For those who came of age during World War II, or post-9/11, the death Thursday of retired Army general H. Norman Schwarzkopf …
The Winter Storm That Ruined Christmas (Travel): New Photos of the Fallout
Sandy Hook: After the Shooting, a Stricken Town Struggles On
The last of the burials are over, but memorials to the 20 children and 7 adults killed in the Dec. 14 rampage are still growing as Newtown, Conn. ponders how to move past a senseless tragedy
Sandy Hook Victim Dylan Hockley: A ‘Beautiful Butterfly’ Whose Life Was Cut Short
Hundreds of people gathered to remember the life of Dylan Hockley, a young boy with autistic spectrum disorder struck down in the mass shootings in Newtown, Conn.
Happy Holidays! (and Battleland Hiatus)
Like most of you, Battleland is headed off to Santa’s SCIF (sensitive compartmented information facility, pronounced “skiff”) for a bit. Absent breaking news, we don’t plan on returning until Wednesday, January 2, which just …
Just How Intelligent is the National Intelligence Council’s Global Trends 2030?
Every half-decade, the National Intelligence Council’s “Global Trends” series produces a roughly 20-year predictive analysis of the world’s evolution – an analysis considered to be the best long-range geopolitical …
Fulghum Finally Finishes
Point of personal privilege. It has come to Battleland’s attention that David Fulghum, who has been churning out finely-machined pieces on defense aerospace at Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine for nearly a quarter-century, is hanging up his G-suit next week. Fulghum is heading back to the west Texas town of San Angelo, where …
Depressing Pie Chart #1
People are forever complaining about the so-called “revolving door,” which has government officials leaving public employment to work for companies they dealt with while in government.
There may not be those kinds of …
Never Mind…
C’mon Ladies! Let’s Get With the Program!
I wrote about a lawsuit being filed on behalf of four female military personnel by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Service Women’s Action Network (SWAN) nearly a month ago.
I also noted that the Marine Corps has …
Depressing Pie Chart #2
Battleland appreciates the simplicity of pie charts. Probably comes from always getting the smallest slice of pizza as a kid.
Here’s a nifty new one from the Pentagon inspector general’s semi-annual report. It details …
Navy Pilots Push Drone Off Aircraft Carrier!
Not really! Just looks that way as the Navy conducts deck-handling trials of the experimental X-47B aboard the USS Harry S Truman.
When Will Military Kids Matter Enough?
Less than a week after the tragedy in Newtown, Conn., conferees from the House and Senate met to discuss this year’s defense bill. Sadly, at least some of those conferees seem to have missed one of the larger points related to …