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
Pentagon May Boost Troop Presence In Somalia
It’s “not effective” to try to deter terrorists there from bases in neighboring countries, U.S. Africa Command leader says.
Threats
Why the US Won’t Give Patriot Interceptors to Ukraine
The Pentagon is still hunting “alternative options” to bolster Ukraine’s air defenses against Russia’s brutal strikes.
Threats
The Battle for Ukraine: What We Know So Far
Ukrainians fought back as Russian armor pushed toward cities, U.S. says. And more Americans are deploying to NATO’s eastern front.
Threats
U.S. Troops In Poland Preparing to Support Americans Leaving Ukraine
The State Department has the lead, but soldiers are building facilities and standing ready to give other assistance.
Threats
Above Ukraine, a Cold War Spy Plane Is Finally Tracking a Russian Invasion
Air Force officials had already started retiring 30-year-old E-8C JSTARS.
Threats
Putin Is Preparing to Take More of Ukraine by Force, Biden Says, Announcing New Sanctions
NATO’s Stoltenberg says Russian forces are flowing into Ukraine breakaway regions.
Threats
Poland to Buy $6 Billion in US Tanks, Assault Bridges, Explosives; Russian Advancing Force Grows to 190,000
In Warsaw, Austin warns ‘thousands’ of Ukrainians could flee into Poland, ‘trying to save themselves and their families from the scourge of war.”
Threats
Reports of Sexual Assault, Harassment at Military Academies Spike
The number of reports likely still represents only a small portion of actual instances of sexual assault and harassment.
Ideas
What’s Taking So Long? Rename Those Confederate Bases
It shouldn’t be this hard or require this political theater to do what’s right, right now.
Threats
US Orders Most Troops, Diplomats to Leave Ukraine
160 National Guardsmen pulled from Ukraine; skeleton crew left in Kyiv after Biden-Putin phone call produces “no fundamental change."
Threats
Russian Invasion of Ukraine Could Happen ‘At Any Time,’ Warns White House
President orders 3,000 more US troops to Poland; American citizens told to flee “immediate” threat in Ukraine.
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