Mattis as defense secretary: What it means for us, for the military, and for Trump
Mattis vs. Trump: Some big differences.
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Military crime roundup: West Point, Louisiana NG, naval attaché in Manila
I was thinking the other day that I haven’t seen a lot of interesting military crime stories lately.
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Flynn appears in: He’s no Kissinger, but neither is he a worn-out Capitol Hill hack
The rap on him in the intelligence world is that he is great tactically but clueless strategically.
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An Army officer reviews ‘Hacksaw Ridge’: A good story but much unneeded carnage
Mel Gibson is back on a redemption tour.
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Do military working dogs have the power to perform weddings for service members?
Sure they do!
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How to do this ‘innovation’ thing
Everyone in the defense world is into innovation these days. But how is it done?
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To do better in the Middle East, listen less to our hearts and more to our experts
Even the world’s most experienced job coach won’t prepare Trump and his coterie for the havoc the Middle East can wreak on a presidential agenda.
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Was Ft. Necessity really ‘a death trap’ foolishly chosen by George Washington?
I keep on reading that allegation but I wonder if it is really correct.
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Will the generals obey Trump?
No, if he orders nuclear war. Yes, if he asks them to fiddle at the margins.
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What now? How the military taught me to survive having an uncertain leader
Will Trump be a pragmatic leader, or someone who lurches from one hasty, uninformed decision made solely on gut instinct to another?
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Thomas E. Ricks covered the U.S. military for 20 years for the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post. He is the author of five books about the military.
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