The Office of Force Transformation in the Defense Department is issuing a newsletter with items of note regarding military transformation efforts entitled "Transformation Trends."

New OFT web site: http://www.oft.osd.mil/library/transformation_trends/trends.cfm

Some past issues are available below for download (in PDF). To read the PDF versions, download Acrobat Reader.

17 February 2003 Speech By VADM Arthur Cebrowski To The Network Centric Warfare 2003 Conference, 22 January 2003

3 February 2003 Rapid Spiral Transformation by John Hanley, assistant director, Office of Force Transformation

The Top 100 Rules of the New American Way of War by Dr. Thomas P. M. Barnett and Dr. Henry H. Gaffney Jr.

13 January 2002 The American Way of War by Arthur K. Cebrowski and Thomas P. M. Barnett The Networking of American Warfare ~ The Inevitability of American Warfare ~ The Speed of American Warfare ~ The Precision of American Warfare ~ The Transformation of American Warfare

16 December 2002 The Global Transaction Strategy by Thomas P.M. Barnett and Henry H. Gaffney, Jr. The Core versus the Gap ~ How the U.S. justifies "living large" in the global economy ~ From Cold War containment to globalization firewall ~ Globalization's major flows ~ Flow of security from Core to Gap ~ Flow of energy from Gap to Core ~ Flow of investments from Old Core to New Core ~ A U.S. Transaction Strategy

2 December 2002 Cebrowski Speech at Center for Naval Analyses — 11/20/02: What is Transformation and What are Its Objectives? ~ What is the Compelling Need? ~ Transformation as Corporate Strategy ~ Importance of Deter Forward in QDR ~ The Emerging American Way of War ~ Example of Littoral Combat Ship ~ Transforming Defense ~ Role of Defense in National Security ~ GWOT and Export of American Security ~ Surveillance-Based Counter WMD Force

18 November 2002 Where — Not When — Preemption Makes Sense By Dr. Tom Barnett

4 November 2002 Venture Capitalists as DoD Technology Finders By Mark Lewis and Robert Holzer

28 October 2002 An Interview with the Director ITAA Interview with Vice Admiral (ret.) Arthur K. Cebrowski, Director, Office of Force Transformation

21 October 2002 New Rules for a New Era By Vice Admiral (ret.) Arthur K. Cebrowski, Director, Office of Force Transformation

14 October 2002 What is Transformation? Focus on Core Missions ~ A Series of Small Exploratory Jumps ~ Placing a Few Big Bets By Vice Admiral (ret.) Arthur K. Cebrowski, Director, Office of Force Transformation

7 October 2002 Business Trends: Innovate or Capitulate ~ Guru Traits ~ Measures that Matter ~ Geeks and Geezers ~ Integration Links Business Cycles Technology Trends: Augmented Reality ~ Feedback Cycles Change Computing ~ Vaccines Going After Killer Bacteria ~ Companies Pursue Autonomic Computing

30 September 2002 Defense Trends: Sensor Wars Emerging ~ Tech Finders Could Aid DoD Research ~ Urban Ops Pose Counter Terror Challenge ~ Navy Assesses Non-Kinetic Electronic Strike

23 September 2002 Defense Trends: DSB Urges OFT Mission Expansion ~ Rumsfeld’s Top Priorities Intelligence Transformation ~ Bandwidth Challenges NCW ~ NATO Transformation Plans ~ National Military Strategy Business Trends: Strategic Exploration ~ Telematics’ Transformational Potential ~ Sun Banks on N1

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