Brian Everstine, Air Force MagazineThe Pentagon’s review of its force structure in Africa, and likely reduction in deployed personnel, is already meeting harsh pushback on Capitol Hill even before the review is completed.Defense Secretary Mark Esper h…
Jonathan Klug, War RoomWhen Germany invaded Poland in 1939, tensions between the United States and the Axis Powers spiked, presenting the U.S. Navy with daunting challenges, including the prospect of a nightmare scenario of facing a two-ocean naval wa…
Al-MonitorThe Pentagon is considering sending additional missile defenses and other capabilities to the Middle East to defend American troops in the wake of Iranian ballistic missile strikes in Iraq Jan. 8.While Iranian ballistic missiles fired at Ain…
Richard Sisk, Military.comOne of the Army’s advisory Security Force Assistance Brigades (SFABs) will be headed to the Pacific for the first time as the Pentagon once again tries to draw back from the Middle East and confront China and Russia, Army Sec…
Megan Eckstein, USNINThe Navy will put a laser weapon on a Littoral Combat Ship for the first time this year, amid efforts to boost the LCS’s lethality and to develop and field a family of laser systems.USS Little Rock (LCS-9) will receive a laser wea…
Bradley Bowman, et al., DefNThe Iranian regime fired 16 ballistic missiles into Iraq on Jan. 8 at bases housing American troops. With no ballistic missile interceptors in range, U.S. forces could only watch and wait for impact. While no American or co…
Nick Childs, IISSAs major navies seek to redefine the idea of a balanced fleet’ to grapple with changing strategic challenges and technological change, many are sure to be watching how the United States Navy’s plans continue to take shape in 2020, Nic…