Defense

Quick strikes

The Pentagon has approved an Iraq war plan that features rapid strikes to topple Saddam Hussein early in a potential conflict.

  • George C. Wilson
Defense

War and protests

Military leaders and lawmakers fear Vietnam-like protests if President Bush fails to make the case for war with Iraq.

  • George C. Wilson
Defense

Pentagon turkeys

The Bush administration has yet to make good on its pledge to ax obsolete weapons programs.

  • George C. Wilson
Defense

Keeping the peace

Military and relief officials are learning how to work together to move a country from war to peace.

  • Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
Defense

Beans and bullets

Providing food and ammo to troops is the hardest part of waging war.

  • George C. Wilson
Defense

Sticking together

For a change, Navy and Marine Corps leaders aren't battling each other in defense spending fights.

  • George C. Wilson
Defense

Base politics

The elections may be over, but the politics of base closure is under way.

  • George Cahlink
Defense

Deja vu

Is the Iraq resolution approved by Congress the equivalent of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?

  • George C. Wilson
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.

  • George Cahlink
Defense

Placing blame

President Bush has run into his first confrontation with the military, over criminal charges filed in a friendly-fire incident.

  • George C. Wilson
Defense

Worst-case scenario

Would Israel retaliate with nuclear weapons if Iraq struck it with biological or chemical weapons?

  • George C. Wilson
Defense

The 'say yes' force

Is the overstressed Air Force ready for an all-out assault on Iraq?

  • George Cahlink
Defense

Green troops

Are environmental restrictions forcing the military to go into battle with inexperienced forces?

  • George Cahlink
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.

  • George Cahlink
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.

  • Stuart Taylor
Defense

Terrorist-tracking tools

A controversial Defense Department counterterrorism office is moving ahead with plans to create terrorist-catching technologies.

  • William New
Defense

Out of the ashes

Less than a year after the Sept. 11 attacks, the Pentagon is reborn.

  • George Cahlink
Defense

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?

  • James Kitfield
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.

  • Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
Defense

The future of defense

A new book explores how America must defend freedom in the 21st century.

  • Diana West
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