Do we truly have the ‘world’s greatest’ military?
2021 exposed the yawning gap between our military’s mythic reputation and its actual performance in our post-9/11 wars.
2021 exposed the yawning gap between our military’s mythic reputation and its actual performance in our post-9/11 wars.
Despite warnings, the Navy opposed closing a faulty tank at Pearl Harbor, while a recent bout of contamination made local residents seriously ill.
The civ-mil divide and the health of our volunteer forces are of urgent concern right now, with blame pointed at the top.
The term moral injury identifies a deep existential pain destroying the lives of too many active-duty personnel and vets.
Despite its logistical resources, the U.S. army is caught unprepared to face this unprecedented threat.
Conflict between the United States and China is both undesirable and imprudent, but appears inevitable given our current leadership.
Not surprisingly, Iraqis believe their lives are no longer cheap, and that the time for accountability has come.
Both Vietnam and Iraq remain bizarrely undigested, their true meaning yet to be discerned and acknowledged.
Why not deploy diplomats to demilitarize space and save the money for earth-bound problems.
Amid an unprecedented Pentagon shakeup, an outspoken defense reformer who wants out of endless war, finally gets his shot.
Another steward of the status quo who promised reforms and never delivered, exits the stage.
The defense secretary is being hailed for his reforms, but what we got is standard budget fare dressed up to look like a new menu.
The former general is selling books and sounding off about Afghanistan talks but he is ignoring how the majority of veterans really feel.
The few. The proud. The Naval landing party?
The Navy wants to build up the fleet and include unmanned vehicles that aren’t fully tested or proven to operate in contested waters.
The DoD says it has yet to confirm Moscow was paying the Taliban to kill U.S. troops in Afghanistan. Why is the media so silent?
Whether you’re reading this with your morning coffee, just after lunch, or on the late shift in the wee small hours of the morning, it’s 100 seconds to midnight.
Trump critics love them. But after nearly 20 years of shameful war promotion, failures, and lies, these guys are no paragons of virtue.
Senior military officials were quick to call for change within their ranks. But change will neither be easy, nor quick.
Trump unsurprisingly got some things wrong when he invoked the right to bear arms in his speech threatening to send the military to quell protests around the country.
Just as quarantine and social-distancing measures have transformed people’s lives and work in the U.S., Washington’s war fighting will have to adapt.