Twenty-five years after September 11, 2001, the U.S. military is adapting from two decades dominated by Iraq and Afghanistan toward an environment Continue Reading
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The Army Azimuth: True Bearing for Land Dominance
Introduction: The Next Link in the Strategic Chain This article continues my examination of the 2025 National Security Strategy and the 2026 Continue Reading
There Is Merit in the Admiral’s Reading List
By Bruce D. Kowal It is a marvelous tradition of the chiefs of our armed forces to publish a professional reading program, a reading list for Continue Reading
The Coast Guard Should Stop Selling Jobs
By Bruce D. Kowal, AUXOP, USCG Auxiliary In June 2025, the United States Coast Guard released its Force Design 2028 Execution Plan, an ambitious Continue Reading
The Subdued Flag Belongs on the ACU
By Staff Sgt. Taylor AmbosThe views presented in this paper are those of the author and do not reflect the position of the Department of the Army or Continue Reading
The Navy Needs Its Veterans Back
By Bruce D. Kowal The Proposal in Brief This is a proposal to create a United States Navy Auxiliary, a volunteer organization of U.S. Navy Continue Reading
The Battlefield Is Not a Diversity Workshop
There was a stretch of time when the Pentagon seemed to believe war was, at bottom, a branding problem. Not a logistics problem. Not a training Continue Reading
Sermons From Behind the Bodyguard
There is no creature on Earth more comical than the modern respectable person calling power vulgar while enjoying the quiet luxury of being guarded by Continue Reading
How Military Electronics Are Shaping the Future of Defense Operations
Photo by Ries Bosch on Unsplash Modern defense operations run on military electronics long before a single shot is ever fired. Sensors, processors, Continue Reading
Europe Can’t Keep Calling Dad
Europe has spent years pretending that dependency is a sophisticated moral posture. It isn’t. It’s dependency. Put a silk scarf on it, seat it on a Continue Reading
Drones, Strategy, and the Modern Airpower Revolution
By Darin Gaub The advent and trajectory of drone warfare reflect the evolution of manned aircraft in warfare since World War I. In the early Continue Reading
When Strategy Becomes Power
In a previous article, I broke down the National Security Strategy (NSS), which serves as the document that sets the President’s vision for America’s Continue Reading