Featured in The Long March
It’s A Big Deal: An Officer Grades The Army Staff College And Its Leadership
I have spent the past year being graded, evaluated, and assessed as a student at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC). After graduating and reflecting over the past year, I will now grade, evaluate, and assess CGSC.
The Biggest Problems Facing Military Aviation, According To An Army Aviator
Tom note: Here is the ninth entry in our 10 Long March posts for 2018, the 2nd most-read item of...
The Army Reserve Simply Doesn’t Have Enough People Willing to Fill Command Slots
Tom note: Here is the seventh entry in our 10 Long March posts for 2018, the 4th most-read item of...
Ricks: All I Want For Christmas Is A New Secretary Of Defense
And so Mattis goes. It was probably inevitable after his former subordinate John Kelly was said to be leaving his...
Has The US Military Created A Small Class Of Killers?
Tom note: Here is the sixth entry in our 10 Long March posts for 2018, the 5th most-read item of...
No One Saw It Coming: How Russia Went to War Against China in 2020
Tom note: Here is the fifth entry in our 10 Long March posts for 2018, the 6th most-read item of...
Why Do So Many Recent Veterans Dislike Police Officers?
Tom note: Here is the fourth entry in our 10 Long March posts for 2018, the 7th most-read item of...
Why The Best Young Marines Are Fleeing The Corps, In One Damning Quote
Tom note: Here is the third entry in our 10 Long March posts for 2018, the 8th most-read item of...
What’s Wrong With FM 3-0? Lots
Tom note: Here is the second entry in our 10 Long March posts for 2018, the 9th most-read item of...
Advice For US Troops Sent To The Mexican Border In An Age Of Terrible Leaders
Tom note: Here is the first entry in our 10 Long March posts for 2018, the 10th most-read item of...
The Most Effective Naval Anti-Ship Weapon Of The Last 75 Years, And Other Fascinating Maritime Facts
What has been the most effective naval anti-ship weapon over the last 75 years? Air to ship missiles? Bombs? Torpedoes?...
10 Things Vets Think They Know About Veteran Mental Health — And What They Get Wrong
If everyone is an expert on mental health and wellness, are we listening to those who are actually experts?There seems...
American History Can Be A Pain To Absorb. This Historian’s Work Is Anything But
I think I have read almost every book David Hackett Fischer has written, including the one on economic history and...
Tom Hanks Thinks Hollywood Can’t Capture America’s Current Wars. What Does That Mean?
Writing about what some called King Philip’s War, Jill Lepore reminds us of the tight-knit relationship between war and telling...
The 7 Most Alarming Challenges Facing Today’s Marine Corps, According To Its Own Officers
I’d missed several recent issues of the Marine Corps Gazette, so read them in a bunch when four recently arrived...
What Does John Kelly’s Exit from The White House Mean For The Military?
News of retired Marine Gen. John Kelly‘s departure as White House chief of oozed out over the weekend like toxic slime....
‘Abuse, Harassment, Intimidation, And Threats’: A New Complaint Details Weird Times At The National Defense University — Again
If you followed my old Foreign Policy column, you’ll probably remember that I have long been interested in leadership and...
How To Find Meaningful Work After The Military: Focus On Teamwork
Here's the 20th and final entry in our contest about finding meaningful work after leaving the armed services. I’ve really liked...
Dyngo The War Dog Is Having Trouble, And We Could Use a Little Help
The morning after Thanksgiving, my dog, Dyngo, was having trouble walking. He’s a strong, happy dog, so with some coaxing,...
What America’s Wars Revealed About Their Commanders-In-Chief
In Presidents of War,Michael Beschloss, one of our premier historians, looks at eight wars and nine presidents: James Madison and...
My Family Is At The Center Of My Life, And That’s Alright
No. 19 in our contest says you don’t have to find meaning in your work, that there are other places...
It’s Time to Start Considering Suicide A Military Readiness Issue
Last Saturday, a vice admiral died in Bahrain of an apparent suicide. Officials were quoted as saying “no foul play”...
There Really Is No Place For Hazing In A Professional Military
The vigorous Twitter response to the recent piece “There’s A Reason For All That Hazing And Ass-Chewing, And We Shouldn’t...
An Insurgency Reading List From Max Brooks, Author Of ‘World War Z’
Too often the impulse when going through a reading list is to critique it, and point out the holes. I’ve...
One Place to Find Post-Active Duty Meaning: In The Guard Or Reserves
Here's the 18th entry in our contest about how and whether to find meaning post-military. We are seeing some patterns...