The D Brief: More boat strikes; OSD’s communications bottleneck; Navy scrutinizing sailors’ tweets; Shutdown effects; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson
• October 29, 2025

The D Brief: Caribbean buildup; Carrier loses two aircraft; Court reverses Guard ruling; China’s AI-powered robots; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• October 27, 2025

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: 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: Gaza ceasefire; Chicago deployment on hold; Qataris in Idaho; AUSA news; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• October 14, 2025

The D Brief: Senate passes NDAA; US troops to monitor Gaza ceasefire; Guard enters Memphis; AUSA preview; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• October 10, 2025

Current, former state leaders weigh in on Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops

In legal briefs, 17 current Republican attorneys general support the president, while a bipartisan group of former governors objects.

• Jacob Fischler, Stateline
• October 9, 2025

The D Brief: Senators doubt Asia policy; Jail Illinois leaders, says POTUS; Civil-military ‘crisis’; DHS cuts intel staff; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• October 8, 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

The D Brief: Guard deployments on hold; 4th speedboat bombed; Russia strikes Lviv; China’s black-market oil; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• October 6, 2025

The D Brief: War on leaks; IGs, targeted; Guard-deployment sitrep; The next geoint hub?; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• October 2, 2025

The D Brief: Reactions to Quantico; Shutdown, in effect; USAF chief nom; GOP govs call out troops; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Thomas Novelly
• October 1, 2025

The D Brief: Hegseth, Trump at Quantico; Shutdown watch; Defense-strategy concerns; Troops-in-streets update; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• September 30, 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

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