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Bradley Peniston

Deputy Editor

Bradley Peniston
Bradley Peniston is deputy editor of Defense One. A national security journalist for two decades, he helped launch Military.com, served as managing editor of Defense News, and was editor of Armed Forces Journal. His books include No Higher Honor: Saving the USS Samuel B. Roberts in the Persian Gulf, now part of the Chief of Naval Operations' Professional Reading Program.
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Today's D Brief: 500-ship Navy?; USAF chief, USMC commandant, interviewed; Russian info ops, blocked; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Today's D Brief: FBI: Russia helping Trump; Chinese jets buzz Taiwan; America’s declining reputation; Readers pick top natsec problems; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Today's D Brief: More Gulf states warm to Israel; USAF recruiting dips; Mystery drones buzzed THAAD site; DFCs for wildfire missions; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Today's D Brief: China’s growing power; Russia’s Facebook infowar; Fort Hood shakeup; New Zealand under cyber attack; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Today's D Brief: Another civilian dies amid protests; Administration cancels intel briefings; Su-27 crosses B-52’s nose; More troop cuts in Iraq?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Today's D Brief: Injury toll rises from US-Russian collision; China’s missile tests; More Guard sent to Wisconsin; Space Force’s new uniform; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Today's D Brief: Russians rammed US vehicle, injuring troops; Teenager charged with killing protestors; Arson suspected in warship fire; ‘Heat ray’ used at border; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Today's D Brief: Gunman kills two during protest; Airstrikes in Somalia; US evicts Chinese researchers; CIA backs satellite-thruster firm; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Today's D Brief: Guardsmen deployed amid new protests; Taliban claim truck bomb; UAE cancels US-Israel meet; Shipbuilding future; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Today's D Brief: No evidence of vote-by-mail fraud; COVID at 2-month-low; New Taliban tactics; BIW strike ends; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Pompeo confirms Russian bounty warning; Harris’ foreign policy; Israel, UAE make up; US mail sorters are disappearing; and a bit more...

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Featured eBooks

National Security and Election 2020
Special Operations Technology
The Future of The Army
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US retreats in Iraq; USAF helo takes fire over Virginia; Naval standoff between NATO allies; COVID deaths hit 3-month high; and a bit more...

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Kamala Harris on national security; Belarus crackdown; Seoul funds an aircraft carrier; That Russian vaccine; and a bit more….

  • Kevin Baron and Bradley Peniston
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Russia touts untested vaccine; Protests rage as Lebanese PM quits; Yet another new SOLIC chief; DoD frees 5G freqs; and a bit more...

  • Kevin Baron and Bradley Peniston
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Lebanon, imploding; COVID window, closing; China, emboldened; Giant ice shelf, collapsed; and just a bit more...

  • Kevin Baron and Bradley Peniston
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Today's D Brief: Trump bans 2 Chinese apps; Iran-Contra figure back to Iran; ‘Last hurdle’ for Afghan peace talks; Dire COVID prediction; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Today’s D Brief: U.S. cuts secret deal to drill Syrian oilfields; State IG quits; Saudi nuke-fuel plant, revealed; Trump campaign punished for misinfo; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Today's D Brief: 157,000 Americans have died from COVID; Port explosion ravages Beirut; Army plans laser battalion; Trump’s vote-by-mail reversal; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Today’s D Brief: 200 U.S. soldiers to Poland; Russian tensions escalate in Minsk; ‘Detainee crisis’ in Syria; SOS in the Pacific; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Today’s D Brief: WH end-runs Senate to install defense policy chief; ISIS claims deadly attack in Afghanistan; GPS alternative; TikTok, Trump, Microsoft & China; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston