Best Defense
Thomas E. Ricks’ daily take on national security.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Texas couple paid almost $4 million by Army for setting up what looked like an official recruiting website
The Army said it would pay for the names of potential recruits, sometimes as much as $2,000 per. So this couple, no dummies, set up an official-looking site, “OfficialArmy.com.”
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 New U.S. military history journal
You can e-subscribe for free. So go ahead. I did.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 ‘Homeland’ and reality: Carrie at Langley
Tom Ricks shares a passage from Robert Grenier’s 88 Days to Kandahar: A CIA Diary.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Iran now running the war in Iraq
I know some people say they are welcome to it. But it does seem a shame simply to have the U.S. play the middle parts of the job Iran began back in the 1980s.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Micro-communities: A climbing example
FP columnist Tom Ricks explores how micro-communities encourage healthy competition.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The post-Amos Marine Corps: A big sigh of relief & hopes for a change of course
Best Defense guest correspondent looks at the future of the Marine Corps.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 An unusual war cartoon
Tom Ricks found an unusual cartoon about a marine in Iraq.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Last thing I didn’t know: The decline in the age of U.S. generals in War of 1812
Between 1812 and 1814, the age of American generals dropped from 55 to 34.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 War is still ‘a racket’
The United States of America is in a state of perpetual war, which requires perpetual war spending. The reason for this is simple: money and power.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Hendrix vs. McGrath: A heavyweight bout on the future of the aircraft carrier
A retired Navy commander suggests a balanced naval fleet for a balanced approach.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Containing the Middle Eastern conflict: The danger of long-term mutation
When it comes to conflict in the Middle East, there's a high risk of mutations changing their course.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The coming fall of the house of ISIS
The chinks in ISIS’s armor are already starting to appear and it is only a matter of time before ISIS is defeated.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Foreign policy establishment figure calls for firing the Obama foreign policy team
A former member of Carter administration is calling for a total makeover of Obama's foreign policy team.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Food wars: New Zealand edition
Two fishing vessels suspected of illegal fishing in Antarctic waters are refusing inspections by the New Zealand navy.
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