Opinion

The support for veterans must be translated into action.

Wait. I need to feel bad about this. At least a little bad. Nope. These people don’t care about their country. I don’t either.

Special Forces needs a refresh.

National Guard Maj. Adam DeMarco explains why he chose to testify before Congress on the precarious position the U.S. military was put in during the June clearing of Lafayette Square — and what it means for civil-military relations

To build stronger special operations teams, leaders at all levels must identify and enforce priorities, focus on health and resilience, and ruthlessly manage operations tempo to provide time for recovery and professional development

Every second he stays in captivity cuts a deeper wound in the hearts of my family, and we can wait no longer.

Editor's note: This article first appeared in 2016 and is being republished for the anniversary of the September 11th terrorist...

"I would go on to serve two deployments to Iraq as a soldier and one deployment to Afghanistan as a civilian advisor, and each time, I would feel the physical manifestation of the grief I felt after losing my brother"

Three years after two of the most shocking peacetime accidents in the history of the U.S. military, the surface community has seen little substantive change, and surface warfare officers still lack the formal training required of professional mariners

The information in the initial report of Russian bounties on U.S. troops in Afghanistan appears to have been based on human intelligence collected in the field from both cooperative sources and through custodial debriefings of captured Afghan militants

Inside a track, I watched men snap like I’d only seen during torture scenes on film.

A broader perspective is needed to more fully understand the drivers of conflict and promote lasting security.

There is nothing more fundamental to American democracy than the idea that the government must be answerable to the people.

At the end of the day, privilege manifests in many ways in my life, but the main one is that I have the benefit of the doubt in virtually every situation I face.

Civil-military relations in the United States are in a serious state of disrepair, driven in profound measure by presidential politicization of the military and the military’s attendant willingness to let itself be politicized

The story of the memorial and its statues is one of raging controversy not unlike the current debate over racial injustice and Confederate monuments.

Members of the U.S. armed forces could refuse to follow the orders of their commander-in-chief if they believed those orders were contrary to their oath to the Constitution

We need an army of specially trained workers to help turn the tide amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, but no one is talking about the army we've already built and paid for: Our military veterans.

The military is a political creature — it’s time for it to consider what that means in a more practical and appropriate manner

Establishing Fort Cashe is the right thing to do — and now is the right time to do it

"I can no longer be silent."

"This is not a partisan political issue. This is a human issue"

"We cannot answer with empty words and think of ourselves as patriots. Instead, we must fight to undo the racist policies and cultural norms that have been telling African-American veterans that they don’t count for far too long"

Police brutality is an issue that’s bedeviled the country since formal police forces began to organize in the late 19th century, and America’s armed forces are no exception

"Shouldn't West Pointers be expected to be something more — models of rectitude who occupy higher moral ground than the average, garden-variety politician?"