force readiness

Pentagon Needs A Strategy For National Mobilization

July 22, 2014- Daniel Gouré, Ph.D. It is evident to anyone paying attention that the United States has run out the string on its post-World War Two strategy of global engagement, forward military presence and a full spectrum military. The long-standing consensus on the role of [Read More...]

Sequestration Could Break The Air Force First

May 20, 2014- Daniel Gouré, Ph.D. It is one thing to look for ways of reducing defense spending as part of an overall program to rein in the size and cost of government. It is quite another to do so in such a maladroit and downright [Read More...]

HASC Republicans Are Right: Better A Larger Force Than A Ready One

May 9, 2014- Daniel Gouré, Ph.D. Late Wednesday night, the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) made a fateful and strategic choice. Almost without exception, the committee rejected the Pentagon’s plans to pay for readiness with cuts to force structure. Remaining in the force, at least for [Read More...]