Obama’s New Defense Strategy: Less of the Same
The President traveled across the river to the Pentagon today to preview a new defense strategy to chase down falling defense budgets. Obama was quick… Read More
The President traveled across the river to the Pentagon today to preview a new defense strategy to chase down falling defense budgets. Obama was quick… Read More
The U.S. military has already contributed more to debt and deficit reduction than any other federal agency. Speaker of the House John Boehner (R–OH), recently… Read More
The echo chamber of Washington is hard at work. The consensus is growing that the U.S. military will need to aim for a slimmer but… Read More
Tomorrow starts the 11th year that U.S. military forces will be fighting in Afghanistan. Even though President Obama twice “surged” U.S. troops on the ground… Read More
The U.S. Navy has approved contracts to finish building the hulls of the second and third ships of the Zumwalt class of guided-missile destroyers being… Read More
The chief of Russia’s air force announced this week that the PAK FA, Russia’s fifth-generation stealth fighter, will enter service in 2015. This would be… Read More
During a joint press event today in Washington, the Secretaries of Defense and State agreed that politicians must tackle the elephant in the room to… Read More
Hoping to reverse the trend of “enormous [defense] cuts” ahead, House Armed Services Readiness Subcommittee chairman J. Randy Forbes (R–VA) held a hearing on the… Read More
According to two top officials, the Navy is operating at an “unsustainable” pace for its current force structure. At a House Armed Services Committee hearing… Read More
The Heritage Foundation would like to wish a Happy Birthday to the United States Army. Two hundred and thirty-six years after its founding, the United… Read More
At his confirmation hearing today, Defense Secretary nominee Leon Panetta argued that the Cold War of the 20th century had been replaced by a “blizzard”… Read More
President Obama on Wednesday announced $400 billion in defense cuts between now and 2023. But in reality, defense budgets have already been cut, are being… Read More
Supporting America’s armed forces in times of war and peace is a fundamental obligation of government as part of its responsibility to provide for the… Read More
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates just returned from a visit to China after the recent restoration of military ties between the two countries. While he… Read More
Politicians looking for places to save money after an era of spending binges are now set to solve their self-made problem on the back of… Read More
They are called Leathernecks, Devil Dogs, Gyrenes, Jarheads, and more. The 235-year legacy forged in tradition and sacrifice inspires every warrior who has earned the… Read More
Ask the average American about the strength of our nation’s defense, and the answer may surprise you. According to a poll earlier this year, Americans… Read More
Today, the 235th birthday of the U.S. Navy, Heritage thanks all of America’s sailors and their families, retirees, and veterans. On October 13, 1775, Congress… Read More
As a nation, we shouldn’t have to choose between defense and education. Yet, in a recent ABC News This Week roundtable, the President’s top political… Read More
In the coming months, lots of people will be cranking up their computers and burning up the airwaves with commentary on the just-announced departure of… Read More
Having canceled nearly 50 major programs in last year’s defense budget, the secretary of defense is making another run at finishing off the C-17 and… Read More
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America’s Navy sails alone. It’s impossible to compare the U.S. Fleet to the rest of the world’s navies, because the United States has a singular… Read More
This weekend, the secretary of defense called for additional spending cuts to keep the defense budget flat for the future. But flat budgets aren’t always… Read More
In NRO’s symposium today, Clifford May notes that Iran’s leaders will view the Nuclear Posture Review “as one more sign of a weakening America,” and… Read More
On Wednesday, President Obama praised America’s servicemembers for their remarkable response to the crisis in Haiti. He included the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps,… Read More
A recent Gallup poll shows that Americans see the U.S. as the world’s top military power now but doubt whether this will be true in… Read More
This week, the U.S. Air Force presented its revised request for proposals for the new KC-X tanker aircraft. Industry now has 60 days to submit… Read More
The Pentagon’s major strategy known as the Quadrennial Defense Review was released this week. It immediately drew praise from the New York Times’ editorial titled “The… Read More
We’ve all heard the statistics that many of the U.S. Air Force’s young pilots fly the same planes their fathers and grandfathers flew in Vietnam…. Read More
The United States is a maritime nation. The military is the nation’s guarantor of freedom of the seas and protector of global sea lines of… Read More