Threats
How Much Can US Howitzers Help Ukraine?
Everybody’s talking about the fabled long-range guns. Here’s why.
Business
Soldiers Will Have to Wait Until Next Year for New Rifle, Ammo
Sig Sauer’s decade-long contract to make the weapons leads off with a tiny order for quality testing.
Threats
US to Train Ukrainians to Use Their New 155mm Howitzers
The donated artillery is expected to arrive within days—but there are reports that the Russian assault in the east is already starting.
Threats
Air Force Raises a Last Glass to the Final Doolittle Raider
The children of Lt. Col. Dick Cole say farewell to the last of 80 men who flew the historic 1942 mission.
Policy
In About-Face, Army Expects to Shrink Next Year
Chief of Staff McConville says recruiters need to reach families whose children have not served.
Policy
Confederate Names and Symbols on Hundreds of Military Roads, Structures, Ships Under Review
Congress’ Naming Commission has revealed what else besides base names may get relabeled or removed—right down to a water tank.
Policy
Flat Army Budget Request Would Fund a Smaller Force
Active-duty force set to shrink amid tight labor market as service leaders propose a 1.7% 2023 budget.
Policy
Army Replaces Decades-Old Fitness Test, But Keeps Age- and Gender-Based Scoring
Several years of experiments showed a single-standard approach to be detrimental to the overall force.
Threats
State of Defense 2022
Our annual service-by-service look at where the U.S. military is, and where it's going.
Policy
Here’s the List of 87 Potential New Names for Confederate-Named Army Posts
The congressionally mandated commission will send its final recommendations in October.
Ideas
The DOD Needs a Joint Wargaming Center
The recent explosion of wargames obscures several flaws in the current system.
Threats
