BattlelandAuthor Q&A
Military medicine has received a lot of well-deserved attention in the wars launched since 9/11. More wounded troops than ever are surviving the battlefield, and there are many advances both there and back home that have made …
BattlelandDon't Ask Don't Tell
It may be tough for some to believe, but Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel led the celebration of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Month in the Pentagon auditorium Wednesday.
“We’re very proud of everything the gay and …
BattlelandNational Security
The tragic death of reporter Michael Hastings last week, and the flight of NSA leader Edward Snowden this week, suggest — crudely but effectively — why the center of U.S. national-security strategy is weakening.
BattlelandIntelligence
You might get a sense something’s a little fishy when Company 1 bids half the total of Company 2 for a year-long contract to “ensure that the ORION O2 program is successfully and seamlessly integrated onto the ORION Data …
BattlelandMilitary Spending
An Army contract announced Monday:
McMillen LLC, Boise, Idaho, was awarded a firm-fixed-price, option-included contract with a value of $10,088,000 for the maintenance and development of ponds in Napa, Calif., with the goal of
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BattlelandNational Security
It is becoming clearer that respected views of the national-security threats facing the U.S. are diverging:
Twenty-first century trends like the growth of technology represent new opportunities, but they also represent more
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BattlelandPeople
Those of us who involved in the national-security realm in this town for awhile recall reading David C.Morrison’s stories in the National Journal (think of it as a National Geographic that explores the back halls of …
BattlelandNuclear Weapons
How much could be saved by trimming the U.S. nuclear triad…and at what cost to U.S. security?
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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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. …
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 …
BattlelandNuclear Weapons
A new Congressional Research Service report contains this interesting chart, which tracks the sharp reduction in the nation’s strategic nuclear warheads alongside the scant reduction in its strategic nuclear launchers.
The …
BattlelandMilitary Women
One thing the U.S. military can do is draft reports.
The Pentagon has released the services’ plans detailing how women are to be integrated into front-line combat units over the next couple of years.
The reports are from …
