Outside the Beltway

President Obama is still insisting that his war against ISIS will not require American ground troops. He’s not being honest with the American people.

The Army brass is worried about its diversity in critical mid-level posts.

And odd report from Washington Post and Stars and Stripes.

Without hard choices on pay and benefits, the Pentagon will have to make big cuts in readiness.

“No More Baby Steps,” my first piece for Defense News, has posted.

The Army and Navy are finally doing something about brass bloat.

Congress really, really wants to give soldiers a 1.8 percent pay raise. Generals are begging them to hold it to 1 percent.

If there’s one thing that our generals and admirals agree on it’s that generals and admirals should retain their power.

Once again, politics is dictating military policy.

The Army has war gamed a conflict to secure a failed North Korea. It would not be a cakewalk.

Of the U.S. military’s 10 combatant commands, only three are held by Army or Marine generals.

Are new war strategies putting too much strain on commanders in the field ?