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Letters LT.GEN.THEODORE G GEN.GORDON R. SULLIVAN, USA RET. President, AUSA Letters LT.GEN.THEODORE G. STROUP JR., USA RET. Vice President, Education, AUSA Procurement Challenges been able to afford to maintain or gear MARY BLAKE FRENCH Editor in Chief I Richard Hart Sinnreich’s typically up to build what we’ve asked for. LARRY MOFFI Managing Editor logical and readable February “Front & Those less capable companies have ei- PAUL W. BARTELS Art Director Center” article, “Rebuilding America’s ther gone out of business, merged DENNIS STEELE Senior Staff Writer Eroding Defense Industrial Base,” hits with the big guys or refrained from TONI EUGENE Associate Editor JOSEPH L. BRODERICK Production Artist many of the problems facing the tech- bidding on programs that they can’t TENLEY WADSWORTH Assistant Editor nical production side of procurement. produce. So we’ve arrived at a point SARA HOV Assistant Editor Another significant problem relates of almost sole-source production ca- JEREMY DOW Editorial Assistant to the increasing complexity of re- pability for some classes of materiel. Contributing Editors quired new military materiel. Many The solutions are both economical GEN.FREDERICK J. KROESEN, USA RET.; years ago, I twisted a common phrase, infusion, which is implicit in Sinn- MAJ.GEN.EDWARD B. ATKESON, USA RET.; concluding that “invention is the moth- reich’s article, and realistic require- AND SCOTT R. GOURLEY er of necessity.” That was based on wit- ments processes. We need to do both, LT.GEN.THOMAS G. RHAME, USA RET. nessing the successful “sales pitch” and each is difficult to accomplish. Vice President, Finance and approach of some defense industry COL.ROGER MICKELSON, USA RET. Administration, AUSA marketeers who would wow the brass Albuquerque, N.M. with a new, advanced, high-tech, faster, JAMES E. BURKE Advertising Manager more lethal and so on proposal for new Tactical Superiority KAREN L. HERRELL I Advertising Production Manager equipment (the invention side). Natu- Lt. Col. Joseph Doty and Maj. rally, the brass had to have those exotic Shawn Tenace’s excellent January 2009 NORMAN CAMPBELL Fulfillment Director improvements (the need side). In addi- ARMY Magazine article—“What Goes VALERIE HOLMAN Fulfillment Manager tion, during the development of re- on in Theater Stays in Theater?”— ARMY is a professional journal devoted to the advancement quirement documentation, the staff de- makes some critical observations, but of the military arts and sciences and representing the in- terests of the U.S. Army. Copyright©2009, by the Association manded add-on features that further an early assertion that we must qualify. of the United States Army. I ARTICLES appearing in complicated the “improved” design. They write, “There is little argument ARMY do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the officers or members of the Council of Trustees of AUSA, or its edi- The result was and is that the “need” that our current military force is more tors. Articles are expressions of personal opinion and should not be interpreted as reflecting the official opinion of for very high-tech, complex equipment experienced, combat hardened, men- the Department of Defense nor of any branch, command, installation or agency of the Department of Defense. The tends to limit the pool of defense con- tally agile, flexible, stronger, and tech- magazine assumes no responsibility for any unsolicited tractors to those with enough capital fa- nologically and tactically superior to material. I ADVERTISING. Neither ARMY, nor its pub- lisher, the Association of the United States Army, makes cilities and people with the breadth of any potential adversary.” They go on to any representations, warranties or endorsements as to the truth and accuracy of the advertisements appearing herein, capabilities needed to produce the write, “Our leaders are becoming more and no such representations, warranties or endorsements now-required item of equipment. confident and agile, but those gains should be implied or inferred from the appearance of the advertisements in the publication. The advertisers are We have overspecified and de- cannot come at the cost of being hum- solely responsible for the contents of such advertisements. I RATES. 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For other rates, write Fulfillment Man- the 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry/506th Regimental Com- ager, Box 101560, Arlington, VA 22210-0860. bat Team (RCT), 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), ADVERTISING. Information and rates available watches the perimeter as his unit checks a village in from the Advertising Production Manager or our ad- Afghanistan. The 506th RCT was part of the 101st Air- vertising representatives, who are: borne-led Combined Joint Task Force-101 and is now re- James E. Burke and Irene Lamar, 230 Park Ave., Suite 646, turning to Fort Campbell, Ky., from duty with NATO’s In- New York, NY 10169. (212) 697- ternational Security Assistance Force (ISAF). The United 2844. FAX (212) 682-1421. States plans to nearly double its troop commitment to ISAF E-mail: [email protected]. this year as the Obama administration shifts priority to Op- ARMY (ISSN 0004-2455), published monthly. Vol. 59, No. 3. eration Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. An additional Subscription $33 a year. Publication offices: Association of four brigade combat teams (BCTs), along with support and the United States Army, 2425 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA combat enhancement units, are slated to be in Afghanistan 22201-3326, (703) 841-4300, FAX: (703) 841-3505, e-mail: [email protected]. Visit AUSA’s web page on the Internet by the end of the summer. One BCT from the 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), at www.ausa.org. Periodicals postage paid at Arlington, Va., Fort Drum, N.Y., arrived in February. The story on Afghanistan’s reemergence as Amer- and at additional mailing office. ica’s main effort begins on page 24. (Cover photograph by Paul Avallone) POSTMASTER: Send address changes to ARMY Magazine, Box 101560, Arlington, VA 22210-0860. March 2009 I ARMY 3 mility necessary to interact produc- ARMY Magazine welcomes letters tively and effectively with those who to the editor. Short letters are more have, in fact, significantly more com- likely to be published, and all let- bat experience than most of us. This ters may be edited for reasons of has been their life for decades, on style, accuracy or space limita- their own ground, and they certainly tions. Letters should be typewrit- understand the mentality of the en- ten and double-spaced. All letters emy better than we do. must include the writer’s full name, address and home telephone num- From experience, I assure you that ber. The volume of letters we re- we can learn a tremendous amount ceive makes individual acknowl- from our perhaps not so technologi- edgment impossible. Please send cally advanced counterparts in the letters to The Editor, ARMY Maga- Afghan army, and we must truly be- zine, AUSA, 2425 Wilson Blvd., Ar- lieve that we can learn from them. Pa- lington, VA 22201. Letters may also tronizing, hollow gestures are quickly be faxed to (703) 841-3505 or sent transparent and, understandably, in- via e-mail to [email protected]. sulting and detrimental to any progress we have made building relationships hardened and tactically superior sol- and operating as we must: as trusted diers and officers among the ranks of partners who can help facilitate an our Afghan partners in Operation En- Afghan solution to Afghan problems. Army during Freedom, at least, and we can- Certainly, this was a rather minute U.S. not be so shortsighted as to think that piece of a larger, masterful essay, but I Lt. Gen. Harry W.O. Kinnard our Afghan partners (or Taliban, insur- worry that it betrays a perspective that gent and terrorist adversaries) are nec- plagues many of our soldiers. We have Lt. Gen. Harry Kinnard essarily less mentally agile, flexible, to make sure that every young officer I The death of Lt. Gen. Harry W.O. battle hardened or tactically superior in and noncommissioned officer is in- Kinnard, U.S. Army retired, on Janu- their own environments where it matters. stilled with genuine humility along ary 5, revived memories of that great Believing that, somehow, we are su- these lines and is looking to these part- soldier. As an ardent student of mili- perior in every way as the observation ners to learn everything he or she can. tary history, I had placed him high on suggests—that we know more about LT. COL. EDWARD C. LEDFORD my list of soldiers to emulate. I never fighting the hard fight in the enemy’s Director, Department of Aviation considered that I would have the op- own territory—risks leadership that Systems Training portunity to meet him. believes itself invincible, infallible and U.S. Army Aviation Logistics School In September 1965, the 1st Brigade, characterized by anything but the hu- Fort Eustis, Va.
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