Outside the Beltway

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.

An understandable but wrongheaded action.

A long overdue move.

Joy of four returned safe is mixed with the reality of scores of dead Palestinians.

A small, conscript-driven military has very different training and doctrine than ours.

Are we avoiding facing hard truths?

An interesting analysis by The Economist.

War crime does pay.

A legendary soldier is gone at 97.

But humans made all the decisions that matter.

A long overdue strengthening of a key alliance.

Congressional Republicans are reminding voters of a dark hour in the Biden presidency.

In the Trump era, it’s all politics.

It’s what we do. I mean this is what we do.

The Secretary of Defense has outlined the parameters.

A disturbing report.

The inevitable response to attacks on international shipping.

“This is not the way it is supposed to go,” indeed.

A truly weird story.

The 21st century’s most brutal conflict and the laws of war.

Doing the right thing after doing the wrong thing.

400-plus general and flag officer promotions went through almost instantaneously.

An extraordinary look into warning civilians about impending attacks.

Why is the Senate pretending to do that which it can’t possibly do?

We finally have a Chief of Naval Operations but the crisis in the top ranks continues.

Congress is doing something, at least.

The Senate is voting one-by-one in the face of the Tuberville hold on top nominees.

There’s no end in sight to an absurd standoff.

Thousands of LGBTQ veterans are seeking to have their discharges upgraded.

There has been a steady decline the last five years.

A standoff over social issues may derail a $900 billion budget bill.

President Biden has ended a months-long impasse.

The standoff with Senator Tuberville is reaching crisis levels.

The trial judge had a conflict of interest.

President Biden has again made history.

A simple typo misdirected millions of emails intended for the US military.

The taxpayers shelled out nearly $1 million for . . . something.

Tommy Tuberville’s stunt is now impacting the highest levels of the military.

A bad idea fueled by desperation.

Is America’s military capable of fighting the next war?

Do we have to pick one?

The “We Were Soldiers Once” author and his wife have been honored.

A shameful ‘bureaucratic error.”