http://www.soamag.com The SOA Magazine is a monthly online publication provided by SOA Systems Inc. and Prentice Hall/PearsonPTR and is officially associated with the "Prentice Hall Service-Oriented Computing Series from Thomas Erl." SOA en-us Copyright 2006-2008, SOA Systems Inc. http://www.soamag.com/I25/0109-2.asp The Department of Defense (DoD) is perhaps the largest and most complex organization in the world. Through SOA, the DoD's business IT solutions are being united via an infrastructure and standards-based pattern termed the Business Operating Environment (BOE). As a result, many of the projects and interrelated sub-projects that drive these mission areas are fundamentally based on the development of services through SOA and service-orientation with the support of proven principles and patterns. This article explores how the BOE relates to common SOA principles and patterns. SOA http://www.soamag.com/contributors/bio-dwisnosky.asp#When:09.01.09