Outside the Beltway

The trailblazing soldier-statesman has died at 84.

The convicted criminal has taken his shenanigans to court.

A long-overdue change appears to be happening.

President Biden was advised to keep troops in Afghanistan . . . for no apparent reason.

A follow-up to yesterday’s analysis.

While well-intentioned, the Chairman’s actions were illegal and dangerous.

The wonders of hindsight.

We may be out of Afghanistan but the ‘war on terror’ is likely to continue indefinitely.

What we know of the American servicemembers killed.

A legendary journalist is gone.

The risks are real but the rewards are spectacular.

It appears to be only a matter of time before the SECDEF orders active-duty troops to get the shots.

A shameful exit from an ill-conceived war.

Vaccination is voluntary but refusal is not without consequence.

A meaningless gesture that’s long overdue.

Retired generals are no longer in the military.

A very strange approach to talent management.

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.