Defense
Should Uncle Sam ‘Send in the Marines’ After Hurricanes?
The military can make a big difference right away but humanitarian deployments should generally be rare and brief.
Defense
Pentagon: We’ll Keep Buying Software That Russian Spies have Looked Through
The U.S. military will still buy consumer-off-the-shelf products from several tech companies that allowed Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, an intelligence outfit, to intimately probe.
Defense
Get Lasers Into the Field Faster, Lawmakers Tell the Pentagon
The Senate’s version of the annual defense bill provides $200 million for rapid prototyping of directed energy weapons.
Defense
The U.S. Will Be Dropping A Lot More Bombs on Afghanistan
More air support for Afghan forces will help drive the Taliban to the negotiating table, Mattis and Dunford tell Congress.
Defense
CIA Director Vows to Slash Bureaucratic 'Vines,' Lauds Republican Predecessors
Pompeo wants fewer advance reviews of operations, quicker in-the-field decision making.
Defense
DARPA-Funded Radar Lets Planes See Through Smoke and Clouds
A promising approach to a decades-old quandary: how to get a clear field of view to the ground?
Defense
Trump's Undermining of Rex Tillerson
The president’s latest tweets question the value of U.S. diplomacy with North Korea.
Defense
Here’s How Much of Your Taxes Have Gone To Wars
Previously unreported Pentagon data shows how much the average U.S. taxpayer has paid for combat operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, and now Syria.
Defense
Could North Korea Shoot Down U.S. Warplanes?
Some of Pyongyang's surface-to-air missiles are old, but its newer ones could threaten American aircraft.
Management
McMaster: I’m Here to Serve, Not ‘Control the President’
The national security adviser says his job is to help the commander-in-chief by providing options and executing decisions to advance Trump’s agenda.
Defense
The Marines Finally Have Their First Female Infantry Officer
The lieutenant, who wants to keep her identity private, will lead a 40-person platoon.
Nextgov
Pentagon Cuts Mobile Device Costs By Half
The mobility program's popularity drove down prices significantly.
Defense
Here Are the Options for Dealing With North Korea
As tensions between North Korea and the United States continue to intensify, two experts discuss the remaining options.
Management
Senator Calls for Heads to Roll at the Pentagon for $64M Wasted on a 'Hangar Queen'
Grassley urges Mattis to figure out who is responsible for a counternarcotics plane that never flew its intended mission.
Defense
U.S. Was ‘Ill-Prepared’ to Help Train Afghan Security Forces, IG Finds
“One U.S. officer watched TV shows like Cops and NCIS” for lesson plans, watchdog says.
Defense
‘Cyber Defense Is Very Much About Political Decisions’
When European defense ministers played a tabletop cyber defense exercise, things got hard very quickly.
Defense
Analysis: Giving the Deep State More Leeway to Kill With Drones
President Trump is poised to compound the most grave moral failing of his predecessor by making targeted killings less safe, less legal, and less rare.
Defense
Air Force: We’re Low on Bombs Because Congress Can’t Pass a Budget
It’s hard to persuade arms makers to boost production, even to fight ISIS, without cash on the barrelhead.
Defense
Trump Threatens to 'Totally Destroy North Korea'
The president also hinted at the UN General Assembly that the U.S. might quit the Iran nuclear agreement.
Defense
Vietnam War: Who Was Right About What Went Wrong – and Why it Matters in Afghanistan
Was Vietnam 'a quagmire' or a 'stalemate machine'? Understanding this 50-year-old debate can shed light on why the U.S. is currently locked into a 'forever war.'
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