+10%
— The increase in Lockheed Martin’s second-quarter profits over the same period last year, despite the Pentagon budget cuts mandated by sequestration, according to the company, here.
Cheap Micro-Sats
Waging and preventing war are the foundations of national security. Innovative companies across the country are working on products for tomorrow’s fight. Here’s Battleland’s continuing look at what looms on technology’s …
Peaceful Trayvon Protests Prove Talk of ‘Race Riots’ Wrong
Many political pundits and television hosts anticipated mass rioting and violence, a forecast that stands in stark contrast to the homegrown marches and vigils that have been organized in honor of the teen
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Revisiting 7th Fleet’s Liberty Policy…
Last December, I weighed in on the liberty policies 7th Fleet imposed after several high-profile incidents in Japan:
While the Japanese are growing less tolerant of American shenanigans on its soil, and rightfully so, punishing
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Despite Rhetoric, VA Claims Backlog Continues to Ebb
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Senior Airman Nate Hall inspects an F-16 July 5 at Kandahar Airfield.
“I don't have a zero option. No one has asked me to prepare a zero option. I don't recommend a zero option. So there is no zero option, but there could be a zero outcome because we can only stay here if we're invited to do so.”
— Army General Martin Dempsey, speaking July 22 in Kabul, on the wisdom of leaving zero U.S. troops in Afghanistan in 2015, a possibility the White House has suggested may occur.
Why Obama Keeps Going Back to One Small Illinois College
Knox College wasn’t just the site of one of the Lincoln-Douglas debates–it’s a place of special importance to the 44th President
Personhood Movement Continues to Divide Pro-Life Activists
A new legislative push in Wisconsin is the latest sign of a rift in the movement to limit abortion
The Battle of Gettysburg–a Window Into the Past
In a year of big reenactments, TIME spent a weekend on Gettysburg’s front lines.
Why General Sinclair’s Lawyer Wants the Chain of Command Delinked
Last week, support continued to build for legislation sponsored by Senator Kirstin Gillibrand, D-N.Y., aimed at improving the military’s approach to addressing allegations of sexual assault. Gillibrand’s bill would grant …
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Why Weapon Programs Get Killed
The Pentagon has long had a problem launching $10 worth of weapons when it only has $5 to pay for them. That leads to lots of fiscal fratricide inside the U.S. military, and it doesn’t do the taxpayers any favors, …
Hand-Grenading It Back to the Stone Age
Army Lt. Charles Morgan lobs a M67 fragmentation grenade during training in Kunduz province, July 3.