This English-Portuguese Dictionary of Military Terminology was developed and has been provided on line as a service in response to many requests received at Military Review by officers serving in Portuguese-speaking nations. The Portuguese-language...
The Coming Test of U.S. Credibility. Amitai Etzioni; How the United States responds to challenges by Iran and North Korea has strong implications for its credibility.
Military Theory, Strategy, and Praxis. Jacob W. Kipp, Ph.D., and...
The Year 2012: South Korea's Resumption of Wartime Operational Control. Lieutenant Colonel James M. Minnich, U.S. Army; The United States must unencumber its forces from a peninsula-centric mission in Korea and transform the ROK-U.S. relationship...
Information operations: from good to great. BG Ralph O. Baker, U.S. Army; Army must ensure it executes information operations with the same degree of rigor and discipline that it employs in kinetic operations.
The Infantry Squad: Decisive Force Now and in the Future. Major General Robert B. Brown, U.S. Army; The U.S. Army dismounted infantry maneuver squad is today's most decisive force on the battlefield, yet it lacks access to capabilities it needs to...
90th Anniversary History
Integrating Intelligence and Information: Ten Points for the Commander. Lieutenant General Michael T. Flynn, U.S. Army; Brigadier General Charles A. Flynn, U.S. Army; The authors provide ten points as an azimuth for...
Development and COIN in Regional Command-East, 2004-2008. Robert Kemp, Department of State; The United States deployed a cadre of talented, dedicated military and civilian officers to RC-- East in Afghanistan. They had a measurable positive...
An Army Outgunned: Physics Demands a New Basic Combat Weapon. Joseph P. Avery, Ph.D.; Army, Marine Corps, and special operations forces M16s fire NATO 5.56x45 millimeter rounds over a half-century old. The services should adopt a more robust...
Just War Theory and Democratization by Force: Two Incompatible Agendas. Cora Sol Goldstein, Ph.D.; Is the doctrine of minimum collateral damage compatible with a strategy of democratization by force?
The Right Way: A Proposal for an Army Ethic. Lieutenant Colonel Clark C. Barrett, Ph.D., Michigan Army National Guard; A prize-winning author offers his proposal for an Army Ethic to serve the profession of arms.
Learning from our modern wars: the imperatives of preparing for a dangerous future. LT GEN Peter W. Chiarelli, U.S. Army, with MAJ Stephen M. Smith, U.S. Army; Looking beyond the current wars, a former commander of the 1st Cavalry Division and...
Theater Immersion: Post mobilization Training in the First Army. Lieutenant General Russell Honor, U.S. Army, and Colonel Daniel L. Zajac, U.S. Army; During 2004, First Army mobilized multiple ARNG brigades at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, for theater...
Current tactical operations and future warfighting Changing the army for counterinsurgency operations. BRIG Nigel R.F. Aylwin-Foster, British Army; U.S. Army Transformation needs to focus less on warfighting and more on developing a genuinely...
Deconstructing army leadership. COL Christoper R. Paparone, U.S. Army; A deconstruction of the Army's theory of leadership, with its emphasis on hierarchy and management, reveals that the Army has based its theory on circular logic, improvable...
A Joint Context for Training at the Combat Training Centers. Lieutenant General William S. Wallace, U.S. Army; Brigadier General Timothy D. Livsey, U.S. Army; and Lieutenant Colonel Richard A. Totleben, U.S. Army;...
Behind Friendly Lines: Enforcing the Need for a Joint SOF Staff Officer. Commander Steven P. Schreiber, U.S. Navy; Lieutenant Colonel Greg E. Metzgar, U.S. Army; and Major Stephen R. Mezhir, U.S. Air Force; The Global War on Terrorism expanded U.S....
Beyond guns and steel: reviving the nonmilitary: instruments of American power.Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates; The secretary of defense says the U.S. must develop a cadre of deployable civilians to strengthen the Nation's "soft" power in...
FM 3-0 Operations: the Army's blueprint. General William S. Wallace, U.S. Army; TRADOC's commander introduces the newest version of FM 3-0, Operations, the Army's guide to operating in the 21st century.
Systemic operational design: learning and adapting in complex missions. Brigadier General Huba Wass de Czege, U.S. Army, Retired; Complexity on the modern battlefield demands a new professional culture that embraces collaborative adaptation in...
Tactical leader lessons learned in Afghanistan: operation enduring freedom VIII. Colonel William B. Ostlund, U.S. Army; During its 15 months in Afghanistan, the 2d Battalion (Airborne), 503d Infantry Regiment, spent 90 percent of its time training...