A Fleet-Footed Military
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Fast and flexible. Sounds like an Olympic athlete, but it&#39;s the Bush administration&#39;s description of the kind of fighting force the US needs if it wants to confront 21st century security threats.
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The military is refocusing spending from its vision of a transformed fighting force to the more down-to-earth needs of its ground troops because of rising war costs and a stubborn budget deficit.
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When troops in Iraq complain about not having adequate armor on trucks that are big targets in some of the countryâs most dangerous areas, thereâsa good chance that some of the vehicles are from Oshkosh Truck Corp.
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WASHINGTON Of all the images I saw on a short visit to Iraq last week, two stand out in my mind. One was a display that the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, in the Sunni Triangle, prepared for the visiting
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Recruiters seek soldiers on a hot sport's battlefields.
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Its burgeoning military-industrial complex is increasingly capable of turning out cutting-edge weaponry - and selling it.
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By Jesse Leavenworth, The Hartford Courant, Conn.  Jun. 13--A true vision from the U.S. military: American forces identify an enemy stronghold. Instead of conventional weapons, they unleash a mass spritzing of an aphrodisiac that turns straight men into gay men.
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Elite military forces are conducting special counterterrorism missions in support of civilian agencies in the United States.
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The option of a major âsurgeâ in troop strength is gaining ground as part of a White House strategy review.
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CAPE CANAVERAL-- The explosive growth of tools and toys using data from the US military&#39;s array of Global Positioning System satellites is showing no signs of letting up, and the US Air Force aims to meet demand.
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against the Falcons of Air Force in Colorado Springs. Navy, which made it to a. over Vanderbilt last weekend in Annapolis. As for the Falcons, they are not.
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In its third game of the seaon, Navy displays a dominance that had not been present earlier in the season as they put together both a strong offensive and defensive performance.
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The first bomb fatality in one of the U.S. Armyâs new armored vehicles has raised questions on its design.
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'Aggressor' could ease US forces' thirst for fuel The US Army is funding the development of a prototype military hybrid vehicle operating on similar principles to the groundbreaking Toyota Prius.â¦
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A US military unit that wouldn't make a risky delivery poses a challenge to discipline.
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The Army has been using a new weapon that combines software with imagery beamed from satellites to make missions somewhat less unpredictable.
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Our position is: US troops need equipment redesigned from the ground up for fighting a new kind of warfare. Spc. Thomas Wilson was blunt with Secretary of Defense Don Rumsfeld this week during an open forum involving US troops in Iraq.