Commentary

Opinion

The demographic and fiscal time bombs ticking inside the Pentagon

The lack of 18-year-olds to serve and our country’s towering fiscal deficits will endanger our national security in the near term.

3 days ago

Opinion

To stay competitive, US military complex must hurdle ‘Valley of Death’

The U.S. is in its decisive decade for competition with China, and technology is the primary arena for the rivalry.

4 days ago

Opinion

Military superiority demands artificial intelligence proficiency

Overcoming negative narratives can be hard, especially as it applies to artificial intelligence.

Military spouses continue to struggle when it comes to employment.

Opinion

Sacrifices for military readiness are a family affair

A 2021 Department of Defense survey reported an unemployment rate among active duty military spouses of about 21%.

7 weeks ago

Opinion

The case for an enhanced major non-NATO ally status

Congress should consider revising the current major non-NATO ally designation or creating a new category with additional benefits.

8 weeks ago

Opinion

Barbenheimer: Unleashing the transformative power of the bombshell

The histories of nuclear energy as a World War II product and Barbie as a postwar creation are inextricably linked.

8 weeks ago

The American and Chinese flags wave at Genting Snow Park ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Feb. 2, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China.

Opinion

Why the China cyber threat demands an airtight public-private response

CISA’s Shields Up program was launched in 2022 to foster information sharing about cybersecurity threats, products, and other resources.

8 weeks ago

Opinion

Honoring our ‘PACT’ to veterans

This week marks one year since the PACT Act, legislation expanding health and disability benefits for veterans, was signed into law.

8 weeks ago

A pilot departs a C-130J Super Hercules after returning from Mobility Guardian 2023 at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, July 23, 2023.

Opinion

America’s last tactical mile becomes her first strategic mile

The C-130 will always be known as the primary airframe to fly the “last tactical mile.” But now, the mighty Herk is capable of so much more.

8 weeks ago

Opinion

Readers react to ‘Fortress America’ op-ed calling for more open bases

Many readers responded, pro and con, to the opinion piece “Time to move past ‘Fortress America’ with US military bases."

8 weeks ago

Opinion

78 years since Hiroshima – lessons of unnecessary mass destruction

A U.S. B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first atomic bomb over Hiroshima, Japan – an important military center with a civilian population close to 300,000.

8 weeks ago

Two soldiers stand guard February 25, 2002 at the main gate of Fort Detrick in Frederick, Maryland, where the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infections Diseases is located.

Opinion

Time to move past ‘Fortress America’ with US military bases

The public seldom interacts with the armed forces – interactions that ultimately ensure support but also inherently help with recruitment.

9 weeks ago

A 413th Flight Test Squadron HH-60W hangs in the anechoic chamber at the Joint Preflight Integration of Munitions and Electronic Systems hangar, Jan. 6, 2020, at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The J-PRIMES anechoic chamber is a room designed to stop internal reflections of electromagnetic waves, as well as insulate from external sources of electromagnetic noise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.)

Opinion

Hiding in plain sight: Warfare in the electromagnetic spectrum

Most weapons systems---radios, ships, tanks, airplanes, drones, satellites, and rockets---depend on the electromagnetic spectrum to operate.

2 months ago

Opinions on war, Pentagon policy, pay and benefits, deployments, uniforms, weapons and more.

The lack of 18-year-olds to serve and our country’s towering fiscal deficits will endanger our national security in the near term.

The U.S. is in its decisive decade for competition with China, and technology is the primary arena for the rivalry.

Overcoming negative narratives can be hard, especially as it applies to artificial intelligence.

A 2021 Department of Defense survey reported an unemployment rate among active duty military spouses of about 21%.

Congress should consider revising the current major non-NATO ally designation or creating a new category with additional benefits.

The histories of nuclear energy as a World War II product and Barbie as a postwar creation are inextricably linked.

CISA’s Shields Up program was launched in 2022 to foster information sharing about cybersecurity threats, products, and other resources.

This week marks one year since the PACT Act, legislation expanding health and disability benefits for veterans, was signed into law.

The C-130 will always be known as the primary airframe to fly the “last tactical mile.” But now, the mighty Herk is capable of so much more.

Many readers responded, pro and con, to the opinion piece “Time to move past ‘Fortress America’ with US military bases."

A U.S. B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first atomic bomb over Hiroshima, Japan – an important military center with a civilian population close to 300,000.

The public seldom interacts with the armed forces – interactions that ultimately ensure support but also inherently help with recruitment.

Most weapons systems---radios, ships, tanks, airplanes, drones, satellites, and rockets---depend on the electromagnetic spectrum to operate.