BattlelandMilitary Spending
Pentagon Brass
Battleland has known the thrill of listening to enough military bands to recreate Fort Leonard Woodstock. In fact, he used to know his way around both a trumpet and a tuba. There is something bracing, and affirming, in martial …
Make Love And War
Crimes and Misdemeanors: Why a DUI Charge Isn’t Detouring a Rising Catholic Church Star
The new archbishop of San Francisco is contrite and popular — and he was driving his mother home
BattlelandSpecial Operations
Getting Bin Laden: Who Cares If He Fought Back?
So this is what it comes down to: a former SEAL who participated in the mission to kill Osama bin Laden charges in his new book that the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people was simply killed when he …
Paul Ryan’s Night: A Numbers Man Makes an Emotional Debut
When he speaks to America tonight, Paul Ryan will need to use a second language. His native tongue—conservatism—won’t suffice. Mitt Romney’s young running mate is a product of the Republican right’s think tanks and …
“I make no apologies for being on the ground in the Anbar province. We settled right in next door to our allies; more specifically, the United States Army. (Laughter.) And we fought there pretty hard. [Army chief of staff and General] Ray [Odierno], I didn't mean it to come out that way.”
BattlelandWeapons
What Good Are Acts of War If You Don’t Get Credit For Them?
Big-thought-thinker Martin Libicki has long focused his attention on cyber warfare. But now the Rand Corp. senior scientist is studying what he calls non-obvious warfare, of which cyberwar is only one part:
Innovations, both
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BattlelandWar Story
Training the Afghan Military
Army Major Christopher Miller was in Afghanistan in 2006-2007 helping to train up its security forces. An infantryman, he was there as part of a four-man embedded tactical trainer – ETT – with the 41st Brigade Combat Team, …
Pulling Security…
SUP Grows Up: Stand Up Paddling Hits Uncharted Waters
The sport known as SUP has been growing fast in California, Hawaii and along parts of the east coast since the mid 2000s. But in the last couple of years the surfing offshoot Stand Up Paddling has gone mainstream — and inland.
BattlelandArms sales
The U.S.: Arms Merchant to the Developing World
The Congressional Research Service’s latest annual compendium of global arms sales shows the U.S. to be the behemoth when it comes to such commerce. Some highlights:
— Per the pie chart, the U.S. accounted for 79% of the
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