Nothing endures but change. A Greek philosopher noted over two thousand years ago that nothing is permanent except change. The Marine Corps is an excellent example of this axiom. As a result of internal and external factors, the Marine Corps is continu…

On June 22, the United States launched precision airstrikes as part of Operation Midnight Hammer against Iran’s nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan. In the wake of those strikes, President Donald Trump said the operation…

On June 1, Ukraine caught Russia off-guard with a bold series of drone strikes against five air bases inside of Russia. Weeks later, Israel initiated its ongoing air campaign against Iran’s nuclear program with an equally cunning attack on Irania…

States use intelligence to inform their strategic decisions — and to influence their friends. Israel has a long history of passing secret intelligence to the United States in order to win its support, and according to multiple reports, it is tryi…

Whether the United States defines China as a global threat or a predominantly regional one will have pervasive implications for U.S. alliance and deterrence strategy in Europe and the Indo-Pacific. The second Trump and Biden administrations agree on a …

As another carrier strike group steams to the Middle East and F-35 squadrons position themselves in the region with tankers, the American people should think hard about whether President Donald Trump is allowing the Middle East to overshadow blinking r…

A few days ago, I put on my favorite blue sports jacket for a graduation ceremony. My “Retired: Soldier For Life” lapel pin is always affixed to it. I’m proud of that pin and what it represents.My 41 years of service are a fraction of…

Is the Defense Department still preparing to fight biological warfare as if it’s 1970?When preparing for biological warfare, most nations picture scenarios in which an enemy openly sprays traditional agents over wide areas to kill their adversari…

Ukraine shocked the world (and the Kremlin especially) when it launched a surprise attack with over a hundred kamikaze drones smuggled into Russia and delivered by unwitting Russian truck drivers to locations near sensitive military bases. If Kyiv&#821…

Over a year and a half after the Oct. 7 attacks, the Israeli government is embroiled in an unprecedented institutional clash with the nation’s internal security agency, also known as Shin Bet. For the first time in the country’s 77 years, t…