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Disclaimer: the below is purely speculation, not based on any sources or any kind of real research at all. In fact, it’s mostly just thinking out loud about the US & our future in...

A few years ago, I had the pleasure of reading former CIA officer Gary Schroen’s book, First In: An Insider’s Account of how the CIA Spearheaded the War on Terror in Afghanistan. Schroen’s account...

There appears to be a sophisticated social media campaign supporting the Bahraini government on Twitter. Several sock puppet accounts purporting to be ordinary Bahraini citizens are following defense bloggers & policy wonks and tweeting...

I’m making a bad habit of not writing anything for a while, so here’s some fluff so I feel productive. I bring you the items in my Instapaper queue that never seem to disappear:...

There’s was an awesome thread over on Reddit by a former Navy SEAL (confirmed) on the “I am a ______, ask me anything” section a few days ago. Obviously, he didn’t answer just anything,...

Tomorrow marks the third month of NATO’s military intervention in the Libyan civil war, which has done more to highlight issues with defense capabilities in an era of austerity than to actually remove Colonel...

In light of General Martin Dempsey’s selection as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gulliver at Ink Spots has written an excellent post about the current structure of the US Armed Forces. This...

It’s been almost a full month since justice finally caught up with Osama bin Laden in his comfortable Abbottabad complex. As the high from bin Laden’s demise wears off, the US and Pakistan will...

The Will and the Wallet has a great post about budgetary challenges at the DoD (kudos to Ink Spots for pointing out this fantastic blog). Gordon Adams brings up an important point that should...

I’ve seen a few people on Facebook post and comment about Ron Capps’ TIME.com blog post, “The Army is Tapped Out.” On immediate reading, it’s clear his conclusions about the linked RAND report are...