BattlelandMilitary History
The shock of seeing World War II images in color never goes away for some of us. Cousin LIFE has posted an almost-gaudy series of images by the great photographer Carl Mydans tracing the fighting up Italy’s boot, which began 70 …
“Even if no single act of theirs can do the damage of a September 11th, 2001, smaller, more frequent attacks that can kill people, shock the country, show us how vulnerable we are, can just as well serve the goal of these jihadist groups, which is, after all to try to frighten us, to destabilize us, to make us become less confident in our system of government.”
BattlelandMilitary Spending
As the Pentagon weighs cuts in danger pay for some of its troops around the world in order to save money, it’s also considering spending up to $100,000…to irrigate a pair of Italian softball fields.
Apparently, the two ball
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Is President Obama concerned by the runaway spending that has taken place under his watch? Sometimes he pays lip service to the notion. For example, here’s the President in the 2010 National Security Strategy of the United …
A look at the campaign to redeem the reputation of a feared breed
BattlelandAfghanistan
Why Obama’s alternative-energy agenda may be his biggest legacy
Chilling Cold War stories are always better experienced on your computer screen than aboard a dank, cramped and doomed Soviet Golf-class submarine in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The missile-laden K-129 sub sank Mar. 8, 1968, …
Marsha Ivins, who bet her life on the shuttle Atlantis, pays the retired ship a visit
BattlelandMissile Defense
If you want to get stoned legally — at least under state law— in Washington or Colorado next year, you’ll have to do it at home.
“If the cuts continue, the department will have to make sharp cuts with far-reaching consequences, including limiting combat power, reducing readiness and undermining the national security interests of the United States.”
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid plans to meet Thursday with his fellow Democrats to discuss taking extraordinary measures—commonly called the “Nuclear Option”—that would do away with filibusters of some of the …
