BattlelandLogistics
Sky-High WiFi
If civilian passengers can now get the Internet on airplanes, shouldn’t troops be able to get it on the battlefield?
The Air Force has just awarded Northrop Grumman a $20 million contract to do just that, by adding new …
Standing Guardian Angel
BattlelandSeparating Sequestration Fact from Fiction
After-Action Report: It’d Be Stupid but Not Disastrous
Part Five of Five
There is an immense amount of concern over sequestration, not just inside D.C., but also among our allies. Fortunately, for them and for U.S. security, the rhetoric does not match the reality.
By looking …
BattlelandPentagon
Pentagon’s Correspondents Corridor Renamed
For 40 years, a stretch of the Pentagon’s E-ring, where reporters maintained their desks and Pentagon press officers helped them do their jobs, was known as the Correspondents Corridor. There were humble, but tasteful signs, …
BattlelandPacific
History Threatens Repeat in Renewed Pacific War
Disputes over islands in Asia reflect a wider failure to reconcile differences among nations stemming from historical conflicts
BattlelandR&D
Cloak Blade: First It Was Octo-Mom – Now It’s Octo-Rotor
The Pentagon has unmanned aerial vehicles coming out its ears. Flying in the wake of the Predator and Reaper drones are all kinds of joystick gizmos. Cloak Blade is one of the latest.
The Columbus Comeback
“We’re Here to Help”
BattlelandSeparating Sequestration Fact from Fiction
Measuring Its Impact on the Korean Peninsula
Part Four of Five
One can easily see how South Korean leaders might be concerned when they hear American leaders say that sequestration would be “catastrophic” for the U.S. military and that “the gap between the U.S. …
A Young Mitt Romney’s Other Mission: Romance
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General Misconduct
MOOC Brigade: Who Is Taking Massive Open Online Courses, And Why?
Sure, knowledge is power and all that, but how many Coursera students are willing to make a sizable time commitment just to get a certificate of completion?