Thomas E. Ricks | Foreign Policy

Our untapped resource: Junior enlisted

By Thomas E. Ricks
July 27, 2017 - 10:00 am

Here’s one of our biggest military secrets: The greatest untapped resource in the Marine Corps is the E-1 to E-5 community.

Book excerpt — national security advisor at war: McMaster as a colonel in Iraq

By Thomas E. Ricks
July 26, 2017 - 10:10 am

In sum, he basically was the first commander to get things right in Iraq.

Last man standing: McMaster for NSA?

By Thomas E. Ricks
July 26, 2017 - 10:00 am

I think Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster will be the next national security advisor. Like Vice Adm. Bob Harward, General David Petraeus reportedly has withdrawn over the issue of being able to bring in his own staff.

“Dunkirk”: A curious war film

By Thomas E. Ricks
July 25, 2017 - 10:23 am

“Dunkirk” isn't anti-war in the traditional sense; it's an anti-war film in that it is unlike most war films.

An enlisted Navy sailor tackles suicide

By Thomas E. Ricks
July 25, 2017 - 10:00 am

There’s a good, serious article in the February issue of "Proceedings" about how the Navy could deal with suicide better.

A powerful attack on the Marine Corps leadership — by a serving Marine captain

By Thomas E. Ricks
July 24, 2017 - 9:39 am

There is a powerful article in the February issue of the Marine Corps Gazette by Capt. Joshua Waddell, a company commander in the 1st Marine Division. It is so heartfelt that it kind of jumps off the page.