Gary Anderson
About this Author
Latest from Gary Anderson

U.S. Marine Corps
This is Secretary Hegseth's Best Idea
For years, I have advocated for evaluating the warfighting and command capabilities of colonels and Navy captains aspiring to be general and flag...

U.S. Navy
Fixing America's Navy
After dominating the world's sea lanes since the end of World War II, surviving challenges from the Soviet Navy throughout the Cold War, the United...

U.S. Marine Corps
Real Innovation for the Marine Corps
In 1989, a group of Marine Corps officers and civilian military theorists wrote several professional military journal articles describing a new wave...

U.S. Marine Corps
A To-Do List for the Next Marine Corps Commandant
If the U. S.

U.S. Marine Corps
DEI Resurfaces in the Marine Corps
About this time last year The Commandant of the Marine Corps fervently declared that the Marine Corps had never adopted Diversity, Equity, and...

Military Strategy
Evolving Marine Corps Force Design
In 2019, the Commandant of the Marine Corps decided to focus on China and protecting naval dominance of the South China Sea (SCS) and China’s “first...

U.S. Marine Corps
The Marines Need to Evolve Back to the Future
It’s hard for senior military officers, particularly a group of them, to admit that they are wrong, but the Marine Corps' senior leadership is inching...

Military Strategy
How to Deter China
When it rolls out its new National Defense Strategy (NDS) and National Military Strategy (NMS), the Pentagon will reportedly de-emphasize China in...

U.S. Marine Corps
Amphibious Warfare is not Dead, Its Only Sleeping
Eighty years ago, U. S.

U.S. Marine Corps
Marine Corps Force Design: A Failed Operational Concept
When the Marine Corps adopted a concept called Force Design as its new warfighting concept in 2019, so called military experts hailed it as a...

We Cannot Build Tomorrow's Weapons With Yesterday's Alloys
By Joseph F. Krause • RealClearDefense
Americans Will Sacrifice for Their Country, Not for Politicians
By Jane Li • RealClearDefense
No Need for a New World Order
By Will Thibeau • RealClearDefense
Congress: Don’t Let the NDAA Hand China Our Defense Blueprints
By Richard Newton • RealClearDefense
Washington Cannot Ignore Afghanistan’s Weapons Legacy
By Saima Afzal • RealClearDefense

Marines Deploy Neros Archer Drone in Live Fire Exercise for First Time
By USNI News
Confessions Of An SR-71 Blackbird Pilot
By Howard Altman, The WarZone
Air Force Exploring Creative Ways to Produce More Pilots
By Laura Heckmann, NatDef
"Super F-22' Propels Rator to Fly With F-47 Into 2060s
By Kris Osborn, Warrior Maven
GA-ASI and Saab Test AEW Payload on MQ-9B
By Stefano D'Urso, The Aviationist
Defense Morning Recon
Featuring the latest news
RCP Today
Top stories on RealClearPolitics
The Takeaway
Polling intelligence and analysis delivered to your inbox
Investigations Today
Latest investigations news
