Military Review English Edition March-April 2015 | Page 5

Contents March-April 2015
Volume 95 ◆ Number 2

48 Women in the Infantry
Understanding Issues of
Physical Strength, Economics,
and Small-Unit Cohesion
Col. Charles E. Rice, U.S. Marine
Corps Reserve, Retired
Military members should inform the
American public of the effects of placing
women in infantry-type occupations.
A retired Marine Corps officer argues
against the Department of Defense
policy that mandates permitting women
in assignments with duties related to
direct combat.

56 What the Female
Engagement Team
Experience Can Teach
Us About the Future of
Women in Combat
Ashley Nicolas
A former Army officer with combat
experience as leader of a female
engagement team examines the critical
role of women on the modern battlefield
and supports integrating women into U.S.
combat forces.

69 Ethics, Combat, and a
Soldier’s Decision to Kill
Chaplain (Maj.) Sean Wead, U.S. Army
In war, soldiers make judgments of life and
death. They need a way to understand
and apply moral guidance and internalize
moral standards as second nature in their
actions. The principles of “just war theory”
can help soldiers develop a clear moral
vision when they have to make a choice
whether or not to kill.

82 Force and Faith in the
American Experience
Col. Isaiah Wilson III, Ph.D.,
U.S. Army, and
Maj. Lee Robinson, U.S. Army
Military leaders need to understand
the complicated relationship between
religion and politics, both domestically
and internationally. The authors suggest
that understanding the political history of
religion as an integral shaper of America’s
domestic and foreign policy will better
equip military leaders to approach the
challenges of religious extremism in
strategic and campaign planning.

62 The Art of Command and
the Science of Control
Brigade Mission Command in
Garrison and Operations
Col. Val Keaveny, U.S. Army, and
Col. Lance Oskey, U.S. Army
Brigade-level commanders need practical
and innovative ways to apply mission
command principles. This article proposes
using eight “mission command tools.”
MILITARY REVIEW  March-April 2015

Above and Left: 1st Lt. Donald Vance of 2nd Battalion,
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat
Team, 82nd Airborne Division, looks up at an Iraqi child
during a combined dismounted patrol 17 January 2009
in the New Baghdad District of eastern Baghdad.
(Photo by Staff Sgt. Alex Licea, 3rd Brigade Combat Team PAO, 82nd Airborne Division)

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