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Reports on the Air-Mech-Strike strategy of the United States Army. Improvement of air transportability and tactical mobility; Use of 15-ton to 20-ton fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft; Capabilities of an Air-Mech-Strike force.

The article focuses on the unit readiness mission of the U.S. Army Inspector General Agency under the command of inspector general (IG) and Lt. Gen. Leslie C. "Les" Smith since February. It includes several comments by Smith on topics related to the IGs' role including advising and assisting Army leaders and promoting well-being and discipline, staying engaged, building positive relationships, communicating, and fixing problems.

The article focuses on the utilization of the Abrams tanks in the U.S. Army including the M1A2 System Enhancement Package Version 3 vehicles for lethality, force protection, and system survivability enhancements. According to the author these tanks are designed for close combat and embedded diagnostic capability.

The article reports that the military podiatrists are dedicated to maintaining the operational readiness of U.S. fighting and humanitarian forces. It mentions about the military podiatrists that provide clinical, surgical and administrative support from the Army's, Navy's and Air Force's Medical Service Corps officers. It states that the focus is on continuing medical education for orthopedic staff.

The article focuses on the Vermont National Guard's Camp Ethan Allen Training Site (CEATS) in Vermont. According to the article, more than 130,000 people are trained there every year. The Army Mountain Warfare School and its courses including military mountaineering, the area's terrain and weather, and the completion of a readiness center housing the Vermont National Guard's 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team are mentioned.

The article presents the author's thoughts on military leadership, development of military forces, and the four phases of winning a war including committing, sustaining, and occupying. Topics of discussion include wars such as World War I being settled with an armistice, combat readiness, and leadership training and education.

The article focuses on the Task Force 120 formed by the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC). It states that the task force aims to examine Army modernization by conducting a force designs' comprehensive review, drafting a brigade combat team (BCT) modernization plan, and establishing integrated network architectures. Moreover, the task force was able to meet operational demands due to the resource-informed methodology it adopted.

The article focuses on the new policy directive that was approved by the Pentagon. The directive states the importance of the irregular warfare (IW) in the stability and foreign internal defense in the U.S. It notes that the 12-page directive was signed by Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England. It also notes that the U.S. Department of Defense envisions the main method in carrying IW operations.

Evaluates the efforts of the U.S. military in its social, political and economic reconstruction campaign in Iraq. Recognition of the numerous security elements involved in fighting a counterinsurgency; Disassociation between a military victory and total victory; Focus of the U.S. Army on establishing security to stabilize the peace conditions in Iraq; Concern over the training methodology and training systems used to prepare for combat effectiveness; Suggestion for the U.S. Army to form a study group to determine effective military training and procedures suitable for the campaign in Iraq.

Focuses on the combat capability of the U.S. Army. Effort to respond to interoperability challenges; Commitment to support a higher civilian authority; Importance of military training.

Cites the plan by the U.S. Army to reorganize its divisions as units of employment (UE) and units of action (UC) to increase modularity, effectiveness and combat power. Ability of the UC to have the necessary combat and support services thereby forming a cohesive unit; Suggestion to reorganize divisions as UE to increase combat power by expanding the maneuver brigade division organization; Identification of divisions undergoing organization for deployment in Iraq.

Cites the role of the U.S. Army in the development of sciences for the U.S. soldier prior to the establishment of the Future Combat System. Recognition of the near-term priority of the army to provide the existing military force with FCS capabilities; Plan for the integration of FCS capabilities into units of action in the army's divisions; Forecast to equip an FCS evaluation brigade combat team by fiscal year 2008; Projection schedule for the formation of operational FCS units of action; Citation of the types of current FCS technologies as of February 2005.

Discusses the development strategy of the Future Combat Systems (FCS) in the U.S. Army. Consideration by the FCS of the needs within the scope of overall Army modernization and the transformation goals of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD); Coverage of military modernization on the provision of the best equipment for soldiers fighting terrorism, developing initiatives, replacement of battlefield losses and equipment upgrades; Role of the Army Modernization plan to sustain the balance between traditional, current and promising capabilities; Objective of the DOD transformation to develop joint, network-trained forces with rapid decision superiority.

Discusses the efforts of the U.S. Army in providing its members both job and family satisfaction. Recognition of the government's project to study the impact of military life and moving on children and families; Citation of the Army's success in promoting job satisfaction through the soldier's willingness to go to war in accordance with unit rotation practices; Improvements in family satisfaction through wages, housing, education system and recreation programs; Acceptance by family members of the length of separation during times of war; Suggestion for the Army to build its size to accommodate rotations into combat to decrease separation times.

Presents an argument made in 1950 that complete mobility in the United States Army could only be reached if every infantry division had a specially equipped, flight-flying combat battalion. Need to standardize training programs for air-transportability and operational readiness; Organization and training of the specially-organized combat battalion.

Features the impact of being an international police on the operational readiness of soldiers in after the deployment from the mission in Yugoslavia. Overextension of the United States Army troops; Provision of a comprehensive peacekeeping training program by the US Army Training and Doctrine Command.