The Pentagon’s No. 2 official has issued marching orders telling the U.S. military how to deal with its most intractable foe: looming budget cuts.
Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter told the military services in …
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How Not to Rebuild a War-Torn Country
The new Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction stopped by a Washington think tank Thursday to let assorted foreign-policy types how things are going.
“Two months ago, when we picked this date out of the …
Herbalife Defends Itself Against Pyramid Allegations. But Does the Market Believe?
One of the more entertaining spectacles in the financial world this past month has been the recent battle between hedge fund manager Bill Ackman and nutritional supplement company Herbalife.
Walmart’s On-Again, Off-Again Relationship With Guns
Representatives from Walmart met with Attorney General Eric Holder Thursday to talk guns and gun control. But how important are gun sales to Walmart’s bottom line?
Snow Going
A U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler returns home to Japan’s Misawa air base amid a snowstorm Jan. 10.
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Dr. Peter J. N. Linnerooth, 1970–2013
How an Army psychologist, who won a Bronze Star in Iraq for keeping troops from killing themselves, couldn’t save his own life
“My fear in talking to members of Congress is that, you know, this issue may now be in a very difficult place, in terms of their willingness to confront what needs to be done to de-trigger sequester.”
— Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, Thursday at the Pentagon.
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Navy Goes to Great Depths to Determine Cause of Air Force Crash
The Navy’s always ready to help out the Air Force – especially when the flyboys are trying to figure out why one of their F-16s went down last summer off the northeastern coast of Japan (the pilot was ok).
Only one …
Illuminating the Light at the End of the Tunnel
U.S. soldiers fire illumination rounds from their M777 howitzers on Forward Operating Base Hadria in Uruzgan province, Jan. 4.
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Speaking of Sole-Source Contracts…
…as we did Tuesday here on Battleland, here’s another peek into the process:
— the Army Contracting Command (that would be the buyer) and the Army’s Office of the Judge Advocate General (that would be the lawyer) just …
Is Broadband Internet Access a Public Utility?
Should broadband Internet service be treated as a basic utility in the United States, like electricity, water, and traditional telephone service?
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“Please Insert a Dime for the Next 3 Minutes”
This contract announcement Wednesday, paying for special operators’ comms — long-distance and otherwise — kind of has that old-fashioned, pay-telephone ring to it:
iGov Technologies, Reston, Va., received an increase in the
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Take That, Army
The Marines’ top legal officer has told all Marine lawyers that the corps will not support Marine spouses’ clubs that discriminate against same-sex couples.
The issue has come to the fore since the Association of Bragg …