Defense
Sailors and civilians
Unlike sailors, Navy civilians get little in the way of career training and guidance. The service's personnel chief says that's about to change.
Defense
Placing blame
President Bush has run into his first confrontation with the military, over criminal charges filed in a friendly-fire incident.
Defense
Worst-case scenario
Would Israel retaliate with nuclear weapons if Iraq struck it with biological or chemical weapons?
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Green troops
Are environmental restrictions forcing the military to go into battle with inexperienced forces?
Defense
Depot dollars
The Army and Navy could learn a thing or two from the Air Force’s plan to invest in its repair depots.
Defense
Beyond Iraq
We should not become so fixated on invading Iraq that we ignore the greater dangers: al Qaeda, loose nuclear materials in Russia and nuclear proliferation.
Defense
Terrorist-tracking tools
A controversial Defense Department counterterrorism office is moving ahead with plans to create terrorist-catching technologies.
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Clipped wings
Arguably these should be the best of times for the military aircraft industry. So why are industry officials and military service leaders so nervous?
Defense
Changing of the Guard
The National Guard swiftly came to the country's defense on Sept. 11, but some disagree over its future role in homeland security.
Defense
The future of defense
A new book explores how America must defend freedom in the 21st century.
Defense
Broken bases
The military services can’t stay in shape to fight when their bases are crumbling around them.
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Building nations
In the Middle East, President Bush is proposing the same kind of nation-building effort he criticized the Clinton administration for undertaking in the Balkans.
Defense
Broadband guardians
The National Guard's high-speed communications system could play an important role in homeland defense.
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Paying the price
Chronic financial mismanagement throughout the Defense Department could hit the Pentagon in the pocketbook next year.
Defense
State security
State defense forces—who report directly to governors—could occupy a unique place in homeland security efforts.
Defense
Connecting the dots
A new book provides an inside look at Osama bin Laden's global network of terror.
Defense