To the F-35 program for an apparently rousing start to sea trials for the Marine Corps’ B variant.

After two weeks and dozens of short takeoffs and vertical landings, the test aircraft …

To the Coast Guard for its inability to speak clearly.

Certainly, the other military services — and indeed, most complex organizations — labor under the handicaps of bureaucrat-speak and the fuzzy thinking …

Give reservists and guardsmen a true path to joint qualification

Active-duty officers have long been required to earn their joint qualifications before pinning on a flag officer’s stars; it’s time to help …

Planners cling to battle-tested doctrine, but the world is changing

Most American military specialists know about Stonewall Jackson and Ulysses S. Grant, but not many study the Duke of Wellington and his …

What the PLA’s language school says about China’s strategic direction

China watchers searching for clues to Beijing’s strategic direction generally look for changes in government policy, diplomatic liaisons or force realignment. Here’s …

To Leon Panetta for speeding up the effort to ready the Pentagon’s books for a proper audit.

In congressional testimony Oct. 13, the defense secretary called the Department of Defense’s plan for …

How Iraq and Afghanistan forced Britain to rethink COIN

John Nagl, with his book “Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife,” seemed to be ahead of his time in contrasting the British …

First, Myers referred to “the alliance’s lackluster performance” in Libya. Clearly, national contributions to the NATO operations have varied. However, it may well turn out that NATO’s strategy in Libya — limited …

To the National Reconnaissance Office for developing a pair of effective anti-insurgent technologies — and then telling people about them.

In a breakfast meeting with reporters, NRO Director Bruce Carlson offered a …

Why ‘unmanned systems’ don’t shrink manpower needs

The promise of robots, intelligent machines and other kinds of autonomous systems has often been described as replacing humans in various kinds of jobs — …