Today’s D Brief: B-1s buzz Venezuela; Private funds for troops’ pay?; Russian jets over Lithuania; Acting USAF JAG leaves; And a bit more...

• Thomas Novelly and Bradley Peniston
• October 24, 2025

The D Brief: US eases limits on Ukrainian attacks; Boat strikes spread to Pacific; Chicago Guard hold extended; Interoperability? Not so much; And a bit more...

• Patrick Tucker and Bradley Peniston
• October 23, 2025

The D Brief: Trump reportedly authorizes Venezuela ops; USAF axes new command; Army tank to arrive early; Reporters leave Pentagon; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• October 16, 2025

The D Brief: Another boat strike; Troops in Memphis; Cost of Guard’s domestic deployments; News from AUSA; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• October 15, 2025

The D Brief: Troops to Chicago; Trump’s partisan speech to sailors; F/A-XX OK?; MDA’s big Golden Dome vehicle; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• October 7, 2025

Venezuela, US edge toward war footing—but the White House may blink first

The Trump administration is increasing the pressure, but domestic concerns, international risks may hold it back.

• Robert Muggah, The Conversation
• October 6, 2025

The D Brief: Trump declares war on cartels; Feds storm Chicago apartments; Europe’s ‘drone wall’; Shadow economies; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• October 3, 2025

The D Brief: Two mass shootings; Troops to Portland?; Trump to join Hegseth-brass confab; Arrested by ICE for “how they look”; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• September 29, 2025

The D Brief: Hegseth yanks brass to Quantico; Drones close Danish airports; AFSOC’s Caribbean work; Russia’s AI drones; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• September 25, 2025

‘We need to be ready to go’: AFSOC preps for potential Caribbean missions

AFSOC held a long-planned exercise on St. Croix just days before the first U.S. strike on an alleged drug boat.

• Thomas Novelly
• September 24, 2025

The D Brief: China’s global challenge; NATO on Russian incursions; Estonia’s requests; Germany’s big arms plan; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• September 23, 2025

The D Brief: Another boat strike; Russian jets over Estonia; F-47’s new flight date; Shutdown watch; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• September 22, 2025

The D Brief: AFSOC’s Caribbean exercise; NATO’s new Ukraine aid-pool; Saudi-Pakistani pact; Back to Bagram?; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• September 19, 2025

AFSOC exercise brings concept created for great-power conflict to the Caribbean

Last month, U.S. forces “seized” a St. Croix airport in a demonstration of the Agile Combat Employment maneuver scheme.

• Thomas Novelly
• September 18, 2025

Senators question legality of strikes on alleged drug boats in Caribbean

The nominee to lead the Pentagon’s counterterror policy office declined to comment on the administration’s strategy.

• Meghann Myers
• September 18, 2025

The D Brief: New industry strategies; National strategy debate; Taiwan’s Anduril missile; AI on every DOD desktop?; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• September 17, 2025

Today’s D Brief: 2nd boat strike; Israel’s Gaza City push; NATO’s Eastern Sentry; Army’s VCs; And a bit more.

• Bradley Peniston
• September 16, 2025