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For a brief period of time, I had the honor of serving under General Raymond T. Odierno in Iraq. He was, without question, one of the finest officers I ever worked for—sharp, grounded, and with a great sense of humor that managed to shine through even in the worst of times.
As a West Point graduate, I’ve seen plenty of books take shots at the Academy. West Point: America’s Power Fraternity (1973) by K. Bruce Galloway and Robert Bowie Johnson, Jr. might be the loudest, crankiest one of the bunch.
I entered the Army in July of 1993, before President Clinton’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” experiment. Back then, the military was still primarily about blowing holes in things, breaking enemy armies, and defending the Republic. Then slowly, like a frog in a pot, the Pentagon began feeding the social science laboratory every “good idea” — except the good ideas about how to win wars.
You’d think that the world’s most powerful military, with a budget larger than the GDP of some countries, could manage something as simple as a car pool. But no — welcome to the Department of Defense, where each branch guards its motor pool like it’s the nuclear launch codes.
In recent remarks, the idea of using American cities as “training grounds” for active-duty military forces was floated. While I firmly back the President’s resolve to secure this nation, we must also be clear-eyed: there are limits that every officer—whether O-1 or O-10—must know. Crossing them is not just a political issue, but a constitutional one.
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.
Leave it to bored NCOs in Iraq — a handful of clever sergeants with too much time and just enough sarcasm managed to send the entire U.S. Army chasing its own tail with two little words: Warrior Companion.
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.
Military Whistleblowers : Warnings from America’s Finest, is a 3-Part Series where David Cloft explores the Military Industrial Complex. Today, Part III, Anthony Zinni and Wesley Clark: Generals Who Warned of Empire
Military Whistleblowers : Warnings from America’s Finest, is a 3-Part Series where David Cloft explores the Military Industrial Complex. Today, Part I: Smedley Butler: The Marine Who Exposed War as a Business
Beneath the gleaming brass and West Point swagger was a man whose loyalty had clear limitations, especially when it came to the very troops who had bled for him.
The Pentagon isn’t focused on warfighting anymore. It’s obsessed with DEI quotas and social-engineering experiments. “Representation” is now more important than readiness.
The U.S. Army has lost its edge — not because of the troops, but because of the brass. There are now more general officers on active duty than there are infantry companies in the field. Think about that
How and why have China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran not only survived but advanced their strategic priorities at the expense of ours?
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.
Apparently the brainstorm du jour is to rebrand the Department of Defense back to the Department of War. Cute. Retro chic. What’s next — reviving the draft with bell bottoms?
In Washington, few topics guarantee funding quite like military suicide prevention. Stand up in a committee hearing and say you want to “save lives,” and the check practically writes itself.
Iran is running out of water. This is a route to foment an insurrection against the mullahs.
Since the All-Volunteer Force started in 1973, the Army decided the best way to fill ranks was… marketing. Not rigorous recruiting, not showing the realities of military life
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 …