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The Reserves and Homeland Security: Proposals, Progress, Problems Ahead

June 19, 2002 • By James Carafano

The 2002 Defense Authorization Act requires the Secretary of Defense to submit a report on the Defense Department’s efforts in counterterrorism and homeland security. The report is due to be…

The Challenge of Maritime Transformation: Is Bigger Better?

March 21, 2002 • By Robert Work

The once mighty U.S. Navy is in precipitous decline. At least, that is what a vocal group of naval officers, defense analysts and Congressional leaders strongly believe. They support their…

Lighting the Path Ahead: Field Exercises and Transformation

February 25, 2002 • By Andrew F. Krepinevich

Today the US military finds itself in a period of large-scale change in the conduct of warfare. There is wide verbal acceptance in American military circles that we are in…

Promoting Efficiency in the Department of Defense: Keep Trying, But Be Realistic

January 25, 2002 • By Robert F. Hale

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has suggested that his department could save $15 billion a year through efficiencies if given the freedom to do so. Numerous studies have also asserted…

Buying Tomorrow’s Military: Options for Modernizing the US Defense Capital Stock

May 15, 2001 • By Steven Kosiak

Critical to the Bush Administration’s ongoing review of national security requirements and strategy is the question of how much the Department of Defense (DoD) should spend on the development and…