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By Feb 24, 2017
Opinion

No, Cops Shouldn’t Be Rocking The Punisher Skull

A police department in Kentucky came under fire recently because a number of its patrol cars were emblazoned with a logo that...
By Feb 21, 2017
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Why I Think Lt Clint Lorance Is A Murderer

American soldiers aren't cowards. They don't shoot at everything that moves.
By Feb 9, 2017
Opinion

Here’s Why Aircraft Carriers Are Ready To Go The Way Of The Battleship

Last December, for the first time in decades, no U.S. Navy aircraft carriers were deployed anywhere in the world. The...
By Feb 8, 2017
Opinion

Sean Spicer Is Hiding Behind A Fallen SEAL

White House Spokesman Sean Spicer introduced a curious new logic into the analysis of American military action in his most...
By Feb 8, 2017
Opinion

Health Care ‘Choice’ For Veterans Could Leave Many Without Options

After three years of crisis and controversy, the Department of Veterans Affairs has reached a watershed moment, and decisions about...
By Feb 6, 2017
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The ‘Removal’ Of Senior Officials Will Be The First Big Test For New VA Secretary

Assuming Dr. David Shulkin will be confirmed as the next secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and all indications...
By Feb 5, 2017
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Why Discouraging Americans From Joining The Military Is Totally Wrong

Deadspin, which I read with more and greater devotion than I ever consumed The New York Times, just came out...
By Feb 2, 2017
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A Former MARSOC Raider Explains How The Travel Ban Endangers Special Operations Forces

Last year, retired Army Gen. David Petraeus ominously predicted that the divisive anti-Muslim rhetoric during the presidential election would not...
By Jan 27, 2017
Opinion

Pilot Retention Is In A Death Spiral. Here’s How The Marine Corps Can Fix It

The Marine Corps recently took a very unusual step. In a new administrative message it announced that selected aviation captains...
By Jan 26, 2017
Opinion

To Hell With Political Boogeymen

What’s more American than a good ole’ Abraham Lincoln thought on a citizen’s duty and responsibility in a republic. “Elections...
By Jan 10, 2017
Opinion

I Deployed Twice To Helmand, I Can’t Believe Marines Are Going Back

Since 2001, the War in Afghanistan has been a sort of tug-of-war with concertina wire, with both sides coming out...
By Nov 22, 2016
Opinion

The Barbecued African Turkey That Helped Me Appreciate Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving morning in 2014 found me on a small Kenyan army training base outside of Nairobi. I was serving as...
By Oct 7, 2016
Opinion

We’ll Never Win The War In Afghanistan

I remember the exact moment I became convinced that Afghanistan was hopeless. I was an Army platoon medic deployed to...
By Oct 7, 2016
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We’re Still Fighting In Afghanistan And No One Cares

I remember reading George C. Herring’s book “America’s Longest War” when I was studying history as an undergrad and couldn’t...
By Jul 1, 2016
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If Fireworks Bother You On 4th Of July, Don’t Get A Sign, Get Ear Plugs

Editor’s Note: This article by Scott Faith originally appeared on Havok Journal, which seeks to serve as the voice of...
By Jun 1, 2015
Opinion

It’s Very Hard To Prosecute Rape In The Military — Trust Me, I Know

Editor’s Note: The following article was published on the condition of anonymity. The author’s identity and background was vetted and...
By May 14, 2015
Opinion

Stop Calling Servicewomen Girls

A couple of months ago, I read a prepublication copy of “Ashley’s War,” by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon; the story of...
By Apr 8, 2015
Opinion

How A False Active-Shooter Threat And Social Media Gave Us All A ‘WTF Moment’

On April 1, at 2:54 p.m., a status update on the military culture page U.S Army W.T.F! moments alerted readers...
By Mar 17, 2015
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There’s A Systemic Lack Of Integrity Among Military Leaders

Recently, a paper from the Strategic Studies Institute of the Army War College entered the military zeitgeist. Its title was...
By Jan 20, 2015
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An Afghanistan Veteran Calls Out ISIS

Something about a headline that reads the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria invades Afghanistan, or ISIS takes another city...