Quadrennial Defense Review

the future. The results of the Phase 3 review will determine the need and the level of the modification of the Phase 4 Determine Organizational Authorizations and Phase 5 Document Organizational Authorizations. The provided vision demands the significant update of the Force development Phase 3 key output documents. The strategic guidance identifies the requirements for the units to be strong, versatile and expeditionary. Therefore, the Army must review the current wartime mission at first.…

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) is a multifaceted organization, providing expertise to America and our allies in order to reduce the potential threat of weapons of mass destruction. This organization was developed to mitigate the potential threat, providing reach-back capabilities, eliminate, and reduce the usage of any chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high yield explosives. We will discuss the creation of the organization, the Joint Improvised Threat Defeat…

participate in direct combat-related jobs. As women in the U.S. military move into more combat-related jobs, the question remains whether this is a good idea. As of January 24, 2013, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta removed the military’s ban on woman serving in combat roles and on December 3, 2015, Secretary of Defense Ash Crater proceeded with Panetta’s request and completed this process (“Pentagon Says Women Can Now Serve in Front-Line Ground Combat Positions”, 2015). This has created a…

Department of Defense is a part of the executive branch of the United States government that deals with national security and the Armed Forces. In the Department of Defense there are three subordinate military departments: The Department of the Army, The Department of the Navy, and The Department of The Air Force. The DOD is planned to have a unique role in the comprehensive response effort for the Ebola outbreak as discussed by Michael Lumpkin during the Senate Appropriations Defense…

movement of separate forces.6 Primarily the disadvantages of joint/coalition operations comes from the different styles of warfare, biases and doctrines.7 This leaves the stronger countries carrying the load of most operations and the public’s negative review when operations aren’t…

Cyber-attackers invaded the largest defense company in the world and the most important suppliers of the Pentagon to the network - but who they were and what they wanted? Officially there is to much information, but a look at the recent past may shed light on the object and purpose of the action. The affected defense contractor Lockheed Martin and the Pentagon was already target of cyber espionage: In April 2009, a 1.4-terabyte file was stolen, which was the largest at the time, weapons project…

One potential issue for Congress outlined by Andrew Feickert is the question of alternatives to Combatant Commands (COCOMs) (Feichert, 63). Citing COCOMs as a Cold War relic and militarized approach relevant for conflicts with known state actors and conventional forces, an alternative more suited to the current environment are Joint Interagency Organizations (Ibid.). Placing a strongly credentialed civilian in charge and answerable to the National Security Council (NSC), with a 4-star general as…

Federal policy mandates that an Acquisition Program Baseline (APB) is required for all phases of the Major Defense Acquisition Program (MDAP). The APB ensures that the legal requirements as set forth in Title 10 USC 2435, 2220 as well as DODI 5000.02 for all (ACAT) initiatives. The (PM) or Program Manager is charged in creating the APB the established and mandated criteria, and for overseeing the baseline thresholds relating to schedule, costs, and Key Performance Parameters (KPPs) are met.…

Case Study 2. This week’s case study requires that we analyze and discuss the Step Up to Law Enforcement program, which targets the recruiting of women for careers in law enforcement. Our textbook states: “women represent only 11.2 percent of all sworn law enforcement personnel in the United States.” (Walker & Katz, 2013, p. 147) Military figures are not much different than in law enforcement. In 2013, the pentagon released a report that showed that women in the military only accounted for 14…

of Winged Defense from a 1919 lecture given by Captain Thomas Hart on the value of submarines in warfare. With his lack of evidence and knowledge exposed, Mitchell had no chance of exoneration by the court. While Mitchell’s court-martial proceeded into December, the Morrow Board submitted its report to President Coolidge regarding the possibility and predicted outcome of bolstering the Air Service. Unfortunately, their findings did not meet Mitchell’s expectations, as the report rejected the…