The future of the Marines, which has been hotly debated ever since Defense Secretary Robert Gates referred to it as our “second land army” days after he announced the closure of Joint Forces Command, may well lie more in the air than on the sea. If you want to glimpse that future you could look… Keep reading →

The Coast Guard plays important roles combating piracy and keeping America’s shores safe, but unless the President is an alchemist and can turn words into money, the service soon won’t be able to do what Congress says it must do. There is no military area where gap between words and deeds yawns wider than in… Keep reading →

WASHINGTON — The battle over the defense budget took a new turn, with The New York Times issuing a rare lead editorial about defense in which it called for steep cuts to some of the Pentagon’s biggest weapons programs. In reply, one of the most senior House experts on defense rebutted the paper’s call for… Keep reading →