Why Government IT Sucks
Why the federal government is so bad at information technology and getting worse by the day.
Why the federal government is so bad at information technology and getting worse by the day.
The NFL donates its game broadcasts to troops deployed in harm’s way but they still won’t get to see them during the shutdown.
Tom Clancy, author of dozens of bestselling military thriller novels, has died aged 66.
Starbucks is kindly asking customers not to bring guns to their stores.
Cathy’s husband and Jess’ father, Jer, was killed in the shooting spree at the Navy Yard.
A shooting interrupts Washington D.C.’s Monday morning.
f Assad is eating Cheerios, we’re going to take away his spoon and give him a fork.
Western military action in the Syrian civil war now appears likely.
As President Obama’s red line has been crossed more brazenly, he continues to sound reluctant to intervene in Syria while positioning forces to do just that.
The Army and Navy are finally doing something about brass bloat.
The military is cracking down on sexual assault. The pendulum may be swinging too far.
The Defense Department would like to get a handle on how it spends its money by 2017 but the Navy won’t go along.
The two ends of Pennsylvania Avenue are clashing on defense appropriations.
Last month, a retired Navy SEAL came out as transgender. Those still in uniform, however, must serve in silence.
A late-night announcement that Gitmo detainees will get hearings raises more questions than it answers.
Marine Harriers dropped four unarmed bombs into the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park last week after missing another target.
As Congress eyes the Defense budget for cuts, some are drawing attention to the lavish housing of our top brass.
The United States has far and away the most capable navy on the planet. But it’s not very capable at the moment.
President Obama is rightly outraged by a wave of sexual assaults in the military. He unwittingly made them harder to prosecute.
A state of perpetual war is incompatible with good mental health and stable family relationships.
Michael Donley announced he was stepping down as Secretary of the Air force in April and did so in June. No replacement has been named.
The conviction of Marine Sergeant Lawrence Hutchins III for war crimes in 2006 has been overturned.
For two centuries, British sailors have toasted their “wives and sweethearts.” No more.
This is a problem of culture and leadership that can’t wait.
Did President Obama’s comments about taking a tough stand on military sexual assault constitute “undue influence” on specific cases? One military judge says that they did.
Chris Beck spent 20 years as a Navy SEAL. Kristen Beck has written a book about her experiences.
The former Republican Senator and current Independent governor has come full circle.
The sequestration cuts are two months old, and it seems pretty clear that the claims of doom we heard before they went into effect were heavily exaggerated.
Christine Fox, the real-life inspiration for Charlie of “Top Gun,” and the casual sexism of 1985.
Debunking a conservative myth that has arisen in connection the Benghazi story.