Simon Wessely, esteemed British psychiatrist and researcher, is now Sir Simon.
Last month, the Queen bestowed knighthood upon the 57-year-old King’s College professor for his pioneering work to improve mental health services …
Hey Taxpayers: [DELETED] You!
When the Government Accountability Office announced Tuesday, here, that the Navy erred when it awarded an aircraft-maintenance contract, Battleland wondered why.
The service had struck a deal with L-3 Communications Vertex …
“Welcome to My New Place…”
New Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel welcomes Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak to the Pentagon March 5.
Inside the Chaos of the Anti-Assad Rebellion
ANTAKYA, Turkey — Syria‘s rebels have been locked in a bloody uprising against the regime of President Bashar Assad for nearly two years.
But for 27 days after it was formed last December, the Free Syrian Army’s Military …
The Civil-Military Divide
Retired lieutenant general Karl Eikenberry has written a clear-eyed piece here, in the Winter 2013 issue of the Washington Quarterly, on the growing gap between the U.S. military and American society.
The issue has become …
Could Dennis Rodman’s North Korea Trip Affect U.S. Policy?
The tale of the basketball star’s bizarre visit to Pyongyang just keeps getting stranger.
Another Door Opens
Following the sexual assaults at the 1991 Tailhook convention in Las Vegas, the Navy opened up combat-aircraft cockpits and warship berths to women. After the sex scandal at Maryland’s Aberdeen Proving Ground in 1996, the Army …
“Drones lower the threshold through which civilian policymakers will decide to use military force outside of borders, undoubtedly. The United States would not have attacked Pakistan 350 times with manned aircraft or with special operations forces. So drones are distinctly different…Now, the number of countries that have drones has almost doubled, from 40 to 75 from 2005 to today. The number of actual programs have more than quintupled. Arming a drone is harder than you think, so the number of countries who have this capability is still quite limited. The United States and perhaps Israel, the only countries to ever use armed drones outside of their territory. But it is inevitable that other countries will use this.”
— Micah Zenko of the Council on Foreign Relations, speaking Mar. 1 on the future of drones.
Drone Monopoly: Hope You Enjoyed It While It Lasted
Shortly after 9/11, the Central Intelligence Agency began secretly killing suspected Taliban and al Qaeda militants in western Pakistan with Predator drones. The Pakistani government was so eager to hide the CIA’s fingerprints …
“All Aboard!”
Paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne prepare to board a C-17 Globemaster to take part in an airborne training operation Feb. 25, at Fort Bragg, N.C.
SEALs Seeking Outside Dog Trainers…And Apparently Outside Dogs, Too
Seeing as the SEALs already are hiring outsiders to train them how to survive in the cold, how to fight, and how to get in and out of hot spots, it shouldn’t really come as a surprise that they’re seeking outside help for …
Sexual Assault in the Ranks, And in Society
The specter of violence against women, including domestic abuse and sexual assault, continues to grow unabated.
Even with films such as The Invisible War, and desperate acts of retribution such as Lorena Bobbit’s penile …
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