Military Lets Troops Wear Uniforms for Gay Pride Parade
In a stunning reversal of policy, DOD is allowing soldiers to march in a gay pride parade in uniform.
In a stunning reversal of policy, DOD is allowing soldiers to march in a gay pride parade in uniform.
Two centuries ago, a war that makes less and less sense with the passage of time began.
Physical fitness and weight loss infomercials have gone from promising ease to promising a grueling challenge. What happened?
For the first time in 68 years, neither major party candidate for President has served in the military. Does this matter?
We seldom blame presidents for bold actions that go wrong. We despise them for appearing weak and indecisive.
Does the Romney campaign know the USSR doesn’t exist anymore? Of course they do, but the language they use still means something.
Should the United States Navy name a ship after martyred gay activist Harvey Milk? This is not a rhetorical question.
The story of Ensign Chuck Lord may be the greatest—or perhaps only—prank in Pentagon art history
Marine Sergeant Gary Stein will soon be free to criticize the commander-in-chief all he wants. As a civilian.
An attack on Iran is likely to unleash consequences that we are unprepared to deal with.
Carrol LeFon, better known on the Internet as Neptunus Lex, one of the original milbloggers, has been killed in a fighter jet crash.
Mitt Romney is making claims about Naval readiness that are, at best, misleading.
When did serving your country become something political opponents attacked you for?
Philip Hammond addressed the Atlantic Council this morning in advance of a meeting with Leon Panetta.
President Obama’s Pentagon is planning for an unlikely war with China rather than the small wars America will inevitably fight.
Despite the opposition of the SECDEF and Joint Chiefs, the latter expanded yesterday.
Many people seem to have a rather inappropriate view of their relationship to the President of the United States.
You’d think that in today’s world employers wouldn’t have trouble finding qualified employees. You’d be wrong.
Thomas Ricks posts several recommendations for fixing the Army. Most of them are really, really stupid.
The former pizza executive is a smart guy. But he’s not fit to run the country.
The remains of US servicemen killed in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were thrown out with the trash.
An attack against Iran’s nuclear weapons research facility won’t be an easy thing.
The CIA’s drone war in Pakistan has gotten so out of hand that the Pentagon and State Department are reigning it in.
It’s time for another round of speculation about Iran and its nuclear program.
SFC Kristoffer Bryan Domeij was killed in action in Afghanistan Saturday, on his fourteenth combat tour.
This is looking less crazy, less sudden, and less an exercise in presidential whimsy than it seemed.