Piracy Down; Hard Legal Problems Remain Bottom line on piracy off Somalia: it’s down in the face of increased patrols and greater coordination between the US, China...
Sources: Obama to Name Mabus for SecNav; Work for UnderSec <strong>Updated: Robert Work, the respected naval analyst at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessment, will be nominated as</strong>...
Rapid Fielding, More People: Carter ATL Hearing The Pentagon must focus more sharply on rapid fielding of equipment to ensure troops in the field are getting the equipment...
Gates Starts Huge Acquisition Shift; Congress Wary On April 6, Defense Secretary <a href="https://www.dodbuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/gatesbudgetspeech.pd… Gates offered the most fundamental restructuring of defense acquisition </a>in at least two...
FCS: A Closer Look at Gates' Cuts <strong>UPDATED: With Gates' Saying FCS Was "Hardest Decision" And Details on Discussions With Army Leaders </strong> During breakfast with...
AF Mulls COIN Wing, New Planes The Air Force has been very sensitive about its image over the last eight years of fighting, concerned the country did not...
Nifty Tech Merges Mapping, Data My colleague Colin Clark and I stumbled across a cool technology -- Global Situational Awareness -- at the Navy League...
New Guns Soon for V-22s Our colleague Bryan Mitchell has well-rounded coverage of the Marines' plan to better arm the Osprey for its deployment to...
Gates Mulls Two Prez Choppers We may have two presidential helicopter programs in our future, not just one. That's what Defense Secretary Robert Gates told...
Ground Forces Best: Mattis Gen. James Mattis, Commander of Joint Forces Command, has blasted the “wrongheaded thinking” of recent years that led...
Investigation of SEALs Drowning Also Uncovers Allegations of Performance-Enhancing Drug Use, Secret Surgery The Navy investigation stressed that "the allegations raised in the complaint were not root causes" of the decision to...
Here Is the 2025 Pay Raise for Disabled Veterans and Military Retirees Military retirees and disabled veterans will receive 2.5% increases to their monthly paychecks for 2025, thanks to the annual...
How This Marine Corps Veteran Leaned on His Military Experience to Build a Tire Empire DIscount Tire founder Bruce Halle's military experience taught him he could overcome challenges with determination and hard...
Commander of Army's Explosive Ordnance Disposal School Was Fired in July Lt. Col. David Alexander was relieved "due to a loss of trust and confidence in his leadership ability," a spokesperson for...
Marine Corps Unveils Retention Bonuses, Suspends ‘Broken Service’ Bonus Program for Upcoming Year Marines reenlisting between now and the end of September 2025 are eligible to receive the bonuses, but all the cash awards...