TOKYO – Japanese leaders are preparing to ease a decades-long prohibition against the use of combat troops overseas. That’s one result of last week’s terrorist raid in Algeria, in which at least nine Japanese citizens were …
Say Hello To Sloane Stephens, The U.S. Teen Who Beat Serena Williams
A primer on the next great hope in American tennis
The Army’s Navy…Or Is It The Army’s Marine Corps?
The U.S. Army Vessel Churubusco somewhere in the Persian Gulf, during a training mission Jan. 9
Should Uncle Sam Be Doing More to Get His Hands on the $1.7 Trillion U.S. Companies Hold Overseas?
Some of America’s best-known firms are stashing a majority of their cash abroad, where they can shield it from getting taxed by Uncle Sam.
Pilot 1 to Pilot 2: “Shower Below!”
Speaking of women in, or near, combat, Army Major Carol Hickey went to Iraq twice: as an intelligence officer in Baghdad in 2003-2004, and then as a company commander in the southern part of the country in 2010-2011.
In this …
Did Clinton Close the Book on Benghazi?
Clinton’s testimony before Congress produced plenty of heat but little new light. Hillary’s history at State likely won’t bear a Benghazi asterisk, and she awaits a new chapter unburdened.
Women in Combat: Shattering the ‘Brass Ceiling’
The Pentagon will declare Thursday that it is lifting a ban on women serving in combat — a decision essentially rendered a fait accompli by more than a decade of war in Afghanistan and Iraq, where many women served ably under …
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The Nation’s ICBM Force: Increasingly Creaky Broken Missiles
As the Air Force begins to dust off plans for the Minuteman III ICBM replacement, a stark choice faces the service.
On one hand, the time has come to replace them. On the other, the Air Force is strapped for cash, victim to a …
Selling Their Futures: College Grads Promise a Slice of Their Future Income for Cash Now
Upstart gives bright college students an opportunity to repay debt in a way that encourages them to take more business risks.
Powering the Pacific “Pivot” With Leon and Chuck
It’s old, and likely thoroughly forgotten now, but last summer the Washington Post ran an excellent article on the U.S. military‘s “pivot” toward Asia, its origins, and its budget implications. It presented some meaningful …
Swarm of Black Hawks
Six UH-60L Black Hawks and two CH-47F Chinooks take off from Multinational Base Tarin Kowt in Uruzgan province Jan. 18.