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Inc. September 2005 Allen P. Roberts Jr.	The Business of Base Closures While most communities worry about job losses associated with military base closures, a few see opportunity.
National Real Estate Investor July 1, 2005 Parke Chapman	A Redevelopment Rubik's Cube With the Department of Defense on course to close 33 domestic military bases and realign 30 others, real estate developers are identifying sites for potential redevelopment opportunities. However, there are many environmental and economic hurdles developers must consider.
National Defense July 2005 Sandra Erwin	BRAC `05 Choices Embody Lingering Terrorism Fears Against the current technology-driven backdrop, it would seem counterintuitive that the Pentagon's proposed base-closure and realignment plan reverts in many ways to the bunker mentality that prevailed during the Cold War.
National Defense April 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	BRAC 2005 Could Help Fix Training, Housing Shortages Base closings aim to eliminate shortages of some facilities and overcapacity of others.
National Defense June 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Defense Environmental Programs Reaching Out to Communities Suburban sprawl around military training areas shows no signs of slowing and this growth is fueling tensions between base commanders and communities around the United States.
National Defense March 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Export Controls Rhetoric Not Backed With Actions There's a responsibility on the part of the defense industry and government to push for export-control regulation changes on the Hill.
National Defense May 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Medical Costs Threaten Pentagon's Fiscal Health As if his weapons budget proposals weren't already a tough sell on Capitol Hill, Defense Secretary Robert Gates also will try to get Congress to endorse unpopular health care fees for military retirees.
National Defense February 2006 John Gifford	Military Base Cleanup: Contractors Beware The Defense Department's 2005 Base Closing and Realignment Commission predicts additional environmental restoration costs for the Pentagon's 33 major proposed closings.
National Defense July 2011 Sandra I. Erwin	High-Tech Weapon Makers Set Sights on 'Smart Microgrid' Market Pentagon contractors are looking to transition their skills in assembling complex weapon systems into the nascent market of energy microgrids.
National Defense August 2012 Stew Magnuson	Defense Department Needs Investors to Buy Into its Renewable Energy Goals Most bases rely on local utilities to supply them with the vital energy they need to function. The Defense Department wants to turn the clock back, but not with fossil fuels. It is looking to alternate sources of energy -- solar, wind and waste -- to help it meet some lofty goals.
National Defense April 2010 Sandra I. Erwin	How Much Does the Pentagon Pay for a Gallon of Gas? Two Defense Science Board studies have criticized the Pentagon for not having reliable methods of measuring what is known as the "fully burdened" cost of fuel (FBCF).
Knowledge@Wharton	Managing Supply Chains: What the Military Can Teach Business (and Vice Versa) In reality, both worlds have an opportunity to learn from each other's mistakes and successes.
National Defense January 2006	Washington Pulse Emergency Communications: A $100 Billion Problem?... Despite $15B Windfall, Army Could Cut Programs... We Need More Cargo -- No, We Don't... A.P. Hill Could be Home to `IED Training Center'... Quotes...
National Defense January 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	'Milspec' Technology Makes a Comeback A rising propensity to "militarize" the Defense Department's information networks will be making it more difficult for the Pentagon to take advantage of cutting-edge technologies from the commercial sector, say analysts and industry experts.
National Defense September 2011 Sandra I. Erwin	Defense Energy: Small, Incremental Steps Do Better Than Sweeping Reforms The Air Force saved $700 million in its five-year fuel budget just by redirecting flights through shorter routes and choreographing more efficient itineraries for cargo deliveries.
National Defense June 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	More Services, Less Hardware Define Current Military Buildup In the midst of the largest military expansion since the Reagan administration, industry analysts warn that the gravy days cannot last much longer.
Reason December 2008 David Weigel	Empire Bloat The Defense Department's 2008 Base Structure Report reveals just how far the military has spread across the globe.
National Defense March 2010 Sandra I. Erwin	Day of Reckoning Ahead for U.S. Defense Spending The nation's dismal economy has cost millions of Americans their jobs, homes and life savings. Barring a miraculous recovery, the economy's next target could be America's military superiority.
National Defense July 2015 Jon Harper	Military Retirement Reform Moves Forward In recent weeks, the congressional armed services committees voted to make major alterations to the U.S. military's retirement system, as the Pentagon seeks to control personnel costs that threaten to crowd out future spending on modernization and readiness.
National Defense November 2012 Sandra I. Erwin	More Than Money, Defense Needs Compelling Narrative Pentagon watchers already are warning that this is no time for business as usual, considering the domestic political climate and the fiscal crunch that could put defense spending in the cross hairs of a future deficit-reduction deal.
National Defense April 2013 Nathaniel H. Sledge Jr.	10 Reasons to Reform U.S. National Security Policy The U.S. security enterprise must be reformed to bring foreign policy in line with national values, and to enable improved fiscal health at the federal level.
National Defense May 2015 Eoyang & Freeman	Why the U.S. Must Reform The Military Personnel System If our military hopes to continue employing the best and brightest, it needs to consider fundamentally changing the military personnel system, not merely tinker with pay and benefits.
National Defense July 2008 Sandra I. Erwin	Pentagon Bracing for Yet Another Round of Turf Battles Touchy issues about the division of labor within the Defense Department have, in years past, triggered turf battles that would make Machiavelli proud.
Commercial Investment Real Estate Sep/Oct 2004	CCIM Spotlight: On-Air Marketing CCIM's radio show offers a unique opportunity to gain business exposure for commercial real estate companies.
National Defense March 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	In the Latest Pentagon Strategy, Uncertainty Rules An elaborate plan recently unveiled by the Defense Department aims to prepare the military services to cope with a wide range of threats to national security during the next 20 years.
National Defense May 2015 Sandra I. Erwin	Procurement Issues That Congress Won't Fix The new foreign policy mantra in Washington is that the world is on fire. The nation's weapons procurement machine, meanwhile, keeps partying like it's 1999.
InternetNews March 7, 2008	Google Pulls Map Images at Pentagon's Request Security concerns are now mixed with privacy issues over Google's street-level view.
Mother Jones Jul/Aug 2001 Susan Q. Stranahan	Target Practice At a Cape Cod arsenal, the EPA and the Pentagon square off over military pollution...
National Defense December 2012 Sandra I. Erwin	Defense Drawdown: It's Been All Talk, Now It's Time to Walk U.S. military spending peaked in 2010 at $668 billion. It has dropped slightly since then, as the military started withdrawing troops from Iraq and Afghanistan. But real austerity has yet to come.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2009 John Keller	Finally, a DOD budget request; now Congress can get to work Congress is facing a defense budget proposal from the Obama Administration of $663.8 billion -- $533.8 billion in discretionary spending and $130 billion to pay for fighting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Financial Advisor July 2004 Raymond Fazzi	Combat Readiness For Financial Advisors Military personnel are in much need of financial advice.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2006 John Keller	Defense industry upbeat; military spending to stay healthy over next decade Predictions released last month say that U.S. defense spending will grow to an annual $609.4 billion over the next decade.
National Defense March 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Efforts to Reorganize U.S. Army Tied to Emergency War Spending As Iraq war costs approach the $300 billion mark, the Defense Department's increasing reliance on emergency appropriations to pay for military equipment is stirring controversy on Capitol Hill.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2006 John Keller	DOD Budget Keeps Growing, Despite the Odds Top-ranking experts in government and industry have been warning of substantial impending cuts in defense spending for the past 18 months, yet when Pentagon leaders released their 2007 spending proposals, the numbers just kept on growing.
National Defense March 2014 Sandra I. Erwin	In '15 Budget, Red Flags for Contractors If defense industry CEOs can draw any conclusion from the Pentagon's 2015 budget proposal it is that, except for the too-big-to-fail joint strike fighter, most of the military's modernization plan is on shaky ground.
The Motley Fool May 24, 2007 Rich Duprey	Another Tough Payday for the Military Despite persistent pay gaps for the military, legislative fixes exacerbate short-term funding problems.
IEEE Spectrum November 2008 Robert N. Charette	What's Wrong with Weapons Acquisitions? Escalating complexity, a shortage of trained workers, and crass politicization mean that most programs to develop new military systems fail to meet expectations.