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Anybody around here remember Tomoyuki Yamashita?

He was an Imperial Japanese Army general during World War II. In terms of battles he was most famous for conquering the British colonies of Malaya and Singapore.

But his …

So there was conservative columnist George Will’s list of questions for defense-secretary nominee Chuck Hagel in the lead slot on the op-ed page of Thursday morning’s Washington Post:

TOKYO – U.S. and Japanese officials began talks Thursday to expand the role of Japan’s armed forces and loosen decades-old restrictions on how and when troops can be used. Sounds ominous, but the changes likely will be …

A “hot LZ” refers to a hot landing zone, where incoming choppers have to watch out for unfriendly fire. But lately, it seems it also means pretty much wherever the U.S. wages war: the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq have …

While the loss of any life to suicide is tragic, the loss of Dr. Peter Linnerooth — who died at the age of 42 on January 2 — is especially distressing to those of us in the mental health community.

As an Army psychologist …

Army Major Adrian Sullivan pulled three combat tours in Iraq and Kuwait from 2003 to 2008 as a logistician. She served as an assistant battalion operations officer (S3), a company executive officer (XO), a battalion logistics …

Last week, the Marines made it clear that its spouses’ clubs could not discriminate against same-sex couples.

Wednesday, the Army said: not so fast.

As things stand now, the Army, backed by the Pentagon, is saying it will …

You’ve got to feel for outgoing Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. Whenever he’d testify on Capitol Hill, lawmakers would lob verbal hand grenades at him, asking about a factory or base in vital to their constituents, if not …

Greece is on the verge of default. So who better to come to the aid of the U.S. Special Operations Command?

Battleland regularly gets reports from the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan over caches of …

Ten years ago, Chuck Hagel – then a Republican U.S. senator from Nebraska – sat down for an extended interview with the folks over at the Library of Congress for their Veterans History Project.

You can bet Senate …