Thomas Spoehr
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U.S. Intelligence Community
Towards Achieving a Better Understanding of the Nation's Defenses
ADM Charles Richard, commander of the U. S.

Military Personnel
Missing the Forest for the Trees: Manpower Shortfalls Threaten U.S. Security
As the Army attempts to adjust its structure to a smaller size, some have bemoaned the service’s reported decision to reduce special operations force...

Military Personnel
New Military Parental Leave Policy Causing Headaches for Unit Commanders
In 2022 the National Defense Authorization Act vastly expanded parental leave entitlements for service members. Soon after, reports surfaced that...

Defense Budget
Two Things the 2022 NDAA Got Wrong
There is much to like about the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act , just passed by wide margins in both houses of Congress. Foremost is the $25...

U.S. Marine Corps
What Does the Marine Corps' Return to the Sea Mean for the Army?
The U. S.

Military Personnel
Let's Not Sabotage The Military Justice System
Congress and the Biden Administration are contemplating changes to the military justice system that would make it more likely that serious crimes,...

Terrorism
A Bad Case of Déjà Vu
On December 18, 2011, the last U. S.

Cyber Warfare
An "Urgent Unmet" National Security Need Going Nowhere
Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan had high hopes when he initiated a high profile effort to accelerate the adoption of a department-wide...

Veterans
Keep Military Heath Care Integration on Track
Largely outside public notice, our military’s health care system is undergoing a massive reorganization. When complete, it will result in one of the...

Defense Budget
What the "Defunding the Pentagon" Articles Don't Tell You
Recently Politico published two opinion pieces claiming that it’s time to “defund” national defense: “ Defund the Pentagon: The Conservative Case by...

Reflecting on an Epic Horse Campaign in the Mountains of Afghanistan
By Brian Glyn Williams • RealClearDefense
The Godfather of American Foreign Policy Realism Speaks to Today’s World
By Francis P. Sempa • RealClearDefense
In Pursuit of Nuclear Abolition
By Peter Huessy • RealClearDefense
Innovation Alone Won’t Prepare the U.S. for the Future Battlefield
By Joshua Segal • RealClearDefense
The sUAS Tactical Trifecta
By Bryan T. Woody • RealClearDefense

Navy Civilianizes Six Former Flag Billets, Reduces Six to Captains
By Mongilio, USNI N.
Raytheon's $8B Contract for Strategic Comms Terminal Modernization
By M+A El
America’s Maritime Moment Will Not Wait
By CDR Salamander
Armor Up?
By Marine Corps Compass Points
Who Shoots Down the Drone Over the Shipyard?
By John Ferrari & Dillon Prochnicki • RealClearDefense
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