BattlelandDefense Contractors
Are defense-contractor executives paid too much?
It’s not like they work for Apple or Ford, where shareholders foot the bill, and – if they fail to produce the goods — they’ll feel that same foot kicking them overboard.
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President Obama chose to announce a new United States nuclear strategy not to the American people, not even to members of Congress, but to German citizens. Presumably, he thought a speech at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate, where …
There was absolutely no way Ian Smith was suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder. He was sure of it.
He was O.K. He was living with his girlfriend in a suburb of Nashville working three jobs — mowing lawns, delivering …
BattlelandMilitary Mental Health
New evidence has surfaced that Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales may have been on mefloquine during his March, 2012, rampage that killed 16 Afghan civilians.
I first wondered if Bales had been on the anti-malarial agent, also …
BattlelandNuclear Weapons
Ever wonder how, where and when the U.S. might decide to unleash the big one?
Well, your days of wondering are over: the Pentagon has just released a revamped Report on the Nuclear Employment Strategy of the United States. …
Fatigue, defense, and Ginobili will all determine the NBA champion. And the headband, of course.
BattlelandMilitary Spending
What is most remarkable about the Pentagon’s massive growth in its civilian workforce is not that it expanded after 9/11, alongside the military’s much smaller increase. Rather, it has been the unchecked boost in Pentagon …
Gen. Martin Dempsey, CJCS, on the left atop the wing, checks out a B-2 bomber June 18.
Will Americans buy a plan they don’t love?
While I strongly support the military’s decision to allow women to hold combat and special ops positions, I am concerned that the military thinks this will substantially cut back on sexual assaults by equalizing male and female …
It just might. By helping returning troops regain their sense of purpose, veterans’ groups are proving that public service is therapeutic
“The President's desire to negotiate a new round of arms control with the Russians, while Russia is cheating on a major existing nuclear arms control treaty, strains credulity.”
BattlelandWar Story
It’s always fascinating to listen to an eyewitness to history recount what was happening when the rest of us were relying on press releases and government spin. That’s what makes the comments from a retired Army colonel about …
