Even though Rep. Paul Ryan’s newest 10-year spending plan balances the budget, he still doesn’t really care about the deficit.
The Army Peers Inside Its Minds…
The long-awaited Army Task Force Report on Behavioral Health, here, came out late last Friday. This was the report on the alleged mis-diagnoses of post-traumatic stress disorder among troops at Madigan Army Medical Center, the …
Man Flights Dog
A medic “rescues” Luca in a Feb. 24 drill to ensure military working dogs can be evacuated if wounded in action.
Sequestion Time
It’s called Question Time in Britain, where members of Parliament ask questions of government ministers.
Here at Battleland, we’re launching Sequestion Time. It’s going to be a series of periodic posts – lasting as …
“The security environment is more dangerous and more uncertain than ever before. Simply, the world is not becoming a safer place.”
James Holmes: Judge Enters Not Guilty Plea on Behalf of Colorado Shooter
With James Eagan Holmes’ defense unprepared to enter a plea, a judge does it for them. Here’s what the next few months might bring for the alleged Aurora, Colo. gunman.
Not the Navy’s Favorite Artist Rendering
Navy gospel — as well as U.S. naval fleets and strategy — are built around $15 billion aircraft carriers, outfitted with dozens of $150 million airplanes.
Only one thing worse than someone criticizing the backbone of the …
The Veterans’ Jobless Crisis That Isn’t
Whole Lotta Snipin’ Goin’ On
U.S. Special Operations Command is buying up to 5,150 Remington precision sniper rifles for $80 million, according to a decade-long contract announced Monday, here. That works out to $15,500 per rifle. Rounds – up to 912 per …
Good Cop? Bad Cop? Nope…Traffic Cop.
U.S. Army Spc. Bryan Gonzalez records Afghan traffic patterns at Feb. 26 near Takhteh Pol.
War Drums Along the 38th Parallel
From the Pentagon to Panmunjom, U.S. defense officials conceded on Monday they are perplexed, and pondering, what Pyongyang will do next. American and South Korean defense officials are used to strange words and deeds from North …
“Once acquired, the current forecasts of life-cycle sustainment costs for the F-35 fleet are considered unaffordable by defense officials.”
The State of the Cherokee Nation: A Tale of Two Chiefs
It is anation within a nation and now the new chief’s policies highlight what works—and what doesn’t—in the second largest Indian tribe in the country