Outside the Beltway

He was both the youngest and oldest man to run the Pentagon.

In a move sure to ruffle feathers, the President is bypassing all of the Navy’s four-star admirals for the next service chief.

Descriptions of Robby Jackson as “Trump’s personal physician” mischaracterize his qualifications for the job.

The U.S. Army is once again embroiled in an internecine fight over hats.

Eric Shinseki resigned as Secretary of Veterans Affairs this morning, to the surprise of absolutely nobody.

It seems unlikely that Eric Shinseki will have a job for much longer.

There’s plenty of blame to go around.

The defense authorization law requires the Defense Department to go back to a single camouflage pattern.

Few subjects rile members and veterans of military service more than changes to the uniform.

The infamous VA backlog is finally dwindling. Much of it was a function of good intentions.

President Obama is taking some heat over the fact that his Second Term cabinet selections have been very white and very male.

From the Department of What The Hell Were They Thinking, I present Air Force Chief of Staff Mark Welsh’s new ceremonial uniform:

After a decade, the Army is reversing the most hideous decision in its long history.

Tammy Duckworth has resigned as Veterans Affairs assistant secretary and may make another bid for Congress.

Many commenters on civil-military relations change their tune according to whose ox is gored.

Is there a double standard in play when generals criticize Democratic versus Republican presidents?