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How one Navy reservist’s bright idea could make mobilizing easier
An app invented by reserve Lt. Cmdr. Jonathan Calhoun will allow reservists to fill out their mobilization paperwork on their phone.
By Diana Stancy
Dave Dilegge, the ‘grandfather of urban warfare studies,’ has died
A former Marine, he was the editor behind the Small Wars Journal, a online publication that was a must-read for anyone interested in counterinsurgency operations during the Iraq-and-Afghanistan era.
By Howard Altman
Goldfein: Air Force cargo planes moving coronavirus test kits; seven airmen have the disease so far
An Air Force C-17 flew 500,000 COVID-19 test kits from Italy to Memphis International Airport in Tennessee on Monday.
Lawmaker floats Boeing squeeze play for troubled KC-46
House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee Ranking Member Rob Wittman, R-Va., said the Air Force should pressure Boeing by accepting only the minimum number of tankers.
By Joe Gould
Minivan accident kills beloved Navy doctor
He started his Navy career as a Seabee.
The Navy’s Ex Ex and a legacy of military naturalists
On Aug. 18, 1838, the Exploring Expedition led by Navy Lt. Charles Wilkes embarked on a world cruise of scientific discovery. He fit well into a class of armed scientists, military naturalists who rose to prominence in the 18th and 19th centuries.
By Richard Conniff, HistoryNet
With a $150 million price tag, Navy’s CIC simulators now running on both coasts
Officially, it’s called the “Combined Integrated Air and Missile Defense and Anti-Submarine Warfare Trainer” and it started teaching sailors on Monday.
By Mark D. Faram
NSA mystery case reaches the end, with many unanswered questions
A Navy veteran, Harold Martin was a contractor for the National Security Agency. His arrest followed news of a devastating disclosure of government hacking tools by a mysterious internet group calling itself the Shadow Brokers.
Do the floods suggest a national security threat from climate change?
The military has warned in a series of reports under past administrations that climate change is a security threat on many fronts.
GOP and Democratic leaders work together to buttress Wisconsin shipbuilder
State politicos are spending millions to help land billions from the Navy's new frigate deal as shipyard shifts away from LCS construction.
Trump picks Army Chief Gen. Mark Milley as next top military adviser
The president made the nomination official in a Saturday morning tweet.
By Deb Reichmann