U.S. soldiers move into a village with a suspected weapons cache March 3 in Kandahar Province.
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Exacting Pounds of Flesh at Grand Forks
If the Air Force wanted to keep its folks slim and trim, perhaps it shouldn’t base thousands of them at a place called Grand Forks.
The service announced Wednesday that it has relieved Colonel Tim Bush, commander of the …
New Warship Gives U.S. Pivot Some Punch
TOKYO – The U.S. pivot toward Asia – and the potential for confrontation with China – became a little more real this week with the arrival of a new class of warship designed to fight in coastal waters.
The USS Freedom …
Apparently, the Sun Does Revolve Around the Marine Corps
One thing the war in Afghanistan has taught the Pentagon: even the lightest of U.S. forces — that would be the Marine Corps – relies too much on fuel to keep its generators humming to keep its lights, air conditioners and …
Alcatraz: Looking Back at the Rock, 50 Years Later
In operation from 1934 through 1963, the federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay was once considered the world’s most secure, holding notorious criminals like Al Capone, Robert “Birdman of Alcatraz” Stroud, George …
What Bush Got Right on Iraq — and What Obama Can Learn from It
When George W. Bush became President in January 2001, American policy towards Iraq was in free fall and the United Nations sanctions against Saddam’s regime, in place since the first Gulf War, were in tatters.
By early 2003, …
“For a long time, war with Iraq was discussed inside the Bush administration as something that would be decided at some point in the future; then, somewhere along the way, war with Iraq was discussed as something that had already been decided long ago in the past.”
— President Bush’s speechwriter David Frum in a column for Newsweek.
Take That, You Twit!
The U.S. embassy in Seoul tweeted this photograph of a B-52 bomber and all its firepower several hours ago.
The dispatch came after North Korea warned of “strong military counter-action” if the U.S. again flies the bombers …
Colorado Corrections Chief Killed at His Home, Police Seek Motive and Suspect
Colorado authorities are continuing to search for leads in the Tuesday evening murder of the head of the state’s prison system, and police in El Paso County, Colo., say they have little evidence so far to help them track down the …
Mr. President: We’d Like You to Meet Our Wonder Weapon
No tour of Middle East conflict zones could be complete without a stop at Sderot, an Israeli town of 24,000 that stands uncomfortably close to the Gaza Strip. The rain of rockets out of the Palestinian enclave has made Sderot …
Sequestion Time, #6: My Other Car Is a Stealthy Black Hawk
Escalade: v., from the Italian, the act of scaling especially the walls of a fortification.
Escalade: n., from Cadillac, to describe the standard-issue chariot for four-star U.S. military commanders, despite the fiscal vise …
III. Paying War’s Price
Part 3 of 3
America will soon be at peace.
The long, silent wars of Iraq, launched a decade ago this week, and Afghanistan have already begun their transition from the mainstream media to the history books. Domestic and …
Pulling Security
Female U.S. soldiers secure an Afghan compound March 3 in the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province.