Jan-Feb issue of Army Engineer Magazine

From time to time, I remind subscribers of the publishing schedule for Army Engineer Magazine. Of course, all know it's published six times a year…every other month. The first issue of each year is January-February, and that sequence carries on with following months. The objective is to have each issue mailed to subscribers during the first week of the second month of a specific issue…for example, the Jan-Feb 2007 issue will be mailed to subscribers during the first week of February. Some may wonder why the magazine could not be mailed before a two-month series starts…for example, mail the Jan-Feb issue in December. Such is possible, but in order to make that happen, the entire schedule for editing, printing and so forth would have to be moved up by two months at some point during a publishing year, in order to re-set the schedule. Given the fact that the magazine is put together using a "one-person production department", and that at first two issues would have to be developed back-to-back, such is not realistic. The key is to publish six issues a year on a consistent schedule, and that's what is being accomplished. So, subscribers can expect to get their copy of the January-February 2007 issue of Army Engineer during early February, consistent with the intent of scheduling explained above.