Ben Watson is news editor for Defense One. He previously worked for NPR’s “All Things Considered” and “Here and Now” in Washington, D.C. Watson served for five years in the U.S. Army, where he was an award-winning combat cameraman and media advisor for southern Afghanistan’s special operations command during the 2010-11 surge.
Now every service chief has denounced racism in the ranks. Shortly after Defense Secretary Mark Esper told reporters Wednesday he sent a memo to department employees about racism, U.S. military …
SecDef Esper draws a line, of sorts. After a day of intense criticism for his participation in a presidential photo op that followed the violent clearing of a public park of peaceful protesters, …
National Guard and police attacked peaceful protesters Monday to clear a path so the president could pose for a campaign ad of himself holding a Bible in front of a church near the White House. …
Protestors and police clashed across the country. And in the nation’s capital, the National Guard, along with more Secret Service and U.S. Park Police, have been sent to protect the president and …
President Trump threatened to send the National Guard to Minnesota in a tweet just before 1 a.m. this morning. An hour and 12 minutes before that, the Minnesota National Guard confirmed in its own …
“We have just reached a very sad milestone with the coronavirus pandemic deaths reaching 100,000,” reads President Donald Trump’s 25th tweet so far today. “To all of the families & friends of …
Nearly 100,000 Americans have died from the coronavirus, according to Johns Hopkins University, which at press time put the precise and dismal number at 98,933 brothers, sisters, parents, …
Afghanistan is releasing nearly 1,000 more Taliban prisoners as America’s Afghan envoy races to keep February’s U.S.-brokered deal with the Taliban alive. We’re also near the end of a three-day …
U.S. military leaders are preparing for a second wave of the coronavirus, not that anyone knows when it might hit. About that anticipated second wave: “We’re looking at a variety of alternative …
The world just saw its biggest single-day increase in coronavirus cases. 106,000 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the 24 hours ending Wednesday morning, WHO officials said. WHO’s current …
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