Pete Hegseth’s Wrecking Ball to the U.S. Military — and Why It’s Exactly What We Need

This week, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth did something extraordinary: he swung a wrecking ball into the bloated bureaucracy and reminded 800 generals that their job is not to manage feelings — it’s to win wars.

DACOWITS: 74 Years of Social Experimentation and Blood Soaked Outcomes

The Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS) billed itself as a “voice for progress.” In reality, it became something far more dangerous: the longest-running social science experiment on the backs of America’s fighting men and women.

How to Sell Ice to Eskimos (and Wars to Americans)

As an ORSA math geek, I was the Army’s personal calculator monkey. My job? Crunch the ROI on our advertising campaigns. Translation: I figured out if dropping $62+ million a year on slapping Army logos onto NASCAR stock cars was actually convincing anyone to trade their Budweiser for a Beretta.

Army XM7 – If It Ain’t Broke, The Army Will Fix It Anyway

Why the New .277 Fury May Be the Greatest Logistical Disaster Since the MRE Omelet The U.S. Army is rolling out its first major service rifle redesign since 1965—yes, you read that right. The M16/M4 platform has been around longer than disco, and just like disco, it still works surprisingly well if you know how …

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Mac Daddy: The General Who Never Cut the Apron Strings

Helicopter moms? Bulldozer moms? Please. Douglas MacArthur had the original stealth bomber mom. While most West Point cadets sweated through inspections and hazing with nothing but their wits, MacArthur had his mother, Mary “Pinky” Hardy, living full-time at the Thayer Hotel, overlooking the Academy grounds.