J.R. Wilson
A Faircount Media Group Senior Writer and veteran journalist who has been a full-time freelance writer, focusing primarily on aerospace, defense, and high technology, since 1992. He spent eight years as a reporter, editor, and bureau manager with United Press International before joining McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company in 1980, serving as head of public relations for that division of the aerospace giant before taking a similar post with Cubic Corp.
After a brief stint in the private sector, he was appointed North American Group Editor for Jane’s Information Group. He later served as creative director and editor-in-chief of Today’s Officer.
As a freelancer, Wilson has written for dozens of magazines and web sites around the world, including: Military & Aerospace Electronics, Aerospace America, Armed Forces Journal, Air Transport World, Sea Power, Military Medical Technology, Aerospace Asia/Pacific, Destination Las Vegas, Signal, Training & Simulation Journal, and C4ISR Journal.
Stories by J.R. Wilson
Army Medical Research and Materiel Command
Published in Land Forces under Defense Issues, Defense Technology, Featured, Print Edition with no comments
The Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (MRMC) – formerly the Medical Research & Development Command, created in 1958 – was redesignated in the 1990s when the Army’s medical logistics function was added ...more »
Have Cultural Barriers Blocked LTA Vehicles?
Published in Aerospace under Commentary, Defense Technology, Featured with no comments
The military’s approach to airships since 1960 has a number of critics, from retired USAF Lt. Col. Ed Herlik, who worked on high altitude airships for the USAF Space Command, to former combat/test ...more »
Special Operations Medicine Today
Published in Defense Wide under Defense Issues, Defense Technology, Featured, Print Edition with 2 comments
Every American warfighter now goes into combat with a personal first aid kit and Combat Lifesaver training to provide both personal and buddy medical care immediately. Only moments away is a Combat Medic, ...more »
Warfighter Hearing Impairment: Prevention and Treatment
Published in Defense Wide under Defense Issues, Defense Technology, Featured, Print Edition with no comments
The ongoing conflict in Southwest Asia has brought new understanding – and treatments – to a number of age-old military medical issues. One that has received less public attention than most, but has ...more »
The State of U.S. Sealift
Published in Naval under Defense Issues, Defense Technology, Featured, Print Edition with 1 comment
Since the first ship put to sea thousands of years ago, sealift has been the primary method used to move large amounts of materiel and large numbers of warfighters into a combat theater. ...more »
Helping Haiti: Logistics Challenges and Successes
Published in Defense Wide under Defense Issues, Defense Technology, Featured, Print Edition with no comments
When a devastating earthquake struck the Caribbean island nation of Haiti in January 2010, destroying its airport and harbor facilities, President Barack Obama pledged an immediate and all-out rescue and humanitarian relief effort.
With ...more »
Veterans Behavioral Health: Improving Post-combat Care
Published in Defense Wide under Defense Issues, Featured, Print Edition with 2 comments
The ongoing conflict in Southwest Asia has garnered a number of distinctive markers. Its two signature medical outcomes are amputations (the result of an historically high battlefield survival rate) and traumatic brain injury ...more »
Interview: Rear Adm. Mark H. Buzby, Commander, Military Sealift Command
Published in Naval under Defense Issues, Defense Technology, Featured, Print Edition with no comments
The Navy’s Military Sealift Command (MSC) is the primary resource for short-term, immediate sealift requirements for both combat and humanitarian/relief missions by the U.S. military. MSC operates approximately 110 noncombatant, civilian-crewed ships that ...more »
The State of U.S. Air Force Airlift
Published in Aerospace under Defense Issues, Defense Technology, Featured, Print Edition with 1 comment
The state of airlift for the U.S. military, despite a decade of the highest continuous demand since World War II, remains good, meeting ongoing demands from the troop drawdown in Iraq, simultaneous surge ...more »
Next-generation Precision Strike
Published in Defense Wide under Defense Technology, Featured, Print Edition with no comments
During World War II, waves of Allied aircraft dropped thousands of bombs on German cities, military installations, railroads, and industrial facilities. Where a given bomb might hit was as much luck as skill ...more »
