Mark Thompson

Pulitzer Prize-winner Mark Thompson has covered national security in Washington since 1979, and for Time since 1994. Follow him on Twitter at @MarkThompson_DC

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Fulghum Finally Finishes

Point of personal privilege. It has come to Battleland’s attention that David Fulghum, who has been churning out finely-machined pieces on defense aerospace at Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine for nearly a quarter-century, is hanging up his G-suit next week. Fulghum is heading back to the west Texas town of San Angelo, where …

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Depressing Pie Chart #1

People are forever complaining about the so-called “revolving door,” which has government officials leaving public employment to work for companies they dealt with while in government.

There may not be those kinds of …

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Never Mind…

Battleland noted with interest earlier this week last Friday’s $412 million contract announcement to the drone drivers over at Battlespace. It caught our eye, given that Battlespace had been awarded a $950 million contract for …

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Depressing Pie Chart #2

Battleland appreciates the simplicity of pie charts. Probably comes from always getting the smallest slice of pizza as a kid.

Here’s a nifty new one from the Pentagon inspector general’s semi-annual report. It details …

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Air Force Blues

The amount of discussion you get on various military topics depends on how many folks are “read into” – aware of, and knowledgeable (usually) about – any given program or subject.

That’s why you hear so little debate …

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Sound the Klaxon: Aah-Ooo-Gah!

Out of the mouths of junior officers:

Lieutenant James Drennan writes in the latest issue of Proceedings, the naval service’s professional journal, that too many of the senior officers he is supposed to look up to are …

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Lousy Monday Morning…

It’s tough getting up the week before Christmas to hear of those 10 young Afghan girls killed by a landmine Monday as they gathered firewood in Nangahar province in the eastern part of the country.

One of them reportedly …

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A New Kind of Army Wife

With the end of “Don’t ask, don’t tell” and the growing legalization of same-sex marriages come the challenges of adopting military life to new mores.

Take, for example, Ashley Broadway, who recently sought to join the

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