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Bottom Line America's military is built for the wrong kind of war. The United States has optimized its defense industry for short, high-tech conflicts using precision weapons, but current global ...

The United States has been fighting tomorrow's battles with yesterday's playbook for decades. While America has long been accused of "planning to fight the last war," nowhere is that seen ...

As Ukraine has become more important to the defense of NATO's eastern flank, it may aspire to a long-term defense relationship with the U.S. more akin to those with some other key middle powers,

BAGHDAD (AP) -- The U.S. military has begun drawing down its mission in Iraq under an agreement signed with the Iraqi government last year, eventually reducing the number of American troops in the ...

Two of the world's most dangerous insurgent groups--Yemen's Houthis and Somalia's al-Shabaab--are now working together across the Gulf of Aden. Their operational alliance is already ...

ELWOOD, Ill. (AP) -- National Guard members from Texas were getting settled at an Army Reserve center in Illinois on Tuesday, the most visible sign yet of the Trump administration's plan to send ...

To listen to some of the critics of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's September 30, 2025, speech to our military's senior leadership, it is clear many of these critics willfully ignore or, worse,

Administrative Separations, COVID-19 Injustices, and the Urgent Need for Reform The American military rests on a sacred covenant: service demands sacrifice, and in return the nation promises honor,

Why a WWII-Style Mobilization Would Break on Today's Economy and How to Fix It Consider the nightmare scenario U.S. war planners acknowledge privately but rarely air in public: a simultaneous ...

Zbigniew Brzezinski was a lifelong Cold War hawk who was deeply suspicious of the Soviet Union. The invasion of Poland by Russian and German troops in 1939 left a lasting impression on the young ...