carl forsling

"Don’t be ashamed to have a good time this Memorial Day — that’s part of the gift that’s been bestowed to you"

[shortcode-Op-Ed-disclosure] A recent RAND study on military compensation has recently garnered some attention, with the main takeaway of many being...

Former military officers commenting on military matters have valuable perspectives. On anything outside of that, their opinion is worth no more or less than anyone else's

Hazing represents the opposite [of discipline]... it is the product of a lack of self-control and laziness.

In the real world the number of jobs where run time and pull-ups are part of your performance evaluation is vanishingly small.

A movie meant to mock the daily drudgery of office drones also captured the lives of everyone from admin clerks to grunts to pilots.

At the beginning of 2017, the U.S. Army changed regulations to allow Sikh soldiers to grow beards under a religious...

Recently, the term “toxic leadership” has broken into mainstream culture. Where it used to mainly occupy wardrooms, ready rooms, and...

An O-4 is a strange military bird. Majors are no longer “one of the boys.” They’re middle management. They’re the...

I’ve always said I’d never be that veteran with a back car window rendered opaque with military stickers, or the...

Ray Mabus is arguably the most famous secretary of the Navy since Theodore Roosevelt and the era of the Great...

Few subjects related to military careers cause as much contention as the up-or-out system for promotion. Under this policy, a...

Thirty years ago, there was such a thing as “the media.” The daily paper was dropped on everyone’s doorstep in...

I was flying one time when my copilot asked if he could do something that deviated from our unit SOP....

Instead of giving each other the mutual respect they’ve earned, far too often, veterans put each other down. It sometimes...

After several aviation mishaps in just a few weeks, the Marine Corps’ deputy commandant for aviation, Lt. Gen. Jon Davis,...

I got my first cell phone in my late 20s. I know that’s inconceivable to some of you who got...

Lately there have been many articles and reports about the services in general, and the Marine Corps in particular, reducing...

A few years ago, before our current concert of political cacophony began, I worked with an officer who used the...

“The Walking Dead” has entertained millions over the six seasons of television on AMC. Most of the selections from the...

In 1947, the U.S. defense establishment finally recognized that airpower was an environment distinct and separate from sea or air....

Political correctness. If you look at any number of comments sections, or a Trump speech, or listen to a lot...

“Game of Thrones” has captured the public’s consciousness for five years now. Whether through the novels or the HBO series,...

So, you’ve finally left the military. You’ve completed your service honorably, be that four years or 20. You’ve sacrificed plenty,...

Divorce — it’s no stranger to those in the military. At the same time, the military is a very tradition-minded...