The Pentagon’s Top Intelligence Chief Is Out

Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Michael Vickers announced his retirement from service by the end of April.

• Ben Watson
• March 19, 2015

A Gitmo official departs; A US drone kills a militant in Somalia; Death threats to Kennedy, Lippert up; IAVA: 'The wait we carry'; And a bit more.

• Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
• March 19, 2015

Predator down; DoD on hunt for Yemen assistance; Drone demand, rising; Is the military turning into an entitlement class?; McSteamy comes to the Pentagon; And a bit more.

• Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
• March 18, 2015

A pause in Tikrit; Cotton, to Defense One, on 'paper resolutions'; Thornberry: no new BRAC; Where are women’s voices in nat-sec? Prince Harry, out; And a bit more.

• Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
• March 17, 2015

Kerry on Assad; Mullen on Iran; The maritime strategy and what it means for ships; A prostitution ring at Fort Hood; Dakota Meyer puts a ring on it; And a bit more.

• Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
• March 16, 2015

The militia factor in Iraq—boon or bust?; ISIS and the U.S.-Mexico border; Carter at the NSA; Mercs flood Nigeria; And a bit more.

• Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
• March 13, 2015

AUMF falls flat; Dempsey: 20k Iranian-trained militia are in Iraq; $75m of not-lethal weapons for Ukraine; Riyadh going nuclear?; Don’t buy a humvee; And a bit more.

• Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
• March 12, 2015

A Fla. helo crash and 11 missing; Carter visits Ukrainian war hero – in Bethesda; Why the investigation into Hoss Cartwright is stalled; Boeing and Saab, besties over a bomb; Another AF Tweeter oopsy; And a bit more.

• Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
• March 11, 2015

Locklear on the shortlist; Outrage over Republicans' Iran letter; A VA manager: “oh my goodness;” Lippert feels “pretty darn good”; Get unconfused about general-speak; And a bit more.

• Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
• March 10, 2015

An assault on Boko Haram; Dempsey in Iraq; Is IS fraying?; The Navy doesn’t need any more money; Check out what was in the carry-on of a North Korean envoy; And a bit more.

• Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
• March 9, 2015

U.S. strategy in Iraq increasingly based on Tehran; Where are all the women at Aspen Security Forum; Eight Rs and three Ds want WH to do more on Ukraine; And a bit more.

• Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
• March 6, 2015

After knife attack, Lippert will “sailor on”; Carter: Everybody STFU?; The betrayal of an elite Marine commando unit; Different spanks for different ranks?; And a bit more.

• Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
• March 5, 2015

The fall of King David; Austin wasn’t surprised about Tikrit; Dempsey leans forward on Ukraine; No ‘stache for Welsh; A reception for Turner; And a bit more.

• Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
• March 4, 2015

Kendall warns about U.S. stockpiles; Allen handicaps the war; Dempsey on budget: no margin left for error; Defense One hires Peniston; What’s Barney style?; And a bit more.

• Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
• March 3, 2015

Overnight: a military op in Tikrit; Mosul delayed; Is mil retirement system too sweet? Better know a Sunni, Shiite; Too soon? SNL’s ISIS skit; And a bit more.

• Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
• March 2, 2015

On Ukraine, Clapper is on board; 75 days with no fatality; North Korea gets antsy; FUDD: “Now, easy for a woman;” And a bit more.

• Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
• February 27, 2015

Arming Ukraine wouldn’t solve everything; Jihadi John, revealed?; Fear not cyber-Armageddon; Carter’s special dinner; Swenson was investigated; And a bit more.

• Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
• February 26, 2015

NATO Commander: US Lethal Aid to Ukraine Won’t Stop Russia

NATO’s Gen. Philip Breedlove told lawmakers U.S.-supplied lethal aid to Ukraine’s military would not stop Russia, though it might help ‘change its calculation.’

• Ben Watson
• February 25, 2015

Ukraine to buy weapons from the UAE; Vets support the VA’s McDonald, who’s sorry; American missionary kidnapped in Nigeria; How dumb does Susan Rice look? (her words); And a bit more.

• Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
• February 25, 2015

Carter says no major strategy change necessary now; Frank Kendall to talk Ukraine; CIA expands its cyber ops; How many troops does the ANSF need?; And a bit more.

• Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
• February 24, 2015