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Parameters Autumn 2008 Steven L. Schooner |
Why Contractor Fatalities Matter Apprising the American public that the true human cost associated with military operations includes contractors and exceeds 6,000 is critical to making informed decisions for the future. |
National Defense August 2008 John Stafford & David Goodwin |
Revised Rules for Battlefield Contractors The expansion of the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act of 2000 and the Uniform Code of Military Justice has complicated the legal environment for U.S. contractors co-located with military forces abroad. |
Parameters Autumn 2008 Mark Cancian |
Contractors: The New Element of Military Force Structure The purpose of this article is to examine what battlefield contractors do, consider how we got to the situation we are in today, and provide force planners with some useful insight regarding the future. |
National Defense January 2008 Alan L. Gropman |
Government Needs to Reexamine Rules for Battlefield Contractors The contractor headcount in Iraq nearly matches U.S. troop strength, which raises questions of whether the private sector's role in combat operations has outpaced regulatory, doctrinal and management practices. |
National Defense March 2011 Denis Chamberland |
Contractors on the Battlefield: Outsourcing of Military Services The last decade has witnessed a sharp increase in the scale of outsourcing of military services to third parties, emphasizing the importance of integrating contractor support into military operations and generating efficiencies. |
National Defense November 2004 Roxana Tiron |
Pentagon Still Undecided on Policies to Protect Contractors As contractors increasingly fall in the cross hairs of insurgents in Iraq, the Defense Department is struggling to figure out how to account for them, provide for their security and, if necessary, rescue them. |
National Defense December 2007 Sandra I. Erwin |
For Contractors in War Zones, Business Will Keep Growing The constant sniping in Washington about military contractors ignores the inescapable conclusion that the privatization of government functions not only is here to stay, but is going to get bigger. |
BusinessWeek May 31, 2004 Spencer E. Ante |
The Other U.S. Military The private military contractor biz is hot, vast, and largely unregulated. Is it out of control? |
Parameters Winter 2005/2006 Christopher M. Schnaubelt |
After the Fight: Interagency Operations The situation in Iraq may not be nearly as dire as some pundits and much of the media would have the American public believe, but there is certainly a long way to go. |
Parameters Autumn 2007 Gregory L. Cantwell |
Nation-Building: A Joint Enterprise When America's Army is at war, is the nation also at war? |
Parameters Winter 2005/2006 Mitchell J. Thompson |
Breaking the Proconsulate: A New Design for National Power There have been few truly transformational changes to the institutions of national security, only slight modifications to the existing ones. |
Parameters Autumn 2007 John Loran Kiel, Jr. |
When Soldiers Speak Out: A Survey of Provisions Limiting Freedom of Speech in the Military As service members become more vocal about the war, commanders need to become more familiar with how freedom of speech is applied in a military context. |
Salon.com June 27, 2002 Robert Capps |
Crime without punishment Investigators knew employees for U.S. military contractors in Bosnia bought women as sex slaves. But because of legal loopholes and bureaucratic confusion, no one was prosecuted. |
National Defense March 2007 |
Little Known Legislation Takes Federal Contractors By Surprise If implemented, the requirement of Section 511 of Public Law 109-222 will have a significant impact on the defense industry, especially small businesses. |
National Defense June 2010 Sandra I. Erwin |
Battle Royale Brewing Between Government Contractors, Auditors The U.S. government is launching new crackdowns on federal contractors at a time when the Defense Department and other agencies depend more than ever on private-sector help. |
National Defense May 2004 Harold Kennedy |
The New face of Peacekeeping U.S. leaders have began to rediscover the value of peacekeeping operations. |
Popular Mechanics December 2008 Joe Pappalardo |
Crunching the Numbers on Mercenaries vs Soldiers The U.S. military has always gone to war with civilian contractors in tow. |
Parameters Winter 2003/2004 Richard D. Hooker, Jr. |
Soldiers of the State: Reconsidering American Civil-Military Relations Far from overstepping its bounds, America's military operates comfortably within constitutional notions of separated powers, participating appropriately in defense and national security policymaking with due deference to the principle of civilian control. |
National Defense March 2005 Roxana Tiron |
Contractor Security The Defense Department's relationship with contractors is changing as it becomes more reliant on them. |
National Defense December 2009 Stew Magnuson |
Integrating Civilian Agencies Into Military Operations Remains Difficult The United States' "whole government" approach to rebuilding war-torn nations is nevertheless moving forward. |
National Defense January 2016 Cassidy et al. |
Defense Increases Scrutiny of Supply Chain The Defense Department has offered some clarification on how it plans to deal with suppliers that pose potential security risks. |
Parameters Autumn 2004 Michael O'Hanlon |
The Need to Increase the Size of the Deployable Army The possibility exists that large numbers of active-duty troops and reservists may soon leave the service rather than subjecting themselves to a life continually on the road. The seriousness of the worry cannot be easily established. |
National Defense May 2006 Perry & Flournoy |
The U.S. Military: Under Strain And at Risk In the current debate over the nation's defense strategy and spending priorities, many have forgotten that the ground forces are under enormous strain. This strain, if not soon relieved, will have highly corrosive effects on the force. |
Parameters Autumn 2006 Michael R. Melillo |
Outfitting a Big-War Military with Small-War Capabilities Unfortunately, it took the tragedy of 9/11 and the challenges posed by an adaptive enemy for the U.S. to realize it was not prepared to fight war on terms other than its own choosing. |
Parameters Spring 2005 Kenneth Payne |
The Media as an Instrument of War The media, in the modern era, are indisputably an instrument of war. This is because winning modern wars is as much dependent on carrying domestic and international public opinion as it is on defeating the enemy on the battlefield. |
Parameters Autumn 2007 Christopher M. Schnaubelt |
Whither the RMA? The present Department of Defense (DOD) focus on technological solutions to increase capabilities may be misguided by a vision of a high-tech Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA). |
BusinessWeek July 31, 2006 Dawn Kopecki |
When Outsourcing Turns Outrageous The U.S. Military has lost billions to fraud and mismanagement by private contractors in Iraq who do everything from cooking soldiers' meals to building hospitals to providing security. That raises a question: Does Pentagon outsourcing make sense? |
Parameters Spring 2005 Metz & Millen |
Intervention, Stabilization, and Transformation Operations: The Role of Landpower in the New Strategic Environment A historic shift has taken place in the strategic environment as globalization and interconnectedness propel the concept of security in new, unforeseen directions |
Parameters Summer 2005 Michael H. Hoffman |
Rescuing the Law of War: A Way Forward in an Era of Global Terrorism Terrorists are gaining an astonishing legal edge over US and other armed forces deployed against them. Judicial intervention in the law of war since September 11, 2001 already far exceeds anything ever before experienced, by any nation, in the history of warfare. |
National Defense June 2006 Harold Kennedy |
Special Operators Gain Civilian Assistance As it plans for an extended struggle against terrorism, the U.S. Special Operations Command is realizing that it is going to need a lot of outside help, and it is reaching out to civilian agencies, allied nations and private contractors. |
National Defense April 2005 Roxana Tiron |
Irregular Warfare Counter-insurgency in Iraq provides a template for fighting terrorism. |
Parameters Spring 2007 Paul Robinson |
Ethics Training and Development in the Military While relatively new, formal military training programs for ethics have produced a number of common virtues that might provide a basis for a universal (military) code or ethic. |
National Defense February 2015 |
Readers Sound Off on Recent Stories Navy's Next-Generation Warships... Future of Defense Industrial Base... Defense Contracting... |
National Defense October 2011 Steve Epstein |
Defense Department Contractors May See New Hiring Regulations A proposed Defense Department regulation, if implemented, will substantially change how contractors hire, oversee and track certain former civilian and military personnel. |
National Defense August 2010 Sandra I. Erwin |
Pentagon Contractors Souring on 'Soft Power' Pentagon contractors are turning bearish on the so-called "soft power" market for non-defense work such as nation-building and post-conflict reconstruction. |
Parameters Autumn 2008 |
From the Editor An overview of the topics covered in the issue including Congress allocating the annual defense budget as a specific percentage of the gross domestic product, the pros and cons of effects-based operations, and the risks of nuclear energy. |
Parameters Winter 2003/2004 Tulak, Kraft, & Silbaugh |
State Defense Forces and Homeland Security State Defense Forces represent a valuable additional component for homeland security and homeland defense contingency planning and operations. They can provide key technological and procedural bridges to link US Northern Command to local first-responders and state and federal agencies during operations. |
The Motley Fool May 24, 2007 Rich Duprey |
Another Tough Payday for the Military Despite persistent pay gaps for the military, legislative fixes exacerbate short-term funding problems. |
Parameters Autumn 2004 |
Book Reviews In the Company of Soldiers: A Chronicle of Combat. By Rick Atkinson... America's Inadvertent Empire. By William E. Odom and Robert Dujarric... The Rise of the Vulcans: The History of Bush's War Cabinet. By James Mann... The Iraq War. By John Keegan... etc. |
Salon.com September 23, 2002 Amy Benfer |
Bringing the war home A rash of murders in military families highlights the weaknesses of the armed services' well-meaning domestic-abuse program. |
Defense Update Issue 1, 2005 |
Operation Iraqi Freedom C 4ISR Lessons Learned Operation Iraqi Freedom was the first major military operation conducted under the newly introduced US Army Net-Centric Warfare (NCW) doctrine. |
National Defense July 2005 Dorn McGrath |
When Are Defense Contracts In Effect `Non-Defense'? For several years, Congress has been concerned that the Defense Department's use of "assisting" procurement agencies and other contracting vehicles has concealed poor acquisition planning or attempts to circumvent limits placed on funding. |
National Defense January 2008 Sandra I. Erwin |
In the Army, Why Can't Soldiers Be Customers? Nowhere do companies find it more difficult to concentrate on true customer needs than in the Army procurement system. |
National Defense July 2006 |
It Does Not Pay to Be `Too Relevant' Skyrocketing War Costs Are Putting Pressure on the Pentagon... Politicians Should Help the Troops... Military Must Learn to Live With Contractors... Navy Making Tough Calls in Aviation... |
Parameters Spring 2005 George H. Quester |
Demographic Trends and Military Recruitment: Surprising Possibilities This article will attempt to project current demographic trends in the United States and abroad, along with several related determinants, a substantial distance into the future, so as to explore some possibly surprising implications for the recruitment of armed forces |
National Defense February 2008 Joseph J. Summerill |
Congress to Enact New Accountability in Contracting Congressional interest in oversight of government contracting began early last year with separate bills during the first three months of the 110th Congress in both the House and Senate that provided for contractor oversight and limited the number of sole source contracts. |
BusinessWeek November 18, 2010 Giegner & Krause-Jackson |
After U.S. Troops Leave Iraq, the State Dept. Steps In The State Dept. is hiring thousands of contractors to help it assume duties in Iraq once the last of the troops departs in a year. |
National Defense February 2009 Sandra I. Erwin |
Foreign Policy Ambition Overlooks War Lessons The Obama administration has endorsed a major expansion of ground forces, and a surge in military capabilities to conduct "irregular" warfare against non-state actors. |
National Defense February 2004 James McAleese |
Safe Harbors of Ethical Conduct Needed in Defense Procurement In light of a recent series of isolated, highly controversial public scandals with respect to several major defense acquisition programs, it is important to create "safe harbors" of conduct so that both government and contractor personnel can work as a cohesive team . |
National Defense February 2009 David H. Laufman |
Mandatory Disclosure Regime Raises Stakes for Contractors A new regulatory enforcement regime has now commenced that underscores the Department of Justice's aggressive approach to procurement fraud and dramatically increases the compliance and disclosure obligations of defense contractors. |