How the Iraq War Got Off on the Wrong Foot

It’s always fascinating to listen to an eyewitness to history recount what was happening when the rest of us were relying on press releases and government spin...

Apologies Instead of Action

One would think that when the Joint Chiefs of Staff and members of their staffs took their seats in the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on June 4, they...

How the Military Can Change the Culture of Assault

Over the past decade, the U.S. military has faced controversies surrounding soldier suicide, cultural sensitivity in theater, veteran unemployment, and now...

Peeping Sergeant 1st Class (First Class, Indeed)

Last week, the Army removed Sergeant First Class Michael McClendon from his assignment at the U.S. Military Academy for allegedly videoing female cadets at West...

Cramming for War With Petraeus

Army Major Kacie Lee flew UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters as a platoon leader for the 101st Airborne Division in Mosul in 2003, in the first of her two deployments...