Congress Forcing The Army To Buy Tanks It Doesn’t Want
Once again, politics is dictating military policy.
Once again, politics is dictating military policy.
There are far too many appointed positions in the US government. And many of them are unfilled.
General Petreaus is now Dr. Petraeus and will be teaching a 1-1 load a the City University of New York.
A former Navy SEAL charges that Blackwater snipers killed American citizens in New Orleans during Katrina’s aftermath.
Chuck Hagel has countermanded his predecessor and canceled the Distinguished Warfare Medal.
The Navy’s Blue Angels demonstration team has canceled the rest of its 2013 season in response to budget cuts.
Examining SECDEF’s call for radical overhaul of our defense structure against the fate of similar calls past.
The Army has ruled, correctly, that the victims of Major Nidal Hassan are not entitled to the Purple Heart.
The Army has war gamed a conflict to secure a failed North Korea. It would not be a cakewalk.
A tendency to expand objectives mid-fight has seen America fail in its last four major wars.
Chuck Hagel has cemented his legacy as the greatest Secretary of Defense ever.
Congress is banding together on a bipartisan basis to fight the greatest problem facing the country: the precedence of the Distinguished Warfare Medal above the Bronze Star.
Reminding government employees that they are employees of the government is suddenly controversial.
The regime we fought for in Iraq is now aiding the regime we’re fighting against (at least by proxy) in Syria.
Bradley Manning has pleaded guilty to 10 charges stemming from turning classified documents over to WikiLeaks.
Tim Kane continues his campaign against the US military’s antiquated personnel system.
The Obama Administration has given us a peek at its legal arguments for targeted killings and they are troubling to say the least.
I joined the Army so I could travel, fight, and go on adventures. Just like Bilbo and Frodo Baggins.
Andrew Bacevich bemoans the social impact of the all-volunteer force.
My latest for The National Interest, “Ignoring the Hagel Hearing Farce,” has posted.
The “I” in DIA apparently does not stand for Intelligence.
Greg Jaffe has an outstanding feature titled “In one Army family, women in combat evokes two different perspectives.”
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta ordered a lifting of the ban on women in ground combat.
The first seven men to be awarded the Medal of Honor for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan received it posthumously. Clinton Romesha will be the fourth in a row that’s lived to meet the president.
More people have been to space than have flown in a B-2 stealth bomber.
General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, commander during Operation Desert Storm, has died at the age of 78.
John Cornyn tells Jennifer Rubin that he’ll oppose the confirmation of his former colleague, Chuck Hagel, for Secretary of Defense.
Bob Dole isn’t in the best of health but he nonetheless treked to the Capitol to pay his final respects to an old friend.
From the Department of What The Hell Were They Thinking, I present Air Force Chief of Staff Mark Welsh’s new ceremonial uniform:
While no official announcements have been made, President Obama’s second term national security team appears to be taking shape.
Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates is bemused that the generals who worked for him lived more lavish lifestyles than he did.
Couples of the same sex can marry at the West Point chapel, they’re treated much differently under the Defense of Marriage Act.
The title of most impressive Heisman winner of all time goes to Pete Dawkins, who won the award in 1958.