The Cold War is an increasingly distant memory in American military minds, except in the minds of the arms control community, and in particular those who seek the elimination of nuclear weapons. Alas, our president is a member in good standing of this community—indeed, an organizer.So, too, it...

Under current law, the U.S. Department of Defense automatically faces significant spending cuts over the next 10 years—cuts that america's civilian and military leaders have cadidly described as "devastating" and "very high risk."

 It’s time for policymakers to man up about the fact that the missions heaped upon the military are growing as they pour resources into handouts for bad mortgages, unemployment and other entitlements. Those who pay most dearly wear the uniform. They will not be able to keep it up much longer. And we won’t be the America we think we are anymore.

As the forward deployed and rapid response force of the United States military, the Marine Corps has played an unparalleled role in projecting America's conventional military strength throughout the world. With the global war on terror's alteration of the strategic environment, the Marines must develop and transform–particularly their doctrine, training...

As the forward deployed and rapid response force of the United States military, the United States Marine Corps has played an unparalleled role in projecting America’s conventional military strength throughout the world. In this changing strategic environment, the Marines must develop and transform—particularly their doctrine, training methods, and military tactics—in...

Five years late, Ilario Pantano has been fully vindicated. Now where does he go to get his reputation back?

The Obama administration knows full well what the state of the military is. However, because it would rather shift the country’s spending priorities to domestic programs long favored by Democrats, it has willingly accepted, indeed gone beyond, what the 2011 Budget Control Act required in cuts to national security programs.

The $489 billion cut to defense budgets engineered by Barack Obama — as well as the played-for-fool Republican accomplices on Capitol Hill — won't just mean less American military power. These cuts have significant consequences for America's allies, as well. Consider the case of the...