BattlelandCongress
Senator John McCain (R.-Ariz.) and the Lockheed Martin Corp. have been behaving in ways that parallel one another.
That could be explained by their common political objectives, or by a separate action by McCain — the rehiring …
BattlelandMilitary Spending
It’s almost funny the way that Congress poured gasoline into its chambers last year, with each party convinced the other side would never light the match. Yet that is what is drawing closer every day.
Ash Carter, the …
BattlelandMilitary Mental Health
The cutest and noblest golden retriever pups ever bred to be service dogs are at the Warrior Canine Connection just north of the capital. You can find them way up on on Georgia Avenue, in Brookeville, Maryland, nursing in an old …
BattlelandMilitary History
The Pentagon has launched a website designed to keep track of U.S. military veterans who have earned the nation’s highest awards for valor. This has been a thorny issue since the Supreme Court ruled in June that anyone can lie about winning a Medal of Honor or other military decoration. It is going to be tougher to do now that the …
BattlelandSuicide
Every day an active-duty member of our Armed Forces commits suicide.
To emphasize the silent, tragic epidemic that is sweeping across the U.S. military, consider this one statistic, which was brought to light in a recent TIME …
I had thought Chick-Fil-A’s owners could separate religious beliefs from their business. I was wrong.
BattlelandSnafus
…some gremlin beyond Battleland’s reach has been making changes to this site over the past several days. Existing bookmarks may not work, the daily email from Battleland HQs may include non-Battleland items, and assorted other …
BattlelandMilitary Women
Air Force leaders are conducting a closed-door briefing on Thursday with the House Armed Services Committee to discuss developments in the criminal investigation into pervasive sexual assaults occurring at Lackland Air Force Base …
The author, playwright, politician and commentator died Tuesday at his home in the Hollywood Hills of complications from pneumonia. He was 86.
BattlelandMilitary
It was the Magnificent Seven that won gymnastics team gold in Atlanta, but appropriately the Fab Five US women earn top team honors in London.
