Bread, Circuses and Game Shows
President Obama finally offered his first, extended remarks on the VA scandal yesterday. It was the sort of calculated, deceptive performance we’ve come to expect from the administration; the President…
Helping "Bradley" Become "Chelsea"
When Army intelligence analyst Bradley Manning was convicted last year of passing reams of classified information to Wikileaks, we predicted that the former private wouldn’t simply disappear into a cell…
"The Man Who Won the War for Us"
American troops prepare to go ashore in a Higgins Boat on D-Day, June 6, 1944 They remain iconic images of the “Longest Day:” American GIs, gathered behind the ramp of…
Saving Kurdistan
A convoy of ISIS fighters rolls toward the conquest of another Iraqi city. As government security forces dissolve, the Kurdish Peshmerga may be the only military forces capable of defeating…
Today's Reading Assignment
..The estimable Ralph Peters, writing at National Review online, examines how the Obama Administration has made a mockery of military honor with the Bowe Bergdahl case. A brief excerpt: “If…
Fighting Back–the Right Way
Admittedly, we don’t visit Wal-Mart’s corporate blog very often. But maybe we should; there’s a recently-posted item that suggests the retailing giant may be taking a new approach with some…
Setting the Stage for Another Snowden
It happens after every spy scandal, or inadvertent disclosure of classified material. Congress passes a new law aimed at fixing the breach, the bureaucracy implements it, and….nothing really changes. The…
The Winning Formula?
Somewhere, former Chicago Mayor Richard Daley must be smiling. Legend has it that John F. Kennedy didn’t know he had the nailbiter 1960 presidential race until he took a call…
Sign Up the Geezers (Almost)
Army Reserve Sergeant First Class John Taffee recently made headlines when he graduated from basic training at the age of 55. Taffee, a Coast Guard security contractor who spent 14…
Lesson Learned (Barf Bag Edition)
What you eat does matter–particularly before a ride with the USAF Thunderbirds. Air Force Secretary Deborah James recently experienced a “technicolor flight” with the Air Force demonstration team (official USAF…
Game Changer
An Israeli Iron Dome battery fires against a Palestinian missile attack on 9 July 2014 (Associated Press photo). Almost one week into the latest fighting between Israel and Hamas, a…
At the Birth
Dewey Phillips at the WHBQ microphone in the early 1950s. The legendary Memphis DJ was the first to play an Elvis record on the air (photo courtesy StreamingOldies.com) Sixty years…
Jetliner Down
An export version of the SA-11 “Gadfly” surface-to-air missile system. The SA-11 is believed responsible for today’s shootdown of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 in the border region between Russia…
More to the Story
An RC-135 Rivet Joint SIGINT aircraft in flight. An encounter between a U.K.-based RC-135 and Russian fighters last month forced the USAF crew to divert into Swedish airspace (USAF photo…
Inside the Wheel Well (Let the Firings Begin)
A C-130J on the ramp at Ramstein AB, Germany. Two days ago, maintenance crews inspecting a C-130 that had just returned from Africa found the body of an African boy…