UK approves US use of British bases to strike Iran missile sites targeting ships
Starmer initially rejected a U.S. request to use British bases for strikes on Iran, saying he needed to be satisfied that any military action was legal.
By Reuters
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USS Boxer and 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit deploy to Middle East
The Pentagon is deploying thousands of additional Marines and sailors to the Middle East.
By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart, Reuters
Making the best of a bad situation in Afghanistan
For all its faults, it would be foolish to prematurely pull the plug on a diplomatic initiative to end the war in Afghanistan, this writer argues.
By Retired Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Phillips
H.R. McMaster says the public is fed a ‘war-weariness’ narrative that hurts US strategy
“A young student stood up and said ‘all I’ve known my whole life is war,’” McMaster said. “Now, he’s never been to war, but he’s been subjected, I think, to this narrative of war-weariness.”
By Kyle Rempfer
V-E Day 1945: The celebration heard ’round the world
V-E Day, May 8, commemorates the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany to the Allied forces in 1945, ending World War II in Europe.
By Gerald D. Swick, Historynet
Work to recover fallen troops in North Korea halted amid diplomatic impasse
U.S. military officials have been unable to get a new agreement from North Korean leaders on new recovery missions.
The US military’s logistical train is slowly snaking toward China
A failed Venezuela coup, Iranian missiles and Russian hybrid warfare make for interesting side stories, but the center of military policy is increasingly gravitating elsewhere.
By Kyle Rempfer
B-52 bombers are off to rebuff Iran after threats to US troops; DoD won’t say what those were
The mission comes as Iran is expected to announce plans to withdraw from parts of the 2015 nuclear deal this week, one year after the U.S. abandoned the agreement.
By Kyle Rempfer
Trump’s pardon of US soldier is an endorsement of war crimes, says ACLU
“This pardon is a presidential endorsement of a murder that violated the military’s own code of justice,” Hina Shamsi, the ACLU’s national security project director, said.
By Kyle Rempfer
Is DoD running up a tab? Coast Guard told to counter China, but cash flow checks ambition
The U.S. Coast Guard is in a pinch. Pentagon leaders need them to exercise a unique mission in the Pacific Ocean, but those same officials can’t foot the growing bill, according to Coast Guard commanders.
By Kyle Rempfer
Marines experiment with ‘mini-carriers’ for their stealthy fighters
The amphibious assault ship Wasp traversed the South China Sea with 10 F-35Bs parked on the deck.
By Shawn Snow
Learning from the ‘mistakes of the future’
How do you avoid repeating the mistakes of the future?
By Stephen Weigand