“[W]hoever holds the Arctic, holds the world. I think it is the most important strategic place in the world.” –...
Dave Patterson
National Security Correspondent
National Security, the Defense Budget, and You: A Primer (Part 2 of 2)
Remember how the first part of this series outlined the disciplined and structured process to develop the Defense...
National Security, the Defense Budget, and You: A Primer – Part 1
Building the Defense Budget Tired of binge-watching Netflix? Exhausted by trying to find the progressive...
Does NK’s Balance of Power Shift With Kim’s Health?
The wires hummed with news that the North Korean dictator and “blessed leader” Kim Jong-un was critically ill...
Coronavirus Action Delayed by Lack of US Intel Sources in China?
The U.S. government may not have leaped into action upon hearing the warnings of an impending pandemic. Yet,...
To Be Effective in Battle, You Have to Get There
It seems simple enough: Being there requires getting there. Since the United States first engaged military...
Intelligence Community Says It Warned of Coronavirus – It Didn’t
Former members of the Intelligence Community (IC) are lining up to say, “We told you so, a pandemic is coming.” ...
Coronavirus Has Changed the World – What About the DOD?
Will the Coronavirus pandemic change the way the Department of Defense (DoD) operates? Recently, media...
The USS Theodore Roosevelt Affair: Only Questions Remain
When the commander of a deployed aircraft carrier is relieved in the middle of a medical crisis on board his...