Outside the Beltway

Representative Comer doesn’t understand much, it would seem.

Politicizing the military is legal, but dangerous.

The takeaway of Hegseth’s video and the Pentagon’s clarification is meant to be obvious. 

The last survivors want us to remember the horrors of nuclear war.

The preliminary DIA assessment has been leaked.

For all practical purposes, the Constitutional war powers have been stood on their head.

Maximalist claims are almost surely overstated.

We’re officially past rhyming and into history (or at least rhetoric) repeating.

Spoiler alert: the joke wasn’t funny

But Not Really (Wink Wink)

Trump’s speech at Fort Bragg.

One poll, to be sure, but not one in Trump’s favor.

Things are getting ugly in LA.

An Air Force colonel spread misinformation to hide the stealth program.

You can’t take the politics out of politics.

The renaming of the USNS Harvey Milk is a prominent illustration.

It was rather unusual.

A 20% reduction would require massive changes in law and approach.

A series of orders impacting military education.

Roughly a thousand will be discharged forthwith.

They’ve reversed a lower court ruling. For now.

Whether it’s a good policy will depend almost entirely on execution.

The Asia pivot is happening very slowly.

A natural evolution in American foreign policy, albeit a concerning one.

No more woke crap.

A story I thought I’d never see.

The top uniformed lawyers for the Army, Navy, and Air Force have been relieved.

The retired 3-star National Guard officer is an unorthodox pick.

Three members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff have been fired.

But it’s a different Bragg!

A tragic but perhaps inevitable event.

Piling absurdity atop cruelty.

Another severe deviation from our norms.

A surprising honor.

The Florida governor is among several names being floated to replace Pete Hegseth.

This time for Secretary of the Navy

Here we go again.

We have crossed Putin’s red line.

The man tabbed to lead the Defense Department was deemed an “insider threat.”

With a guest appearance by Hitler.

The legendary singer, songwriter, and actor is gone at 88.

Should military officers substitute their judgment for the Commander-in-Chief’s?

The leading scholar on the subject dissents.

The Secretary of the Navy supports the man who hired him. Who knew?

Trumps undercuts current messaging & brings up past military service controversies

A third (and hopefully final) post on the matter.

Some additional (and longwinded) perspective.

I don’t think its stolen valor, but Walz has played it loose when referring to his service

One of the most notorious war criminals in American history is dead at 80.

New information has changed my thinking on this.