U.S. military forces may be out of Iraq, but the unsung and unrecognized part of America’s modern military establishment is still serving and sacrificing — the role played by private military and security contractors.
That …
Military Spending
$8.5 Billion
Debating Military Matters
Wednesday night’s presidential debate focused on domestic matters, so no surprise that national-security mentions were scant.
As such, there was no talk of wars fought, being fought, and yet-to-be-fought, nor of the troops …
The MRAP: Brilliant Buy, or Billions Wasted?
Half-a-Billion On the Wing
$258,236.95
“I'm going to intervene and ask that our military leaders not be asked to comment on that particular issue.”
Playing Checkers in Kabul
It’s becoming increasingly clear that Afghanistan is like a giant checkerboard, and U.S. and NATO troops are the checkers, limited to the black squares.
After more than a decade of war combined with a hearts-and-minds …
“The worst I’ve ever seen.”
$2,232
Military Technology: Improving Soldiers’ Lives…And Deaths
Checking out Pentagon paperwork sometimes leads to strange findings, like the pair of contract solicitations Battleland just came across. They seem especially apt given how the GOP basically drove by the war in Afghanistan at its convention Wednesday night in Tampa.
The American public wants nothing to do with the Afghan war. …
$524,445,324
Institutional Post-War PTSD
When the phrase PTSD surfaces, it’s always linked to individuals – usually troops returning from a war zone with the anxiety and hyper-awareness found among those with post-traumatic stress disorder.
But there’s a …