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America’s war colleges have some problems but we can’t close them.

It may be time to change rules keeping women out of combat roles. But “fairness” isn’t the right question.

It has become quite apparent that neither the White House nor our coalition partners have any idea what the path to an endgame in Libya even looks like. That’s not good.

The first wave of the tsunami caused by the Japanese earthquake is expected to strike Hawaii at 8:00am EST.

Cap’n Crunch is going the way of Joe Camel.

The last American veteran of a conflict which ended nearly a century ago has died.

Four U.S. citizens on a yacht hijacked by Somali pirates last week are dead. American military have killed the pirates.

The ongoing saga of piracy off the coast of Somali is about to get Americans’ attention again, as a yacht containing four U.S. citizens has been hijacked.

The unrest continues as those killed during protests are buried. Plus some facts about Bahrain.

Stephanie Guttman, author of something called The Kinder, Gentler Military, takes to NRO to tell us how easy it is to cut the Defense budget. She inadvertently does just the opposite.

European subsidies have given Airbus a competitive advantage over America’s Boeing in commercial aircraft salesboein. The reverse is true on military aircraft.

Volokh Conspirator Stewart Baker wonders whether Jesse Ventura’s complaints about TSA groping making him a “wussy.”

George Allen is running for his old Senate seat.

Captain Dee Mewbourne, who previously commanded the EISENHOWER, will skipper the ENTERPRISE.

Constitutional ambiguity is as old as, well, it’s as old as the Constitution itself

Like it or not, the U.S. Constitution has always been a political document, evolving depending on the players on the stage.

The repeal of DADT may open the doors for ROTC to return to many elite institutions, if cost doesn’t get in the way.

Marine Commandant James Amos is going all-out to keep gay Marines in the closet, saying allowing them to serve openly could get men killed.

The commander-in-chief, secretary of defense, and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff all support removing the ban on gays in the military without further delay. A long-awaited Pentagon study showed no reason not to do so. But three of four Service chiefs disagree.

Former Republican Congressman Joe Scarborough wants the GOP to stop kowtowing to Sarah Palin and her acolytes. He’s right.

The Props for Congress Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Time for the Monday OTB Caption Contest^TM

TSA boss John Pistole has offered to give Senators a pat-down search so that they understand the controversial new procedures.

Virginia Senator Jim Webb is the last of a dying breed of Democrats, but his party may need him if it wants to remain competitive anywhere outside of a Blue State.

The Pentagon has reinstated Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell under procedures that will make the discharge process more difficult. Which is good because it doesn’t look like DADT will be repealed any time soon.

The Tea Party movement doesn’t seem to have a coherent view on foreign policy. Which means that a Tea Party victory will just mean more of the same Republican neo-conservatism.

It’s been a decade since al Qaeda attacked the USS Cole, killing 17 American sailors. The perpetrators are still at large.

Western athletes who’ve complained about the conditions at the Commonwealth Games are coming in for a firestorm of criticism.

The Navy has fired fourteen skippers this year. Eleven of those were for personal misconduct.

A renowned sports economist argues that black quarterbacks are treated differently than their white counterparts.

The United States Army has granted case-by-case exceptions to three Sikh soldiers, allowing them to serve while wearing beards and turbans.

While American politics concerns itself with trivial issues, Pakistan finds itself dealing with a devastating natural disaster that could have real geo-political implications.

The United States has promised $150 million in aid to flood-ravaged Pakistan. Should we have?

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

Tish Long, the new director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), is the first woman to head a major U.S. intelligence agency.

A Southern Baptist Democratic president hated by conservatives is largely responsible for the rise of the American craft brew industry.

Will the Wikileaks document dump give even further impetus to the growing sentiment that the United States needs to leave Afghanistan ?

General Stanley McChrystal retired with full honors while being lauded by the Secretary of Defense.