Grave challenges face each of America’s armed services: the Navy’s size is shrinking while its operational demands increase; the Army and the Marine Corps are on the chopping block for further troop reductions; and the Air Force is aging rapidly. (INCLUDES VIDEO)

America remains the best hope for international peace and security in the world. And it is incumbent upon our country’s leaders to consistently make the case for a strong defense.

Members of Congress should ask themselves, "What can we do to help General Petraeus succeed?"

Withdrawal from Iraq's cities is good politics in Washington, but when premature and done under fire it may very well condemn Iraqis to repeat their past.

Now that Obama has condemned Gaddafi, we should take a page from Reagan and equip and train the Libyan people to fight for their own liberty.

War on the Korean peninsula is not a distant possibility. But American forces are not properly postured to fight in a renewed Korean War, and that makes such a conflict more likely to occur and less likely to end quickly.

The proposed defense cuts pose an early test of character for the Republican House leadership.

From 2001 until now, both the United States and its allies have taken an economy of force approach to the war in Afghanistan, as there have never been enough forces to defeat the Taliban and stabilize the country.