Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of Defense
Publisher :
Page : 1020 pages
File Size : 34,45 MB
Release : 1988
Category : United States
ISBN :
Author : United States
Publisher :
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 34,51 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Four Confederated Bands of Pawnees
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher :
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 30,11 MB
Release : 1989
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Citizens Against Government Waste
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 36,90 MB
Release : 2013-09-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 146685314X
The federal government wastes your tax dollars worse than a drunken sailor on shore leave. The 1984 Grace Commission uncovered that the Department of Defense spent $640 for a toilet seat and $436 for a hammer. Twenty years later things weren't much better. In 2004, Congress spent a record-breaking $22.9 billion dollars of your money on 10,656 of their pork-barrel projects. The war on terror has a lot to do with the record $413 billion in deficit spending, but it's also the result of pork over the last 18 years the likes of: - $50 million for an indoor rain forest in Iowa - $102 million to study screwworms which were long ago eradicated from American soil - $273,000 to combat goth culture in Missouri - $2.2 million to renovate the North Pole (Lucky for Santa!) - $50,000 for a tattoo removal program in California - $1 million for ornamental fish research Funny in some instances and jaw-droppingly stupid and wasteful in others, The Pig Book proves one thing about Capitol Hill: pork is king!
Author : United States
Publisher :
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 49,35 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Defense contracts
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Author : United States. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Publisher :
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 29,38 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Military art and science
ISBN :
Author : Alfred Goldberg
Publisher : Office of the Secretary, Historical Offi
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 25,92 MB
Release : 2007-09-05
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
The most comprehensive account to date of the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon and aftermath, this volume includes unprecedented details on the impact on the Pentagon building and personnel and the scope of the rescue, recovery, and caregiving effort. It features 32 pages of photographs and more than a dozen diagrams and illustrations not previously available.
Author : Shannon Caudill
Publisher : Military Bookshop
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 42,12 MB
Release : 2014-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782666851
This anthology discusses the converging operational issues of air base defense and counterinsurgency. It explores the diverse challenges associated with defending air assets and joint personnel in a counterinsurgency environment. The authors are primarily Air Force officers from security forces, intelligence, and the office of special investigations, but works are included from a US Air Force pilot and a Canadian air force officer. The authors examine lessons from Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, and other conflicts as they relate to securing air bases and sustaining air operations in a high-threat counterinsurgency environment. The essays review the capabilities, doctrine, tactics, and training needed in base defense operations and recommend ways in which to build a strong, synchronized ground defense partnership with joint and combined forces. The authors offer recommendations on the development of combat leaders with the depth of knowledge, tactical and operational skill sets, and counterinsurgency mind set necessary to be effective in the modern asymmetric battlefield.
Author : Greg Zacharias
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 24,4 MB
Release : 2019-04-05
Category :
ISBN : 9781092834346
Dr. Greg Zacharias, former Chief Scientist of the United States Air Force (2015-18), explores next steps in autonomous systems (AS) development, fielding, and training. Rapid advances in AS development and artificial intelligence (AI) research will change how we think about machines, whether they are individual vehicle platforms or networked enterprises. The payoff will be considerable, affording the US military significant protection for aviators, greater effectiveness in employment, and unlimited opportunities for novel and disruptive concepts of operations. Autonomous Horizons: The Way Forward identifies issues and makes recommendations for the Air Force to take full advantage of this transformational technology.
Author : Simon P. Worden
Publisher :
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 24,80 MB
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781410219800
The influence of space power pervades almost every sphere and level of human existence, from politics to military affairs to commercial activities to cultural mind-sets. Yet there is little to be found today in the way of coherent space power doctrine and strategy, particularly in national security circles. To what extent do our national interests rely on space? How shall we defend our interests in space and how shall we deny our adversaries the benefits of space power in time of conflict? How can we control and exploit the space environment? How can we effectively wield space power against the full spectrum of threats -- from the lone terrorist to global peer competitors? What should be our long-range strategy and objectives if our goal is to achieve and maintain long-term space superiority? The purpose of this paper is two fold: first, to illuminate the historical and ever-increasing importance of space in modern society; and second, to prescribe, in view of this importance, the foundations of a strategy for achieving lasting space superiority and ensuring national and world security.
