted to go" Although a sizeable Army and coalition force inhabited the base at Bagram, the Marines were required to build their own camp and work spaces. So, as the VMA-513 pilots trained to fly and fight out of Bagram, an advance party,…
A Guide to MaRisk: Risk Intelligence’s online threat monitoring solution, MaRisk, uses zoomable maps with multiple icons for more enhanced threat classification. Please refer to the reference chart for MaRisk icons in order to better utilize the accompanied maps. The World Third "Hottest" Hotspot Bangladesh is the third highest-ranking country for…
A Surge in Cost Per Troop The President has committed to a major new phase of the Afghan campaign. Although called a “surge,” it is much more of an expansion of the engagement. And with that expansion comes a significant demand for new resources to deal with the most neglected…
[caption id="attachment_3167" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="ISTFF Status of Funds"][/caption] One of the major budgetary challenges for 2010 and 2011 will be providing for the withdrawal of US forces from Iraq and the training and support for Iraqi security forces. These costs will be variable, notably they depend upon events and are…
By George Talbot, Political Editor for the Mobile Press Register The economic battle for jobs and capital investment pits the Pacific Northwest against a rising challenger in the Southeast. The regional fight is fiercest over the U.S. Air Force tanker contract, a potential 179-plane order that could deliver thousands of aircraft assembly jobs either to Mobile, Alabama, or Everett,…
[caption id="attachment_3066" align="alignleft" width="500" caption="Steve Geary, Performance-Based Logistics: Buying Performance, Not Parts, The University of Tennessee, College of Business Administration, Supply Chain World Conference and Exposition, March 28, 2006 "][/caption] In this week’s contributions to understanding the challenge of providing capability to the warfighter, we have two assessments of the…
From time to time we will run an historical piece which highlights the central focus of this website which is concepts of operations, logistics and deployed capabilities. We are beginning our "History and Lessons Learned Corner" with a piece by Fred Allison, a Marine Corps historian, on the challenges facing…
