There’s a thread on Reddit by a “US Naval Officer” who spent some time aboard the INS Delhi. Assuming the post is real (and it seems to be), there is some fascinating information available...

The cost incurred by the US in the Libyan intervention has been $896 million through July 31st. Gaddafi appears to be standing on the precipice of defeat, with rebels at the doorstep of his...

Someone posted the following account to the /r/military community on Reddit using a throwaway username. I’ll leave it up to you to determine the authenticity, but it’s a fascinating account with an important point...

I like to keep a TV show on in the background as I work, since I find the background noise less distracting than music but more reassuring than silence. Thanks to dual monitors and...

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:...