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National Defense August 2005 Harold Kennedy	State Department Gets Major Role In Peacekeeping The White House has assigned the role of coordinating civilian and coalition efforts, or "stability operations," after a war to the State Department, which has created an office with an "ambassadorial-level coordinator."
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 January 2008 Lawrence P. Farrell	Stability, Reconstruction Skills Key to Long Lasting Security As U.S. forces carry out the difficult job of stabilizing and rebuilding Iraq, civilian and military leaders are beginning to realize that this nation-building expertise will be critical in the future.
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.
National Defense May 2004 Harold Kennedy	The New face of Peacekeeping U.S. leaders have began to rediscover the value of peacekeeping operations.
Parameters Winter 2005/2006 Michael J. Mcnerney	Stabilization and Reconstruction in Afghanistan: Are PRTs a Model or a Muddle? Developed during the summer of 2002, the concept of Provincial Reconstruction Teams have the potential to become a model for future stabilization and reconstruction operations.
National Defense June 2010 Stew Magnuson	As They Train For War, Civilians Experience Two Cultures: Afghanistan and U.S. Military A group of civilians preparing to deploy to Afghanistan to carry out President Obama's vision to involve the entire federal government in the war gathered in a circle for an after action review at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center.
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 August 2005 Harold Kennedy	U.S. Shifting Focus to `Stability Operations' After years of trying to minimize U.S. participation in peacekeeping operations, the Bush administration is embarking upon an ambitious effort to improve the ability of the military services--and related civilian agencies--to conduct such missions as part of its global war on terrorism.
Parameters Summer 2008 Henrietta Holsman Fore	Aligning "Soft" with "Hard" Power The importance of collaboration between American development agencies and the US military and how to drive those collaborations deeper into the US Agency for International Development (USAID).
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 April 2008 Sandra I. Erwin	Changes to Military Strategy, In Time for the Next War Iraq is far from over, but the Defense Department is already rewriting military doctrine so that forces are adequately trained and ready for another Iraq-like conflict years or decades from now.
National Defense March 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	Raise Stirs Questions on `Fair Pay' A proposed 2.2 percent pay raise for military personnel (the same raise that the Bush administration recommended for civilian workers) raised eyebrows in Washington. Giving equal salary increments to military and civilians, critics argue, implies that the Pentagon is failing to reward the dangerous work that troops are doing in Iraq.
National Defense October 2004 Harold Kennedy	Army Undergoing Biggest Makeover Since World War II The U.S. Army has embarked upon what is described as its most important and controversial reorganization in decades in an effort to improve its ability to fight wars in Iraq and Afghanistan while defending the home front.
Parameters Autumn 2007 Marc Lindemann	Civilian Contractors under Military Law The insertion of five words into Congress's fiscal year 2007 defense authorization act may now subject every civilian contractor operating in a combat zone to the discipline of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ).
National Defense July 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Washington Pulse Army Nearing Breaking Point... Third Rotation Into Iraq Begins in September... War Stress Mounting in the Marine Corps... `Security of Supply' Treaties Exclude Vaccines, Fuel...
National Defense February 2007 Grace Jean	Lack of Military-Civilian Coordination Hinders War-Zone Rebuilding Efforts Civilian groups that play critical roles in the rebuilding of Iraq have no clear guidance for how to coordinate their efforts with the military.
Parameters Autumn 2007 Gregory L. Cantwell	Nation-Building: A Joint Enterprise When America's Army is at war, is the nation also at war?
National Defense April 2005 Roxana Tiron	Irregular Warfare Counter-insurgency in Iraq provides a template for fighting terrorism.
National Defense April 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	U.S. Wants More Help From Allies? Not Really The hope is that President Obama's extraordinary popularity in Europe will translate into "enhanced contributions to the efforts in Afghanistan."
National Defense January 2008 Sandra I. Erwin	Bigger Budgets Disguise Larger Fiscal Dilemmas Nowhere is the financial outlook for the Defense Department more uncertain than in the procurement budget.
National Defense August 2009 Berenson & Jovovic	How Companies Can Capitalize On U.S. 'Smart Power' Approach Companies seeking to capture new business under new administration defense policies need to be able to work with multiple divisions of the government.
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.
National Defense April 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Military Readiness: Candid Assessments Long Overdue Alarm bells have gotten progressively louder and more jarring in recent weeks on the issue of military readiness on the home front.
National Defense May 2005 Harold Kennedy	Army Guard, Reserves Confront Long-Term Personnel Problems Of particular concern is the development of new leaders. An Army Reserve chief, recently estimated shortages of 5,000 captains and 7,000 other officers in spite of a strengthened recruitment effort.
National Defense December 2009 Stew Magnuson	Increasingly Complex Operations Force Rapid Changes in Army Training The increasingly complex battlefield is prompting the service to rethink the way it trains for war.
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 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 May 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Civil Affairs Army and U.S. Special Operations Command officials are studying proposals to reorganize the small but highly in-demand civil affairs force.
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.
National Defense August 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Future War: How The Game is Changing "It's hard to concentrate on a grand strategy when your house is on fire," said Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis, head of U.S. Joint Forces Command. Even as they cope with the frantic demands of two major wars, military leaders say they have a clearer sense of the future than they did in the 1990s.
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.
Parameters Autumn 2005 Andrew S. Natsios	The Nine Principles of Reconstruction and Development In a time of increasing collaboration between the two organizations, it is important that the military gain a better understanding of how the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and development agencies generally approach their work, and how the two communities can beneficially build on this cooperation.
National Defense December 2005 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	Military Not the Only Solution To Gaps in Disaster Response At a time of tightening budgets and competing priorities for defense and homeland security funds, one of the most contentious issues being debated at the Pentagon and on Capitol Hill is whether the Defense Department should take primary responsibility in disaster response and relief operations.
National Defense January 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	While Still at War, Services Brood Over `What's Next?' The business of planning for the future indeed can be scary, especially when it comes to predicting when and where the nation will fight the next war.
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.
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.
National Defense September 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	Reform Agenda Targets Acquisition Workforce The Pentagon's cadre of "professional shoppers" could see a wave of reforms in the coming years, as the Defense Department remains under unrelenting pressure to fix its buying practices.
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
Popular Mechanics June 12, 2009 Joe Pappalardo	Airstrike 101: 5 Questions to Ask About The Civilian Bombing Not all airstrikes are equal when it comes to civilian casualties.
National Defense October 2004 Harold Kennedy	Forces Under Stress The Special Operations Command is struggling to retain its most experienced personnel while it moves to fill a growing role in the U.S. war against terrorism.
National Defense January 2007 Tyrone C. Taylor	Pentagon, First Responders Share Communications Needs The military and civilian emergency responder communities share an overlapping need for enhanced communication technologies.
BusinessWeek July 23, 2007 Christopher Megerian	Operation: Leaf Blower A growing list of unconventional battlefield supplies from the civilian sector can provide quick fixes in Iraq's brutal war zones.
National Defense January 2006 Lawrence P. Farrell	We Must Prepare for Defense Budget Crunch Substantial growth in defense spending after 9/11 gave the Pentagon's budget a reprieve. The day of financial reckoning, however, may fast be approaching if the current state of the nation's balance sheet offers any clues.
National Defense December 2012 Sandra I. Erwin	Defense Drawdown: It's Been All Talk, Now It's Time to Walk U.S. military spending peaked in 2010 at $668 billion. It has dropped slightly since then, as the military started withdrawing troops from Iraq and Afghanistan. But real austerity has yet to come.
National Defense March 2012 Stew Magnuson	Army, Marine Corps Face Pitfalls When it Comes to Modernizing Equipment As budgets tighten and the military reduces ground forces, the Marine Corps' failed attempt to field the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle may serve as a case study for those hoping to modernize military equipment.
National Defense December 2003 Harold Kennedy	To Ease Deployments, Army Revamps Way It Runs Bases Seeking to ease longstanding problems exacerbated by frequent troop deployments to fight the war on terrorism, the U.S. Army is reorganizing the way that it runs its military bases across the United States and around the world.
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National Defense August 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Air Power: Where's the Love? Why is air power being blamed for the lack of progress in Afghanistan?