Articles by: Bradley Peniston

To the Army for its sexual assault prevention program that has been exposed for what it is: a box-check policy with no bite. How else to explain that three years after the …

“Five times in the last 90 years, the United States has disarmed after a conflict: World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam and then the Cold War,” testified Defense Secretary Robert …

Military bases and the nuclear deterrent are key to reinvigorating the U.S.-Japan alliance

Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda’s recent decision to step down in the face of implacable indecision in Tokyo has …

To Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis for expunging the term effects-based operations (EBO) from Joint Forces Command’s doctrine. In a memo, the JFCom commander makes a clear case against EBO and its …

The current U.S. housing crisis — with suddenly skyrocketing interest rates and unexpectedly large payments for homeowners coming due — holds some lessons for defense budget planners.

The Defense Department finds itself …

Much like the world’s oceans, space is now a medium that enhances and reinforces the power of the U.S. military.

However, the nature of this medium, combined with the process by which …

Who should declare war: the president or Congress?

When President Truman ordered U.S. troops to Korea in 1950, he was the first U.S. president who didn’t get authority from Congress before starting …

Critical anti-submarine warfare skills must be restored

After the end of the Cold War in 1991 and until recently, anti-submarine warfare (ASW) was generally neglected by the Navy. One reason for this …

TO THE NAVY, for its next-generation destroyer flip-flop. Having spent 13 years and $10 billion in research and development, the Navy reversed course and decided the DDG 1000 program wasn’t right for …

E-mail overload degrades military decision-making

If a technological or biological weapon were devised that could render tens of thousands of Defense Department knowledge workers incapable of focusing their attention on cognitive tasks …