The members who wrote the article are: Retired Army Gen. James J. Lindsay, the first commander of U.S. Special
Operations Command; Retired Adm. Jerome Johnson, vice chief of
naval operations; Retired Lt. Gen.
E.G. «Buck» Shuler Jr., commander of the Strategic Air Command's 8th Air Force; and Retired Gen. Joseph J. Went, an assistant commandant of the Marine Corps.