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Hagel Orders Review of Sex-Abuse Prevention
(WASHINGTON) — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Friday ordered the military to recertify every person involved in programs designed to prevent and respond to...
General: Sex Abuse Trend Linked to Respect Issue
The Air Force's top general said Friday that sexual assaults in his branch of the military typically involve alcohol use and can be traced to a lack of respect...
The Pentagon’s Letting Down Our Kids
Last Thursday, Prince Harry swept a number of military moms off their feet at a White House Mother’s Day tea hosted by First Lady Michelle Obama. The President...
Yet Another Sexual-Assault Investigation Likely to Spur Congressional Action
Sexual assaults in the military, long simmering on the Pentagon’s back burner, moved to a roiling boil 10 days ago – and threatened to explode with the...
Strategic Seaporks
The Government Accountability Office is out with a briefing entitled Defense Logistics: The Department of Defense’s Report on Strategic Seaports Addressed All...
Sexual Assault in the Ranks
Battleland discussed the infuriating problem of sexual assaults in the ranks of the U.S. military on the PBS NewsHour Tuesday night – just as we did more than 16...
Who Knew the Pentagon Had Bad Habits?
At lunch with reporters Tuesday sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff made a public confession of sorts. He...
Pentagon Clears Use of Samsung Devices
Samsung Electronics Co. says the U.S. Department of Defense has approved using Samsung smartphones for its networks.
Base Motives
Let’s suppose you’re a typical American family, with kids that have largely grown up and flown the coop, leaving you and your spouse empty-nesters. Well, maybe...
The Pentagon’s New Math
The Defense Department’s abacuses are falling apart as their beads are whipped up and down trying to keep up with the impact of sequestration. It’s driving the...
Pentagon Medics Weigh in on the “Signature Scars of a Long War”
Sometimes, the doctors will tell you what the politicians won’t. That’s the bottom line in a new Pentagon assessment of the human costs of the nation’s...
Pentagon Chief Stresses Israel’s Right to Hit Iran
(JERUSALEM) — U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel held out hope Sunday for a nonmilitary way to ending the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran, but he also emphasized...
Pentagon Budget Day: A Procurement Petri Dish
The commander-in-chief is the top guy in the U.S. military. The Pentagon is at his beck and call, and salutes smartly when summoned to do his (for now) bidding. ...
Pentagon Pen Pal…
Just received an interesting email from a Pentagon greybeard, who until recently had spent three decades toiling directly for a string of defense secretaries...
Pentagon: North Korea Could Launch Nuclear Missile
(WASHINGTON) — A U.S. intelligence report concludes that North Korea has advanced its nuclear knowhow to the point that it could arm a ballistic missile with a...
Pentagon Budgeting: Calendar Daze
Wednesday is the day the Pentagon rolls out its budget proposal for the coming 2014 fiscal year, which will begin Oct. 1. At least the start of the new fiscal...
SecDef Hagel’s Not-So-Flawed Defense-Spending Premise
As Pentagon watchers count down the days until the April 10th release of President Obama’s proposal for the fiscal year (FY) 2014 defense budget, Battleland’s...
The Pentagon’s 2014 Budget: The Joint Chiefs of Chaff
The Pentagon unveiled its proposed budget for the 2014 fiscal year, beginning Oct. 1, and elected to seek $52 billion – about 10% -- more than it is going to be...
Budget-Briefing Brief: Any Time for Questions?
If you had to sit through, or sift through, the Pentagon budget briefings Wednesday, you’d be forgiven for thinking that they might never end. As a public...
