John F. Loosbrock
Recent stories by John F. Loosbrock
United States Armed Forces: Why Not?
Three major facts emerge from an examination of defense reorganization proposals and compromises of the past … * No major study group of national stature that has examined the defense reorganization problem since World War II has ever recommended less...
The U-2 Incident in Perspective—Surprise vs. Survival
Half a dozen years ago we asked it man, whose judgment on both military and scientific matters we very much respect tiu’ following question: “If you had $2 billion additional to spend on national security, over and above funds presently...
Command and Control for Missiles and Space
“Without communications, all I command is my desk.” As dramatic as it is succinct, this comment by Gen. Thomas S. Power, SAC’s Commander in Chief, puts in focus the utter helplessness of a commander who cannot find out what is...
An Editorial: Force in Being
There was an Invisible umbrella of air power over the Lebanese beaches when the Marines landed there last month, a fact largely ignored in the torrent of words written and printed concerning the implications of US military intervention in the...
Death of a Colonel
We were a few minutes late for the funeral. It was a long drive from our Maryland home and the kids had to be started off to school before we could leave. I had not spoken during the trip through...
What Kind of Forces for What Kind of War?
We cannot let over-preoccupation with the wrong kind of little war jeopardize our ability to deter or