The Navy Doesn't Let Junior Officers Command Early in Their Careers. It's a Problem. Most Navy officers do not have any command experience until they take over a destroyer, nuclear submarine or aircraft...
50 Years After ‘Napalm Girl,’ Myths Distort the Reality Behind a Horrific Photo of the Vietnam War It is one of those exceptional visual artifacts that draws attention and even controversy years after it was made.
The Complex History of the Purple Heart 1.8 million Purple Hearts have been awarded in our history. Many of these medals become lost, stolen, or misplaced.
NATO Should Think Twice Before Accepting Finland and Sweden "Finland and Sweden have long focused their militaries on defending their own territories, raising doubts about their value...
Are Americans Prepared to Fight a Nuclear War over Taiwan? "Iraq and Afghanistan were cakewalks compared to high-intensity war against the well-armed and highly motivated People's...
Can America Deter China's Anti-Navy? "The anti-navy concept is as old as warfare at sea when land-based powers attempted to negate the fleets of maritime rivals."
How the Army Made Me Choose Between My Mental Health and Our Family's Dream Posting "Without an EFMP overhaul, Mental Health Awareness Month will continue to be recognized as simple lip service for military...
Putin’s Got Nothing But Nuclear Weapons The war in Ukraine has not gone the way Kremlin decision-makers expected, and the international community has responded...
What to Do If You're Under Investigation in the Military In general, there are four main categories of military investigation: property damage or loss, illness/injury in the line of...
Why Putin's Eastern Blitz Is Failing The Russians are poor at urban warfare, and the Ukrainians, who excel at it, have again forced the Russians to think urban.
VA Home Loans Are Leaving Veterans Outbid in Hot Housing Market, Lawmakers Warn Veterans are competing to buy homes in a historically hot housing market with increasing prices and decreasing inventory.
WWII Fighter Pilot Reunited with Plane at Georgia Airport The last time James McCubbin saw his old P51 Mustang was in the German countryside almost 80 years ago, when an enemy plane...
Air Force Cut Corners, Couldn't Say Who Decided on Space Command Move to Alabama, Watchdog Says The report reviewed the process for how Redstone Arsenal became a finalist and, ultimately, won out over five other finalist...
US Naval Officer in Japan Faces Prison over Deadly Crash A U.S. Navy lieutenant in Japan is appealing a three-year prison sentence for a car crash that killed two people last year.
Florida VA Denied Dying Veteran Emergency Care Because Staff Couldn't Confirm His Service The VA inspector general faulted staff at the Malcom Randall VA Medical Center in Gainesville for having "wasted critical...