The accompanying photograph is painful to see. It not only documents the “complete loss” of the $277 million USS Guardian minesweeper, which ran aground off the Philippines last month, but it is likely to signal the end of one or …
Headin’ Home
A Stryker vehicle squeezes through the Dab Pass in the eastern part of the country Jan. 19, preparing to head for home.
Just Who Do They Represent: At Hagel Hearing, Concern for Israel Tops U.S. Troops in Combat
When Senator Mike Lee took his turn to cross-examine defense-secretary nominee Chuck Hagel during last Thursday’s confirmation hearing, he expressed considerable concern for Israel’s security.
“Let’s say those
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American Cipher: 1 in 2.5 Million
You probably only learned over the weekend about only one of the more than 2.5 million U.S. military veterans who have served in Afghanistan and Iraq since 9/11. That would be Eddie Ray Routh, 25, a onetime Marine who allegedly …
Countdown to Sequestration: One Month to Go!
OK. If you want to get picky about it, this is the same headline we ran two months ago here.
But some things have changed since that original headline went up. Congress, in its infinite wisdom, chose about a month ago to kick …
Chinese Hackers Have Not Attacked Battleland
Actually, they may have, but our crack cyber-security team has kept them at bay, as far as well can tell.
A Father-To-Be, Lost at Sea
You see enough notices and stories about the deaths of young American military men and women, in combat or elsewhere, that your mind sometimes searches for certain words – or the lack of them – while reading …
“After a day of Chuck Hagel confirmation grillings, are you sure you want to spend your weekend curled up with this?”
— From the Washington Post's lukewarm review of the new Netflix TV series on capital power games, "House of Cards," premiering Friday.
Turning to a Different Kind of War, For a Moment
That would be Sunday’s Super Bowl XLVII pitting Baltimore’s Ravens against the San Francisco 49ers in New Orleans. It always comes as a welcome respite to the troops in harm’s way.
In the video below, Army General Marty …
Hagel’s Hearing: Profoundly Depressing
Watching the Senate Armed Services Committee interact Thursday with former Republican Senator Chuck Hagel—President Obama’s candidate to be secretary of defense—was a profoundly depressing experience.
Hagel’s …
“The Hills Are Alive”
Army Spc. Paul Varn monitors satellite communications at an observation point along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border Jan. 21.
Black Gold Black Market
Army Major Gregory Stopyra deployed twice to the Iraq war: first, as an assistant fire support officer in Ninewah during 2008-09 in the northern part of the country, and as a planner in southern Iraq in 2010-11.
He spoke of …
Chuck Hagel’s Third Purple Heart
Chuck Hagel, who earned a pair of Purple Hearts as a grunt in Vietnam, all but earned a third on Thursday during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee.
He came away from seven hours of testimony …