Want ‘strategic thinkers’? You’ll have to transform the military culture
Some want to blame the war colleges but really they are just a product of the institution, which fosters the wrong skill sets.
Some want to blame the war colleges but really they are just a product of the institution, which fosters the wrong skill sets.
His proposal ‘would make Kyiv the largest yearly recipient of U.S. military aid of at least the past two decades.’
As a veteran I am particularly frustrated that we depend too much on police and military to solve our foreign and domestic crises.
On its face, the president’s new executive order looks like a step forward, but a closer looks reveals more of the same.
The backlash and sense of betrayal during 20 years of war, which culminated with the Afghanistan withdrawal has taken its toll.
Something is driving military men and women to suicide. It’s time to take stock of the tempo and deployments and figure out what.
Top commanders are looking for absolution (while blaming their civilian masters). But what we need is accountability.
We need to rebuild the ranks of the senior officer corps with members of a new generation who know where we went wrong — and do it now.
It would seem the American people aren’t ready for a conflict with China over Taiwan. But are both sides ready to compromise?
He was a colleague and a principled truth-teller during an era of war, hubris, and Beltway banditry.
Biden’s withdrawal plan should include Afghans who directly supported U.S. troops and are now vulnerable to Taliban reprisals.
And it’s a head-scratcher, since his campaign once called Trump’s withdrawal of the Cold War agreement ‘short-sighted.’
The president is going full speed ahead on beefing up the triad and expensive modernization — despite cries from his own party.
Those who fought there say they are conflicted, angry, and sad, but knew for years that Afghanistan would never be ‘won.’
Bombastic phrases for military ops like the anti-Russia one today strikes this author as masking an underlying lack of confidence.
But questions remain about private security contractors and the ongoing debate over counterterrorism capabilities.
Democratic Rep. Anthony Brown is disingenuous when he says the military will be cut to offset costs for bold plans at home.
Their objections to budget cuts have nothing really to do with who is best positioned to fight, but losing out on the spoils.
Married to an airman with depression and suicidal ideation since his deployment, this advocate says the war couldn’t end sooner.
Despite Biden’s promises, $34 million worth of equipment has been transferred from the DoD to local law enforcement this year.
In 2020, Trump reversed a total ban by Obama. According to a statement today, nothing has changed. Why?