“Any general that was involved … in any of the DEI woke shit has got to go,” Trump’s pick for SecDef said in a recent podcast.
By Ashley RoqueMILSATCOM for the most critical no-fail missions
With multiple nuclear-capable threats and space itself being a contested domain, assured and protected MILSATCOM are more critical than ever before.
Three years after the fall of Kabul, the US Navy is helping to fund several training programs recruiting Afghan immigrants to work for the nation’s ailing shipbuilding industry.
By Valerie Insinna
After years of fighting in the MENA, Southwest Asian regions, NATO’s priorities clearly lie elsewhere, experts told Breaking Defense.
By Agnes Helou
The Marine Corps’ top officer spent part of his week at the Modern Day Marine exposition giving some of his last talks as the commandant.
By Justin Katz
Beyond actual aviation news, I will continue to mention Taylor Swift in these lists until my editors force me to stop. [Editor’s Note: Fine.]
By Valerie Insinna
On the anniversary of the last US evacuation of Afghanistan, Col. Salim Faqiri discusses his harrowing escape from the Taliban and his new, difficult life in the US.
By Valerie Insinna
Ground vehicles accounted for the lion’s share of the equipment left behind.
By Justin Katz
Better user interface and experience create faster decision-making in multi-domain operations
Improved UX and UI can enable smarter use of AI and automation, helping warfighters manage data-rich environments and make faster, more informed decisions.
The Afghanistan withdrawal and the consolidation of all in-country military networks to one base at Hamid Karzai International Airport illustrated unique challenges with direct applicability to Joint All Domain Command and Control and future Project Convergences.
By Barry Rosenberg
“I don’t see a direct threat to the homeland today, but I think it’s something that we have to be aware of,” Gen. Richard Clarke said.
By Andrew Eversden
The bill also requires the IC to share information with the Defense Department’s Unexplained Aerial Phenomena Task Force.
By Brad D. Williams
The anguish of dealing with the aftermath of the end of the Afghan war came through clearly in some of Defense Secretary Austin’s testimony. “Did we have the right strategy? Did we have too many strategies? Did we put too much faith in our ability to build effective Afghan institutions, an army, an air force, the police force, and government ministries? We built a state, Mr. Chairman, but we could not forge a nation.”
By Colin Clark
The NDAA easily passed and now heads to the Senate.
By Aaron Mehta
One senior official said he wants his agency to have the urgency about China the way the US had urgency about counterterrorism after 9/11.
By Brad D. Williams
The terrorist attack that killed nearly 3,000 Americans and set the US on a course for war in Afghanistan also prompted a formal commission to deeply examine how the US government allowed the attack to happen. Twenty years later, retired Brig. Gen. James Scott O’Meara argues in this op-ed that a similar commission is crucial…
By J. Scott O'Meara