Afghanistan

Magazine articles on politics and society in Afghanistan.

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National Defense October 2014 Valerie Insinna	Hostile Fire Detection System Could Reduce False Alarms Forward operating bases in Afghanistan must sometimes contend with adversaries who quickly move in and then retreat before they can be engaged. A new fire detection system may more accurately locate explosions.
National Defense March 2014 Valerie Insinna	Military Taking Larger Role in Drone Sustainment As the conflict in Afghanistan draws to a close, the Defense Department finds itself having to maintain unmanned aircraft fleets with less money and fewer resources.
National Defense February 2014 Stephen A. Mackey	Time to Make Key Decisions in Afghanistan As the United States enters its second decade in Afghanistan, it is wise to examine the nation's interests and use them to inform the path ahead. Nations do not have permanent friends and allies, only permanent interests.
National Defense December 2013 Dan Parsons	Future of Rapid Equipping Force Remains in Doubt In Afghanistan, U.S. troops wanted robots to search caves where fighters were hiding. The Rapid Equipping Force found a commercial robot called the PackBot, outfitted it with a camera and sent it downrange in a matter of weeks.
National Defense December 2013 Stew Magnuson	Special Ops Explosive Material Test Kit Offered to First Responders A new trace explosives field-test kit used by special operators in Afghanistan is sharply reducing the amount of time it takes to determine the presence and type of bomb-making materials.
National Defense November 2013 John D. Altenburg	Winding Down War Zone Contracts As with any arduous task for which a completion date is announced, the government assumed the risk of Afghanistan defense contractor lethargy -- or worse -- when it announced when the war will end.
National Defense October 2013 Valerie Insinna	Military's Fuel Tracking System Could Expand to Private Sector GlobalTrak -- a Dulles, Va. -- based cargo-tracking company -- announced in July it had completed its shipment of fuel-monitoring systems to Afghanistan for Defense Logistics Agency contractors who transport oil across the country's dangerous roads.
National Defense April 2013 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	In the Grips of Crises Abroad and at Home When considering the nation's budget problems at home -- how do we fund increasingly expensive government programs, keep faith with all promises and underwrite U.S. security and worldwide commitments? The answer is that we cannot do it all.
National Defense February 2013 Dan Parsons	More Drones Become Helicopter Sidekicks Troops can't seem to get enough of the aerial reconnaissance gathered by manned and unmanned aircraft, which has proven invaluable to them in recent conflicts.
National Defense December 2012 Valerie Insinna	Army Training Contends With Uncertain Future Although the war in Afghanistan is scheduled to come to a close in 2014, the Army is already training its soldiers against a mix of near-peer conventional forces, insurgent elements and criminal groups.
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