Gates Challenges Marines' on Amphib War Speaking at the Naval War College today, Gates said the QDR will examine whether there is a realistic need for a robust...
Flournoy Details QDR Threats, Principles It sounds almost Chinese. The five threats. The five challenges. The six principles. That was how Michele Flournoy...
Small Size, Long Loiter UAV It's six feet long, has seven foot wings, comes in its own launching case and weighs 135 pounds. Commanders will be able to...
Lawmakers Press Navy on F-18s Strong bipartisan concern about the F-18 fighter gap from the House Armed Services Committee was met with repeated Navy...
US Must Salvage VH-71 Costs Rep. Jack Murtha, chairman of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee, said the Navy must find some way to recoup the...
New Tactics, Combined Ops for Afghanistan The military is taking new ways of fighting, learned on Iraq’s battlefields, to Afghanistan. The new approach combines troops...
Spy Plane Chatty in Disasters Emergency responders, military and Northrop Grumman officials discovered another use for the spy drone Global Hawk after...
One Army or Two? The Army is wrestling with how to best prepare for future wars with some arguing for a "bifurcated" force, specialized for...
NGOs Want F-22 Whacked Two of Washington's best known taxpayer groups have written the Senate calling for the end of the F-22. The Project On...
Watchdog Finds 50% Increase in VA Medical Center Jobs with 'Severe' Shortages This year, Veterans Health Administration facilities reported 4,434 severe occupational staffing shortages in jobs ranging...
4 Out of 5 US Troops Surveyed Understand the Duty to Disobey Illegal Orders With his Aug. 11, 2025, announcement that he was sending the National Guard – along with federal law enforcement – into...
National Guard Rehearsed Show of Force Against Immigration Raid Protesters, General Testifies National Guard troops repeatedly rehearsed their role in an operation at a Los Angeles park intended as a show of force...
San Diego Espionage Trial Begins for Sailor Accused of Spying for His Native China Jinchao “Patrick” Wei, 25, is accused of seven counts of conspiracy, espionage and charges related to unlawfully sending...
Trump and Putin Will Meet at an Alaska Military Base Long Used to Counter Russia The base created by merging Elmendorf Air Force Base and Army Fort Richardson in 2010 has played a key strategic role in...
