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Cargo Cultists provide an example of how not to implement change — one the Army should consider as it struggles to make Mission Command a reality

I am skeptical of a lot of the recommendations I read on leadership, which often strikes me as pyramids of buzzwords, but I liked this article by a former British submariner who went on to do a PhD in leadership.

Coast Guard families struggling with trying to pay their bills since the government shut down has left them without pay were just sent a helpful tip sheet of ways they could earn extra money, such as holding a garage sale or walking the neighbor's dogs.

"Fire mortar boom."

The Pentagon simply can't move personnel and supplies to where they need to go like they used to, according to a new assessment of the U.S. military logistics apparatus

"Dear Director," begins the cover letter from Warren Christopher Clark, aka Abu Mohammad al-Ameriki, sent in to what we can only assume was the Human Resources branch of ISIS.

A U.S. Army sergeant faces up to a year imprisonment and a bad paper discharge for, among other things, repeatedly calling one soldier fat and pointing an unloaded sidearm at another

The British Army has an interesting take on what makes a good advisor to foreign forces

The murky relationship between trade, technology, and national security will remain a problem

Disabled military veterans picked up a major travel benefit this year.

The U.S. Navy quietly test-fired 20 supersonic shells originally intended for the service's futuristic electromagnetic railgun from the conventional deck guns during an international military exercise at sea last summer

A contractor is dead. Three service members are reportedly being investigated. And the military is silent.

The Pentagon failed to spend an eye-popping $27.7 billion of the funds it was allocated over a five-year period beginning in fiscal 2013.

“Consistent with all other forms of communication, Marines are responsible for all content they publish on social networking sites, blogs, or other websites.”

As the government shutdown continues, the Coast Guard remains the only military branch to work without pay and not everyone is happy with tha

The retired Marine general who was tapped by the Trump administration to resolve a dispute with Qatar and develop what's been dubbed an "Arab NATO" has resigned from his position.

Here's a letter I sent last week to the fine people who run Task & Purpose. We'll be wrapping things up over the next week or so

The lead letter in the January issue of the Marine Corps Gazette is a salute from Commandant Gen. Robert Neller thanking the magazine for the articles

A Marine officer who was fired after false rumors that his special operations unit massacred Afghan civilians has been vindicated.

This is the story of how the U.S. Army ran a resupply mission to party-goers at Woodstock.