Army Special Forces Major Scott Stagner has deployed to Afghanistan four times since 9/11 on a variety of hunting and training missions. Like many soldiers, he takes issue with some of the key ways his Army is waging that …
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Leapin’ Lima Leatherneck!
Lima Co.’s Sergeant Ben Edwards of 3rd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, leaps an irrigation ditch in Helmand province Nov. 27.
Elites Still Bypassing Measures to Combat Money Laundering
Machines that count huge stacks of cash and are used to identify money laundering are not being used when “very important persons” and “very very important persons” leave Afghanistan via Kabul International Airport (KBL), …
The College Football Top 25 – As Ranked By Academics
Northwestern University, the 20th-ranked college football team in the nation, won’t win a national title on the field this year. But the Wildcats are first in the classroom, according to the “Academic BCS,” the New America …
The Worst “School-to-Prison” Pipeline: Was it in Mississippi?
As the U.S. Senate judiciary committee prepares to hear testimony on the phenomenon, attentionfalls again to a civil rights case brought against Meridian, Mississippi
Tale of the Taliban Bomber: Behind the Plot to Kill Afghanistan’s Spy Chief
KABUL — For Asadullah Khalid, the morning of Dec. 6 — the day the Taliban tried to kill him — was as routine as any other. Dressed in an embroidered beige shirt, Kabul’s recently-appointed intelligence chief signed papers …
More Bad News for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter?
Back in March, we broke the news that the Pentagon’s oversight office was taking a gander at the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, estimated to cost potentially $1.5 trillion to develop, buy and operate over several decades (the …
Trail of Blood: Israel Keyes’ Serial Murders End with a Suicide, but No Answers
Israel Keyes was buried on Sunday in a sparsely attended service in Deer Park, Wash., ending a decade-long spree of kidnapping, larceny and murder that authorities weren’t even aware of until earlier this year.
Senator Stephen Colbert: 20% of South Carolinians Say Yes
The number have been crunched, and this isn’t just truthiness: According to a new survey by Public Policy Polling, Stephen Colbert is the top choice to replace outgoing senator Jim DeMint in South Carolina.
Celebrating the Holidays When Your Soldier is Gone
The holiday season is officially upon us. Thanksgiving is a past glance over our shoulder and Christmas is just around the corner. With an estimated 68,000 troops still deployed in Afghanistan, their family traditions will be …
The Next Frontier for Climate Activism: College Investments
Climate activists need to take their victories where they can.
“There is an odd trait of intelligence analysts that makes them unable to predict great and imminent harm to U.S. interests in the next month or two, but makes them confident about forecasts for the next 20 years.”
— John McCreary, former longtime Defense Intelligence Agency analyst, discussing the Global Trends 2030 study issued by the U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence Monday, on his NightWatch blog.
Meeting Before the Meeting
Army Sergeant Thaddaeus Hendershot conducts a pre-mission brief before a meeting with civilian leaders in Farah City Nov. 29.