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116 Sustainable Readiness
and Regional Alignment
of Forces
Lt. Col. Chad R. Foster, U.S. Army

The Army is challenged to balance deployment
mission requirements with the imperative to
sustain an appropriate level of unit readiness.
The author defines the relationship between
the concepts of regionally aligned forces and
sustainable readiness. He provides specific
examples illustrating a way to tailor readiness
efforts to the needs of regionally aligned forces.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

127

A reader comments on a previous article.

BOOK REVIEWS
128

Readers provide analyses of contemporary
readings for the military professional.

REVIEW ESSAY
125 The Other Space Race
Eisenhower and the Quest
for Aerospace Security
Lt. Col. John H. Modinger, PhD,
U.S. Air Force, Retired

The reviewer critiques a book that provide s a
fascinating look at the early years of the “space
race” between the United States and the Soviet
Union, and the often diverging mind-sets of
President Eisenhower and senior Air Force
leaders concerning the direction of the U.S.
space program.

(Photo by Staff Sgt. Todd A. Christopherson, U.S. Army)

About the Cover: 1st Lt. Jordan Farrar fires a tubelaunched, optically tracked, wire-guided (TOW)
missile while Cpl. Christopher Parker observes at the
heavy weapons range on Forward Operating Base
Salerno, Khowst Province, Afghanistan, 14 August
2013. Farrar and Parker are assigned to 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat
Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault).

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