Outside the Beltway

The regime is not a -changin’.

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

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

A bad idea fueled by desperation.

We’re all gonna die, folks.

Eighteen HIMARS and what do you get? Years older and deeper in debt.

The Silents and Boomers have been in charge too long.

The disintegrating military situation is leading to escalating brutality.

The wonders of hindsight.

The venerable military newspaper lives to print another day.

The founder of Small Wars Journal passed Saturday.

A book out today makes an odd case.

George H.W. Bush,, who served his nation as a warrior, Congressman, Ambassador, Vice-President, and President, has died at the age of 94.

Author Sam Anderson puts forward a rather strange hypothesis in Politico.

Donald Trump’s vanity-seeking military parade has been postponed amid reports that the estimated cost has increased dramatically.

The Vietnam memorial helped heal a gaping wound. What purpose will this one serve?

In response to inquiries about frequent media mentions of the Director’s wartime service, the CIA has confirmed he did not serve in combat.

Of course Donald Trump wants a military parade, it would be consistent with his delusions of grandeur.

After 200 days, President Trump’s job approval numbers are hitting new lows.

President Trump has issued a revised ban on travel from six predominantly Muslim nations.

My latest for RealClearDefense, “The Forgotten Veterans of Desert Storm,” has posted. The headline belies the argument.

My latest for The Hill, “Why all VA executives are above average,” has posted.

In retrospect, and in comparison with other recent Presidents, George Herbert Walker Bush’s four years in office were pretty darn good.

A rather impressive recovery from a career that was mostly dead in 2007.

Virginia Tech English prof Steven Salaita implores us to “Stop saying ‘support the troops.'”