The Navy Doesn't Let Junior Officers Command Early in Their Careers. It's a Problem. Most Navy officers do not have any command experience until they take over a destroyer, nuclear submarine or aircraft...
50 Years After ‘Napalm Girl,’ Myths Distort the Reality Behind a Horrific Photo of the Vietnam War It is one of those exceptional visual artifacts that draws attention and even controversy years after it was made.
Are Americans Prepared to Fight a Nuclear War over Taiwan? "Iraq and Afghanistan were cakewalks compared to high-intensity war against the well-armed and highly motivated People's...
Can America Deter China's Anti-Navy? "The anti-navy concept is as old as warfare at sea when land-based powers attempted to negate the fleets of maritime rivals."
How the Army Made Me Choose Between My Mental Health and Our Family's Dream Posting "Without an EFMP overhaul, Mental Health Awareness Month will continue to be recognized as simple lip service for military...
Putin’s Got Nothing But Nuclear Weapons The war in Ukraine has not gone the way Kremlin decision-makers expected, and the international community has responded...
What to Do If You're Under Investigation in the Military In general, there are four main categories of military investigation: property damage or loss, illness/injury in the line of...
Why Putin's Eastern Blitz Is Failing The Russians are poor at urban warfare, and the Ukrainians, who excel at it, have again forced the Russians to think urban.
Billions Spent on Overseas Counterterrorism Would Be Better Spent by Involving Ex-Terrorists My research shows that international aid does not stop terrorists from carrying out violent acts.
Harriet Tubman and the Often Overlooked History of Her Civil War Military Raids Though Tubman is most famous for her successes along the Underground Railroad, her activities as a Civil War spy are less...
Top Enlisted Leader at Air Force Special Operations Command Fired, Facing Investigation Chief Master Sgt. Anthony Green, who advised on the readiness, training and quality of life of enlisted air commandos, was...
Army to Soldiers: Reenlist by Monday if You Want to Claim Incentives While it is not unusual for the Army to curtail incentives after meeting its retention goals, the troops were given little...
Former Air Force Commander Punished with 21 Days' Confinement, Forfeiture of Pay After Guilty Plea Col. Christopher Meeker, the former commander of Wright-Patterson's 88th Air Base Wing, was sentenced Tuesday evening after...
New Air Force Academy Mission Statement Drops Educate, Adds a Different Focus The Air Force Academy has rolled out a new mission statement that drops the word "educate" and adds in a focus on winning...
The Army Is Getting Rid of Athletic Trainers The Army is set to phase out its unit-level athletic trainers -- civilian specialists tasked with providing immediate care...