News
Featured in Opinion
How To Destroy Afghanistan: Establish An Army Of Private Contractors
In recent weeks, two major players in the private security industry proposed that Trump administration officials privatize U.S. military operations...
Banning Confederate-Named Bases Is Only A Solution For Sensitive Snowflakes
People all across America want to remove the monuments, memorials, and installations that honor the fallen Confederate generals. In their...
It’s Time To Change The Names Of Bases That Honor Confederate Traitors
After hearing that white nationalists were gathering in Charlottesville this past weekend to protest the removal of a statue of...
Why Are So Many Marines Dying Far From The Battlefields?
Nineteen. That’s how many Marines the U.S. armed forces have lost in the past 30 days alone. And none of...
The U.S. Will Keep Losing Wars Until It Decides What It Stands For
Mad Dog Mattis is at it again. The truth-teller to Marines, now secretary of defense, was asked: where is the long-promised...
The Navy Needs To Stop Buying Big Ships To Do All Its Small Jobs
As a Navy “blackshoe” surface warfare officer, I saw firsthand how our fleet’s leaders have more missions than they have...
We Need More Vets In Politics. Here’s How To Make Your Mark
Veterans have had a waning presence in American politics for decades, thanks to the draft deferments of the Vietnam era...
Combat Is No Place For An Identity Crisis, But That Doesn’t Mean Transgender Troops Shouldn’t Be Allowed To Serve
I am sure by this point in time that most everyone is well aware of the so-called ban that President...
Erectile Dysfunction Is A Harsh Reality For Some Combat Veterans With PTSD — Like Me
Erectile dysfunction is the worst… In my experience, it’s even worse than getting shot at.
Trump’s Ban On Transgender Troops Is Reckless, Misguided, And, Frankly, Pretty Dumb
Life in the military is miserable if we don't get past the prejudices our previous lives ingrained in us.
SOCOM Is In A Prison Of Its Own Making
The head of the U.S. Special Operations Command, Army Gen. Raymond A. Thomas III, told a gathering of government officials,...
Is A New Military Oath Really The Best We Can Do To Fight Veteran Suicide?
When Dr. David Shulkin was appointed secretary of veterans affairs in February, President Donald Trump charged him with the ambitious...
3 Reasons Why America’s Massive Nuclear Arsenal Actually Makes The World Safer
As a father of two young children, I am often perplexed when I hear senior leaders from the Department of...
Are Veteran Service Organizations Doing Enough To Support Female Vets?
I’m a former Marine — I spent five years on active duty and two more in the reserve component before...
This Keyboard Warrior’s Rant About An Iwo Jima Parody Photo Is Unhinged Anti-American Nonsense
I have to preface the following harangue with the fact that I’m a few weeks behind the material I’ll be...
Why The US Army Is Falling Apart
Senator John McCain, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, told President Trump's nominee for Army Undersecretary, Ryan McCarthy, a...
The Fitzgerald’s Watch Team Could Have Been Mine
As I watched the video of the stricken USS Fitzgerald limping to her pier, I felt nauseated. I noticed things...
This Afghan War Plan By The Guy Who Founded Blackwater Should Scare The Hell Out Of You
In case you thought James Mattis’ job running the Department of Defense wasn’t hard enough, he reportedly had to sit...
I Was The US Ambassador to Afghanistan. The Military Can’t Fix This Mess Alone
President Trump’s June 13 decision to delegate authorities on troop levels and operations in Afghanistan to Secretary of Defense James...
The United States Should Offer Millennials 1-Year Enlistments To Test Out Military Service
Military recruiting is growing more difficult by the day,andmany lay the blame squarely at the feet of the Millennial generation....
Military Caregivers’ Sacrifices Go Unseen. It’s Time For That To Change
Tom Ward hasn’t stood in formation in more than three decades, but the Marine veteran lives with a degenerative disease...
How A Forward-Looking Approach To Gender Will Make The Marines Stronger
During a recent chat with a fellow Marine, the Marines United scandal and debate about gender within the Corps inevitably...
Troop Levels Are Too Important To Be Left To The Generals
The comment of Georges Clemenceau, premier of France during World War I, that war is too important to be left...
To Improve Awareness, We Must Call PTSD What It Is: A Disorder
June is National Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Month. Well, at least according to the National Center for PTSD. According to...
Can Trump Come Up With A Comprehensive Strategy To Save Afghanistan?
The Trump administration is in the final stages of a review of its Afghanistan and Pakistan strategy. There appears to...
