Outside the Beltway

The answer seems simple but it isn’t.

My contribution to a continuing debate.

Our junior enlisted members make far less than that.

A serving officer was arrested for his part in events of 6 January

The Supreme Court justice least concerned with precedent wants to overturn a longstanding one.

The 94-year-old legend is finally getting his due.

It’s harder than a looks, especially given the limited size of the problem.

Stoking a bizarre fantasy that will not die.

New screening procedures follow a Department-wide stand-down.

History has been made in more than one way.

What we have here is failure to communicate.

The aftermath of the January 6 Capitol riots runs into the First Amendment,

The Academy is prioritizing football glory over honor.

73 cadets violated the honor code while taking an exam remotely.

Space Force took a year to decide what to call their uniformed members.

My latest for Defense One.

An American hero is gone.

Not another general.

My latest for Defense One.

Yet another retired general in the post would be a bad idea.

Women in national security circles love this woman.

The purge of non-loyalists continues.

A lame duck President has fired his Secretary of Defense and replaced him in probably violation of the law.

The Army is finally getting its World War II uniforms, one base at a time.

Because of course they are.

The venerable military newspaper lives to print another day.

The Toddler-in-Chief strikes again.

My latest for Defense One.

My latest for War on the Rocks.

Yet another call for military intervention in domestic politics.

My latest for Defense One.

The reporting demonstrates the uncomfortable truth.

The similarities are obvious. The differences are more important.

Pentagon officials are speaking out about the militarization of police.

The soldier who became a national figure for testifying against President Trump has had enough.

The Army’s in a bind, because it’s way behind, and willing to make a deal.

The former NSC staffer who testified against Trump is at a career crossroads.

The line between “hero” and “victim” is blurry and rendered meaningless when the former is over-used

My latest for Defense One has published.

My latest at War on the Rocks.

The President has reportedly invoked the Insurrection Act.

Are those who die in our wars more deserving than those who die in our stores?

A hero of the Afghan War has succumbed to cancer, aged 41.

The founder of Small Wars Journal passed Saturday.

No. Just no.

Thomas Modly, the acting Secretary of the Navy, has embarrassed himself and must go.

A public health crisis turns into a public relations crisis.

A proportional response.

Another milestone has been reached.