Outside the Beltway

General Petreaus is now Dr. Petraeus and will be teaching a 1-1 load a the City University of New York.

Tim Kane continues his campaign against the US military’s antiquated personnel system.

Greg Jaffe has an outstanding feature titled “In one Army family, women in combat evokes two different perspectives.”

The scandal now surrounding David Petraeus should lead people to reassess his past record.

The scandal that led to P4’s downfall has many layers, none of them flattering to the most famous American general of his generation.

John Nagl, who became famous as a leading counterinsurgency theorist and practitioner, is taking on a new challenge: grooming young boys for life.

A former Obama official says government should learn from business, but is private industry really more efficient?

US Army Special Forces are the best we have at working with far-flung villagers. Are they good enough?

For the first time in 68 years, neither major party candidate for President has served in the military. Does this matter?

My first piece for The New Republic, “Why the Obama Administration’s Drone War May Soon Reach a Tipping Point,” is up.

The military promotion system does not reward top performers rapidly enough.

Michael Hastings has yet another credulous story attempting to smear the United States military.

For years, analysts have worried that Iraq’s tenuous hold on stability would collapse upon the withdrawal of US forces. We’re now watching it happen.

Mike Flynn, the 2-star who blasted military intelligence, is now the 3-star charged with fixing military intelligence.

Honoring the fallen by ensuring that the didn’t die in vain is a recipe for getting more good men killed.

Last night, the President basically announced that America’s longest war had entered it’s end game.

Technology has saved the lives of countless American soldiers. But it’s made going to war easier.

Most good government jobs require a college degree–but they don’t care much whether it’s a real one.

America’s war colleges have some problems but we can’t close them.

President Obama says he acted in Libya to avert an imminent genocide, but there’s no evidence that any such thing was about to occur.

Nine years into a war that seems to be without end, it’s time to declare victory and go home.