Lieutenant General Dubik identifies the key principles for transition from the Iraq situation during his time in Iraq. He suggests some key lessons learned which provide a foundation for Afghanistan and to meet the continuing challenges with regard to Iraq in 2010 and 2011.
The impact of modernization on operations could not be clearer than in this case of rescuing a sailor at sea. Not only did the new mission systems and C4ISR assets play a central role in allowing the USCG professionals to save this man’s life, it would have been unlikely that…
"If there's any perception or notion that we're babying or coddling the Ospreys, you need to come out here. We have done tactical inserts. In fact, when we went into Now Zad behind enemy lines at three in the morning, we used Ospreys, because they were the right platform for…
China appears to be escalating its growing confrontation with the U.S. over Washington's announcement of a $6.4 billion defense deal with Taiwan. Under a 1979 Act of the U.S. Congress, Washington is legally obliged to help Taiwan defend itself. The Chinese defense ministry has said that the recent deal will…
The public debate is increasingly acknowledging that the military must have a distinct and essential role in cyberspace. This realization emphasizes that warfighting is distinct from other professional skill sets involved in cyberspace, namely law enforcement and intelligence.
A good way to think of the effectiveness of military recruiting messages and websites is to think as a Mom-Looking-to-Help-Her-Teens. That is, imagine a Mom, likely a single Mom, trying to sort out good opportunities for her son or daughter for a potential Cyber Career...
I had extensive conversations in the period of the counter-offensive with General Babaker, Chief of Staff of the Iraqi Forces, as well as the Defense and Interior Ministers with regard to how to build up their forces. This was a dialogue and a shaping effort to determine what would work.…
Ron Asmus's latest book, A Little War That Shooked the World, is a stern reminder of the reversibility of history, and the continued prospects for conflict in Europe that can affect the boundaries among states: "We had come to believe that war in Europe had become impossible and that we…
