SecurityCommentary
A Fleet Built Too Late Is a Fleet Built to Fail
“We are also going to resurrect the American shipbuilding industry,” President Donald Trump declared in his address to a joint session of Congress on March… Read More
SecurityAnalysis
From Woke to Warfighting: How Pete Hegseth Can Fix the Pentagon
Decades of social engineering have transformed America’s armed forces, prompting concerns about the Pentagon‘s warfighting capabilities and politicized culture. It’s the reason President-elect Donald Trump… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Biden Is Building a Military Based on DEI and Wokeness. It Needs Merit and Preparedness.
The military is rightly understood as an apolitical institution, managed on the basis of merit, yet accountable at the highest level to democratically elected civilians…. Read More
SecurityCommentary
Biden’s Big Bet on Military Abortions Falls Flat
Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, President Joe Biden has made it a top priority to use any and all… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Don’t Be Fooled: This Bill Is Mostly Ukraine Aid
The U.S. military needs to husband its resources so that it has the ability to protect America’s core national security interests. Because of the unparalleled… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Defense Expert: America’s Ability to Defend Itself Declining as Result of Several Bad Choices
The United States military’s ability to defend this nation and her interests is declining by choice, and that is creating unacceptable risk, according to national… Read More
SecurityCommentary
70 Years After Korean War Armistice, Are Americans Still Willing and Able to Fight Today’s Threats?
Now more than ever, the U.S. military needs young Americans to step up and serve: While the nation faces ever-increasing threats from China, Russia, and… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Biden’s Woke Crusade Undermines Military Readiness
Joe Biden has been on an all-of-government cultural crusade since his first day as president. He has caused a great deal of division in our… Read More
SecurityNews
Defense Department ‘Drastically Shifted Off Course,’ Rep. Mike Waltz Says as Military Readiness Panel Reports
America is facing “the most serious and alarming recruiting and retention crisis that we’ve seen since Vietnam,” Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., said Thursday at a… Read More
SecurityNews
Readiness Cuts Mean No Jumps for Some Paratroopers
Facing deep cuts to defense spending, the U.S. Army must keep some of its most elite paratroopers on the ground. This marks an entry on… Read More
SecurityNews
Armed Services Struggle Under Cuts: Defense Review Doesn’t Provide Solutions
The recent Strategic Choices Management Review (SCMR) issued by the Department of Defense makes some alarming predictions about future readiness, such as the possibility of… Read More
SecurityNews
Defense Department’s Strategic Review Will Leave the Nation Less Safe
“The entire sequester, hitting defense and non-defense, was bad policy when lawmakers passed it, it was bad policy when they let it begin, and it… Read More
The White House’s Dangerous New Nuclear Weapons Strategy
Last week, President Barack Obama announced his next initiative on nuclear weapons reductions, calling on Russia and the U.S. to reduce actively deployed nuclear warheads… Read More
ICBMs Continue to Be an Important National Security Asset
The U.S. Air Force recently stripped 17 officers of their authority to control and launch intercontinental-range ballistic missiles (ICBMs) after inspections indentified potential problems that… Read More
News
Air Force to Ground 1 in 3 Aircraft Over Budget Concerns
Just days before President Obama released his fiscal year (FY) 2014 budget request, the Air Force reported that it will have to ground one-third of… Read More
The Danger of Defense Cuts: North Korea Just a Reminder
Amidst increased sequestration cuts and North Korean threats of hostility, U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel expressed deep concern on Thursday over the increased danger… Read More
Morning Bell: Heritage Experts Analyze the State of the Union
President Barack Obama laid out an ambitious agenda last night. Here are some highlights of our experts’ analysis of his claims, his plans, and his… Read More
Navy Acknowledges Growing Readiness Concerns
The Navy has acknowledged its budgetary concerns and is hedging for further cuts by laying out priorities and describing what will be hit hardest, according… Read More
The Media Kerfuffle over National Guard Troops in New York
On Tuesday, Wired chastised the New York Army National Guard for its decision to continue to send 450 guardsmen to a training exercise in Missouri… Read More
Armed Services Committee to Question Administration on Sequestration Report
This Thursday, the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) will hold a hearing on sequestration’s impact on defense and national security in light of the Sequestration… Read More
A Homeland Security View of Readiness
In the past, readiness simply meant the status of U.S. military might. Today, however, national security readiness requires a much broader definition that includes not… Read More
