Threats

‘Enemy from within’? NORTHCOM commander says he hasn’t seen it

Top DOD officials defended National Guard deployments to American cities, which are facing multiple injunctions from local judges, during a Senate hearing.

  • Meghann Myers
Ideas

Sinking speedboats with a supercarrier: the lopsided cost of Operation Southern Spear

History suggests what happens when the U.S. military outspends a foe by orders of magnitude.

  • Peter W. Singer
Policy

Army stands up Western Hemisphere Command as new strategies highlight domestic operations

U.S. Army North and South will fold into what used to be Army Forces Command to form the new regional headquarters.

  • Meghann Myers
Threats

Legal experts fail to see justification for continued U.S. military strikes on drug boats.

Partisan lines were drawn after Thursday's briefing on the Hill about the Sept. 2 strike.

  • Thomas Novelly
Policy

Congress to probe US strikes on boats in Caribbean

The U.S. Senate and House Armed Services committees will open bipartisan inquiries amid conflicting Trump-administration statements.

  • Ashley Murray, Stateline
Ideas

The awful arithmetic of our wars

If we don't figure out a way to fight far more cheaply, we won’t be able to afford to win a single battle.

  • Peter W. Singer
Threats

The D Brief: A narrower natsec focus; ‘Pigpen-like mess’ at DOD; DC Guard deployment extended; Shutdown sets record; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Thomas Novelly and Bradley Peniston
Threats

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
Threats

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
Threats

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
Threats

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
Threats

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
Ideas

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
Threats

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
Threats

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
Threats

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
Threats

‘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
Threats

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
Threats

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
Threats

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
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