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MiPAL: Transformation
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General Information
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U.S. Policy
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Department of Defense
- [current] Base Realignment and Closure 2005
- [current] Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- [current] Quadrennial Defense Review Website
Office of the Secretary of Defense
- [25 Nov 08] The Joint Operating Environment 2008: Challenges and Implications for the Future Joint Force
United States Joint Forces Command
- [31 July 08] Creating an Effective National Security Industrial Base for the 21st Century: An Action Plan to Address the Coming Crisis
Defense Science Board Task Force on Defense Industrial Structure for Transformation
- [8 May 08] Defense Department Background Briefing on Quadrennial Roles and Missions Review
- [1 Feb 08] DoD News Briefing with Assistant Secretary McHale and Lt. Gen. Blum on the Commission on the National Guards and Reserves Final Report to Congress
- [19 Dec 07] DoD News Briefing with Secretary Geren and Gen. Cody
- [July 07] Future Need for VTOL/STOL Aircraft
Defense Science Board
- [15 March 07] Secretary of the Navy Recommends Way Ahead for Littoral Combat Ship Program
Press Release
- [25 Oct 06] MILCOM 2006 Conference
Remarks by Gordon R. England, Deputy Secretary of Defense
- [April 06] Transformation: A Progress Assessment, Volume II
Defense Science Board. Office of the Under Secretary for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics
- [16 March 06] Fiscal Year 2006 Advanced Concept Technology Demonstrations and Joint Capability Technology Demonstrations Announced
Kenneth J. Krieg, Under Secretary for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics
- [6 March 06] DoD News Briefing with Gen. James L. Jones
- [March 06] Force Protection in Urban and Unconventional Environments
Defense Science Board, Office of the Under Secretary for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics
- [6 Feb 06] Quadrennial Defense Review Report
- [2 Feb 06] DoD News Briefing with Gen. Schoomaker
- [Feb 06] Transformation: A Progress Assessment, Volume I
Defense Science Board. Office of the Under Secretary for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics
- [25 Jan 06] DoD News Briefing
Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense
Note: Contains Rumsfeld's response to the report by the National Security Advisory Group on the state of the military.
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U.S. Congress
- [Jan 09] Long-Term Implications of the Fiscal Year 2009 Future Years Defense Program
Congressional Budget Office
- [1 April 08] The Holistic Approaches to Cybersecurity Enabling Network Centric Operations
Hearing before the House Armed Services Committee, Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee
- [29 March 07] Posture of the Department of the Navy in Review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2008 and the Future Years Defense Program
Hearing before the Senate Committee on Armed Services
- [20 March 07] The Air Force in Review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2008 and the Future Years Defense Program
Hearing before the Senate Committee on Armed Services
- [15 March 07] The Posture of the United States Army in Review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2008 and the Future Years Defense Program
Hearing before the Senate Committee on Armed Services
- [6 Oct 05] From Factory to Foxhole: Improving DoD Logistics
Hearing before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
- [14 Sep 05] Quadrennial Defense Review: Goals and Principles
Committee Defense Review. House Armed Services Committee
- [15 March 05] Critical Mission: Ensuring the Success of the National Security Personnel System
Hearing before the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia
- [23 Sep 04] Global Posture Review of United States Military Forces Stationed Overseas
Hearing before the Senate Armed Service Committee
- [16 Sep 04] Convergence in a Network Centric Warfare Environment
Vice Adm. Art Cebrowski, Director of the Department of Defense Office of Force Transformation, Senator John Warner, Chairman of the Senate Armed Service Committee, and Bill Owens, President of Nortel Networks
Note: This item opens as a Microsoft Word Document
- [23 June 04] United States Global Defense Footprint
Hearing before the House Armed Services Committee
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Department of the Army
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Department of the Navy
- [22 Oct 08] Navy DDG-1000 and DDG-51 Destroyer Programs: Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress
Ronald O'Rourke. Congressional Research Service
- [8 Sep 08] DOD Business Systems Modernization: Important Management Controls Being Implemented on Major Navy Program, but Improvements Needed in Key Areas
Government Accountability Office
- [8 Sep 08] DOD Business Systems Modernization: Planned Investment in Navy Program to Create Cashless Shipboard Environment Needs to Be Justified and Better Managed
Government Accountability Office
- [Sep 08] Netting the Navy
Loren Thompson. Lexington Institute
- [19 Aug 08] Abandon Ships: The Costly Illusion of Unaffordable Transformation
Hans Ulrich Kaeser. Center for Strategic and International Studies
- [7 Aug 08] DOD Business Systems Modernization: Key Navy Programs' Compliance with DOD's Federated Business Enterprise Architecture Needs to Be Adequately Demonstrated
Government Accountability Office
- [9 June 08] Resource Implications of the Navy's Fiscal Year 2009 Shipbuilding Plan
Congressional Budget Office
- [29 May 08] Force Structure: Ship Rotational Crewing Initiatives Would Benefit from Top-Level Leadership, Navy-wide Guidance, Comprehensive Analysis, and Improved Lessons-Learned Sharing
Government Accountability Office
- [7 April 08] Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Program: Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress
Ronald O'Rourke. Congressional Research Service
- [1 Feb 08] Military Readiness: Navy Is Making Progress Implementing Its Fleet Response Plan, but Has Not Fully Developed Goals, Measures, and Resource Needs
Government Accountability Office
- [Oct 07] Crew Rotation in the Navy: The Long-Term Effect on Forward Presence
Congressional Budget Office
- [26 April 07] Littoral Combat Ship and the Birth of a New Navy
Loren B. Thompson. Lexington Institute
- [16 April 07] Navy Role in Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) - Background and Issues for Congress
Ronald O'Rourke. Congressional Research Service
- [9 April 07] Navy Force Structure: Alternative Force Structure Studies of 2005 — Background for Congress
Ronald O'Rourke. Congressional Research Service
- [April 07] Know When to Hold 'Em, Know When to Fold 'Em: A New Transformation Plan for the Navy's Surface Battle Line
Robert O. Work. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
- [April 07] Searching for a Strategy
Milan Vego. Armed Forces Journal
- [19 March 07] Navy Transformation: A Stable, Long-Term View
Donald C. Winter. Heritage Foundation
- [7 March 07] Know When to Hold 'Em, Know When to Fold 'Em: Thinking About Navy Plans for the Future Surface Battle Line
Robert Work. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
- [1 Feb 07] Navy Aegis Cruiser and Destroyer Modernization: Background and Issues for Congress
Ronald O'Rourke. Congressional Research Service
- [11 Jan 07] Naval Networking and E-2C
Merrick Carey and Daniel Goure. Lexington Institute
- [Dec 06] Naval Transformation, Ground Forces, and the Expeditionary Impulse: The Sea-Basing Debate
Geoffrey Till. Strategic Studies Institute
- [10 Nov 06] Modularity, the Littoral Combat Ship and the Future of the United States Navy
Lexington Institute
- [20 Sep 06] Know When to Hold 'em: Modernizing the Navy's Surface Battle Line
Robert Work. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
- [June 06] Leveraging America's Aircraft Carrier Capabilities: Exploring New Combat and Noncombat Roles and Missions for the U.S. Carrier Fleet
John Gordon, et al. RAND Corporation
- [May 06] Options for the Navy's Future Fleet
Congressional Budget Office
- [30 March 06] Defense Acquisitions: Challenges Associated with the Navy's Long-Range Shipbuilding Plans
Government Accountability Office
- [Winter 06] Future Navies - Present Issues
Jane G. Dalton. Naval War College Review
- [06] Acquisition and Competition Strategy Options for the DD(X): The U.S. Navy's 21st Century Destroyer
John F. Schank, et al. RAND Corporation
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U.S. Marine Corps
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Department of the Air Force
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International Military Transformation
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Research & Analysis
Government Accountability Office
- [24 June 08] Coast Guard: Change in Course Improves Deepwater Management and Oversight, but Outcome Still Uncertain
- [15 May 08] Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Federal Actions Needed to Ensure Safety and Expand Their Potential Uses within the National Airspace System
- [12 May 08] DOD Business Systems Modernization: Military Departments Need to Strengthen Management of Enterprise Architecture Programs
- [30 April 08] Military Transformation: DOD Needs to Strengthen Implementation of Its Global Strike Concept and Provide a Comprehensive Investment Approach for Acquiring Needed Capabilities
- [11 March 08] Status of Selected Aspects of the Coast Guard's Deepwater Program
- [7 March 08] Defense Acquisitions: Significant Challenges Ahead in Developing and Demonstrating Future Combat System's Network and Software
- [7 March 08] Defense Acquisitions: 2009 Is a Critical Juncture for the Army's Future Combat System
- [18 Jan 08] Force Structure: Need for Greater Transparency for the Army's Grow the Force Initiative Funding Plan
- [14 Dec 07] Force Structure: Better Management Controls Are Needed to Oversee the Army's Modular Force and Expansion Initiatives and Improve Accountability for Results
- [11 Oct 07] Improvement Continues in DOD's Reporting on Sustainable Ranges, but Opportunities Exist to Improve Its Range Assessments and Comprehensive Plan
- [8 March 07] Fiscal Stewardship and Defense Transformation
Speech by David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States, before the United States Naval Academy
- [12 Feb 07] DoD Transformation Challenges and Opportunities
Presentation by David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States, before the Army War College
- [16 Nov 06] Defense Business Transformation: A Comprehensive Plan, Integrated Efforts, and Sustained Leadership are Needed to Assure Success
- [8 Nov 06] DOD Transformation: Challenges and Opportunities
Presentation by David Walker, Comptroller General, before the Program Executive Officers/Systems Command Commanders Conference
- [8 Sep 06] Military Transformation: Additional Actions Needed by U.S. Strategic Command to Strengthen Implementation of Its Many Missions and New Organization
- [5 Sep 06] Force Structure: DoD Needs to Integrate Data into its Force Identification Process and Examine Options to Meet Requirements for High-Demand Support Forces
- [31 July 06] Special Operations Forces: Several Human Capital Challenges Must Be Addressed to Meet Expanded Role
- [24 May 06] Space Acquisitions: DOD Needs Additional Knowledge as it Embarks on a New Approach for Transformational Satellite Communications System
- [4 April 06] Defense Acquisitions: Improved Business Case Key for Future Combat System's Success
- [31 March 06] Defense Acquisitions: Assessments of Selected Major Weapon Programs
- [15 March 06] Defense Acquisitions: Missile Defense Agency Fields Initial Capability but Falls Short of Original Goals
- [15 March 06] Joint Strike Fighter: DOD Plans to Enter Production before Testing Demonstrates Acceptable Performance
- [15 March 06] Unmanned Aircraft Systems: New DOD Programs Can Learn from Past Efforts to Craft Better and Less Risky Acquisition Strategies
- [14 March 06] Space Acquisitions: DOD Needs a Departmentwide Strategy for Pursuing Low-Cost, Responsive Tactical Space Capabilities
- [14 March 06] Defense Acquisitions: Improved Business Case Is Needed for Future Combat System's Successful Outcome
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Other Reports
- [Nov 08] Transforming for What? Challenges Facing Western Militaries Today
John Gordon. French Institute of International Relations
- [Nov 08] In the Middle of the Fight: An Assessment of Medium-Armored Forces in Past Military Operations
David E. Johnson, Adam Grissom, Olga Oliker. RAND Corporation
- [Nov 08] Special Operations Forces: Future Challenges and Opportunities
Robert Martinage. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
- [Oct 08] Learning from Contemporary Conflicts to Prepare for Future War
H. R. McMaster. Foreign Policy Research Institute
- [Oct 08] Slowing Military Change
Zhivan J. Alach. Strategic Studies Institute
- [11 Sep 08] Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Modernization: Background, Issues, and Options for Congress
Ronald O'Rourke. Congressional Research Service
- [Sep 08] Transformation: From the Outside In or the Inside Out?
Christine A. R. MacNulty. Proteus USA
- [July 08] Countering Asymmetrical Warfare in the 21st Century: A Grand Strategic Vision
David E. Long. Strategic Insights
- [16 June 08] A Transformer in Disguise
Thomas Donnelly. American Enterprise Institute
- [5 June 08] Coast Guard Deepwater Acquisition Programs: Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress
Ronald O'Rourke. Congressional Research Service
- [June 08] Building on the Goldwater-Nichols Act
Timothy K. Hsia. Foreign Service Journal
- [June 08] Business as Usual: An Assessment of Donald Rumsfeld's Transformation Vision and Transformation's Prospects for the Future
Mark G. Czelusta. George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies
- [June 08] Range, Persistence, Stealth, and Networking: The Case for a Carrier-Based Unmanned Combat Air System
Thomas P. Ehrhard and Robert O. Work. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
- [June 08] Two Decades Late
Frederick W. Kagan. American Enterprise Institute
- [Summer 08] The Folly of 'Asymmetric War'
Michael J. Mazarr. Washington Quarterly
- [5 May 08] Future Defense Dilemmas Summary Report of the "Maintaining Quality in the Force" Seminar
Ralph Wipfli. Strategic Studies Institute
- [2 May 08] How to Be All That You Can Be: A Look at the Pentagon's Five Step Plan for Making Iron Man Real
Peter W. Singer. Brookings Institution
- [May 08] Adaptability of Land Forces to 21st Century Security Challenges
B. F. Griffard. Center for Strategic Leadership
- [May 08] Geopolitics, the Revolution in Military Affairs, and the Bush Doctrine
Simon Dalby. York Centre for International and Security Studies
- [May 08] Ground Truth: The Future of U.S. Land Power
Thomas Donnelly and Frederick W. Kagan. American Enterprise Institute
- [May 08] Defense Policy: Regenerating the American Military
John A. Lynn II. Arms Control, Disarmament, and International Security at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- [April-June 08] A Look at the Future Combat Systems (Brigade Combat Team) Program - An Interview with MG Charles A. Cartwright
Army Acquisition, Logisitics & Technology Magazine
- [April-June 08] Delivering Future Combat Systems (FCS) While at War
LTG Michael A. Vane. Army Acquisition, Logistics & Technology Magazine
- [9 April 08] Avatars, Virtual Reality Technology, and the U.S. Military: Emerging Policy Issues
Clay Wilson. Congressional Research Service
- [March/Apr 08] Hybrid Wars
Col John J. McCuen. Military Review
- [13 March 08] What Lies "Beyond Goldwater-Nichols"?
Thomas Donnelly. American Enterprise Institute
- [March 08] Invigorating Defense Governance: A Beyond Goldwater-Nichols Phase 4 Report
Kathleen H. Hicks. Center for Strategic and International Studies
- [12 Feb 08] The Defence Industry in the Post-Transformational World: Implications for the United States and Singapore
Richard A. Bitzinger. S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
- [31 Jan 08] Transforming the National Guard and Reserves into a 21st-Century Operational Force
Commission on the National Guards and Reserves Final Report to Congress and the Secretary of Defense
- [24 Jan 08] Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected (MRAP) Vehicles: Background and Issues for Congress
Andrew Feickert. Congressional Research Service
- [08] Future Land Warfare: Managing Complex Crises
Elizabeth Quintana, ed. Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies
- [Dec 07] Conflict in the 21st Century: The Rise of Hybrid Wars
Frank G. Hoffman. Potomac Institute for Policy Studies
- [Oct 07] Transformation Under Fire: A Historical Case Study with Modern Parallels
Raymond A. Kimball. Strategic Studies Institute
- [Oct 07] Of IEDs and MRAPs: Force Protection in Complex Irregular Operations
Andrew F. Krepinevich and Dakota L. Wood. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
- [July 07] Privatizing While Transforming
Marion E. "Spike" Bowman. Defense Horizons
- [July 07] Sea Basing and Alternatives for Deploying and Sustaining Ground Combat Forces
Congressional Budget Office
- [June 07] US Fighter Modernization Plans: Near-Term Choices
Steven Kosiak and Barry Watts. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
- [April 07] Transforming the Way DoD Looks at Energy: An Approach to Establishing an Energy Strategy
Thomas D. Crowley, et. al. LMI Government Consulting
- [April 07] Getting to a 21st Century Supply Chain
Daniel Goure. Lexington Institute
- [20 March 07] Information Operations, Electronic Warfare, and Cyberwar: Capabilities and Related Policy Issues
Clay Wilson. Congressional Research Service
- [1 March 07] Strengthening America's Defenses in the New Security Environment
Commission on the National Guard and Reserves Second Report to Congress
- [14 Feb 07] A "Rucksack" for U.S. Military Personnel: Modernizing Military Compensation
James Jay Carafano. Heritage Foundation
- [6 Feb 07] Seabasing: All Ahead Slow
Robert Work. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
- [Feb 07] War 2.0
Thomas Rid. Hoover Institute
- [07] Combat Pair: The Evolution of Air Force-Navy Integration in Strike Warfare
Benjamin S. Lambeth. RAND Corporation
- [Dec 06] Challenging Transformation's Cliches
Antulio J. Echevarria II. Strategic Studies Institute
- [21 Nov 06] Defense Transformation: To What, For What?
Kevin Reynolds. Strategic Studies Institute
- [9 Nov 06] Defense Transformation: Background and Oversight Issues for Congress
Ronald O'Rourke. Congressional Research Service
- [3 Nov 06] Transformation's Uncontested Truths
Antulio J. Echevarria, II. Strategic Studies Institute
- [Oct 06] Long-Term Implications of Current Defense Plans: Summary Update for Fiscal Year 2007
Congressional Budget Office
- [Oct 06] Confronting the Unconventional: Innovation and Transformation in Military Affairs
David Tucker. Strategic Studies Institute
- [Fall 06] Military Transformation: Ends, Ways, and Means
Jack D. Kem. Air & Space Power Journal
- [Fall 06] Outfitting a Big-War Military with Small-War Capabilities
Michael R. Melillo. Parameters
- [18 Aug 06] Learning Large Lessons: The Evolving Roles of Ground Power and Air Power in the Post-Cold War Era
David E. Johnson. RAND Corporation
- [18 Aug 06] U.S. Joint Doctrine Should Be Revised to Reflect the Changing Roles of Air and Ground Power
David E. Johnson. RAND Corporation
- [7 Aug 06] Coast Guard Modernization Is Integral to the Success of the Secure Border Initiative
James Jay Carafano. Heritage Foundation
- [12 July 06] The Future of the National Guard and Reserves
Christine E. Wormuth, et al. Center for Strategic and International Studies
- [7 July 06] Learning Katrina's Lessons: Coast Guard Modernization Is a Must
James Jay Carafano. Heritage Foundation
- [27 June 06] Is Defense Transformation Affordable?
Anthony H. Cordesman and Paul S. Frederikson. Center for Strategic and International Studies
- [28 April 06] Modernization Priorities for the Army and Air Force
Loren B. Thompson. Lexington Institute
- [16 March 06] Tactical Aircraft Modernization: Issues for Congress
Christopher Bolkcom. Congressional Research Service
- [March/April 06] Clouds and Arrows: Visualizing the Dynamics of Transformation
Scott Stephenson. Military Review
- [March 06] CU @ The FOB: How the Forward Operating Base is Changing the Life of Combat Soldiers
Leonard Wong and Stephen Gerras. Strategic Studies Institute
- [Feb 06] Recognizing and Understanding Revolutionary Change in Warfare: The Sovereignty of Context
Colin S. Gray. Strategic Studies Institute
- [20 Jan 06] A Balanced Force Structure to Achieve a Liberal World Order
Mackubin Thomas Owens. Foreign Policy Research Institute
- [6 Jan 06] Complex Irregular Warfare
Frank G. Hoffman. Foreign Policy Research Institute
- [Jan 06] The U.S. Military: Under Strain and at Risk
William J. Perry, et al. The National Security Advisory Group
- [Jan 06] Restructuring Special Operations Forces for Emerging Threats
David Tucker and Christopher J. Lamb. Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University
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