A new issue of Air & Space Power Journal is out. From the US Army War College's Parameters, a special issue on its 40th Anniversary. From Miller-McCune, Jeff Shear on the evolution of the American military. 100 Years of Naval Aviation: A century ago, a skilled and fearless stunt pilot landed a wire-and-wood aircraft on a ship's deck — and introduced the era of naval aviation. A review of Enduring Battle: American Soldiers in Three Wars, 1776-1945 by Christopher H. Hamner. A review of Seal Team Six: Memoirs of an Elite Navy Seal Sniper by Howard E. Wasdin and Stephen Templin and The Heart and the Fist: The Education of a Humanitarian, the Making of a Navy Seal by Eric Greitens (and more on Navy Seals). An interview with 16th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, Carlton W. Kent, on his 35-year career and four-year tenure as the Corps’ top enlisted Marine. Civilian control, not citizen soldiers: Military personnel have dirty, dangerous jobs, but they aren’t demigods in uniform. Lawrence Korb on the myth of Robert Gates. From Room for Debate, a look at how to cut the military. From RAND Review, a special report on Gays in the Military: Eventually, new facts conquer old taboos. The military's secret shame: When men in the military rape other men in the ranks, no one wants to talk about it — why the sexual assault of males in the service is finally being confronted. Despite decades of official attention, women in the military face pervasive sexism and surprisingly frequent sexual assault from within the ranks. From Small Wars Journal, Michael C. Sevcik on moral intuition and the professional military ethic. The War Lovers: Peter Van Buren on why it feels so good to be embedded with the US military. Canon Fodder: Rolf Potts on the U.S. military’s reading lists. Could dust be the cause of war vets’ ailments? From Outside the Wire, the cure for PTSD is ecstasy?
