Commentary

Opinion

Is the United States overestimating China’s power?

It is time to right-size the American understanding of China’s comprehensive power, writes Dan Murphy of the Harvard Kennedy School.

9 days ago

Opinion

When admirals obstruct justice

Regaining trust and respect after a military scandal requires accountability at the highest levels of leadership, our guest opinion writer argues.

6 weeks ago

A service member sleeps after his duty day at Joint Base San Antonio – Lackland, Texas, March 24, 2023.

Opinion

A lack of sleep is breaking the US military

From the very start, unspoken principles are ingrained in service members. One such principle is that "sleep is a crutch."

Opinion

Learning from Russia’s war on Ukraine

By sharing these hard-earned lessons of war, Ukrainian military professionals are helping our military get ready for future wars that will inevitably come.

6 months ago

A Military Assistance Command, Vietnam-Studies and Observations Group, or MACV-SOG, veteran, listens to active service members with 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) as part of the MACV-SOG Heritage Week, Fort Bragg N.C., Nov. 9, 2021.

Opinion

The time is right to honor the Vietnam War’s most secret warriors

We need to finally honor the elite U.S Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, Studies and Observations Group, or MACV-SOG, with a Congressional Gold Medal.

6 months ago

Opinion

Is the Biden administration’s Ukraine policy sustainable?

The Biden administration’s Ukraine strategy is increasingly being tested by political, policy and resource constraints.

6 months ago

Opinion

It’s hard times now — and ahead — for US-Russian nuclear arms control

U.S.-Russian nuclear arms control, as it has been practiced for the past five decades, may have run its course.

7 months ago

Opinion

Keep Congress, and all politics, out of VA facilities

If lawmakers are allowed to set up offices in VA hospitals and clinics, it politicizes a federal space, which violates the Hatch Act.

7 months ago

An activist holds a sign calling for federal protections of transgender rights, in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on April 1, 2023.

Opinion

Banning gender affirming care impacts service members and families

Conservative lawmakers are trying to turn back the clock, when it’s clear the majority of Americans, and troops themselves, support transgender troops.

7 months ago

Demonstrators attend a pro-Ukraine rally in Taiwan in February 2023.

Opinion

War in Ukraine is a warning to China of the risks in attacking Taiwan

Foreign policy experts are divided on whether Russia’s invasion of Ukraine makes it more or less likely that China will launch a similar attack on Taiwan.

7 months ago

Ukrainian soldiers run towards a mortar position on the frontline in the outskirts of Kreminna, Ukraine, Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023.

Opinion

Why new tech hasn’t revolutionized warfare in Ukraine

The Ukraine war is being waged with a host of advanced technologies, but in other ways this war seems very old.

7 months ago

A bunkroom on a Trident ballistic missile submarine. The crew broke the monotony of submarine life with pranks.

‘Guard the forks!’ — the Great Submarine Utensil Heist of 1988

Gossip spreads quickly in tight quarters with a small crew. So do pranks.

7 months ago

Opinion

The ABCs of the military’s highly classified Area 51

You’re not allowed to visit the part of Nevada known as Area 51, but that's because the top-secret facility has to do with spy planes, not space aliens.

7 months ago

Opinions on war, Pentagon policy, pay and benefits, deployments, uniforms, weapons and more.

It is time to right-size the American understanding of China’s comprehensive power, writes Dan Murphy of the Harvard Kennedy School.

Regaining trust and respect after a military scandal requires accountability at the highest levels of leadership, our guest opinion writer argues.

From the very start, unspoken principles are ingrained in service members. One such principle is that "sleep is a crutch."

By sharing these hard-earned lessons of war, Ukrainian military professionals are helping our military get ready for future wars that will inevitably come.

We need to finally honor the elite U.S Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, Studies and Observations Group, or MACV-SOG, with a Congressional Gold Medal.

The Biden administration’s Ukraine strategy is increasingly being tested by political, policy and resource constraints.

U.S.-Russian nuclear arms control, as it has been practiced for the past five decades, may have run its course.

If lawmakers are allowed to set up offices in VA hospitals and clinics, it politicizes a federal space, which violates the Hatch Act.

Conservative lawmakers are trying to turn back the clock, when it’s clear the majority of Americans, and troops themselves, support transgender troops.

Foreign policy experts are divided on whether Russia’s invasion of Ukraine makes it more or less likely that China will launch a similar attack on Taiwan.

The Ukraine war is being waged with a host of advanced technologies, but in other ways this war seems very old.

Gossip spreads quickly in tight quarters with a small crew. So do pranks.

You’re not allowed to visit the part of Nevada known as Area 51, but that's because the top-secret facility has to do with spy planes, not space aliens.