by Dave Patterson | Apr 24, 2024 | Articles, Good Reads, International, Opinion
The Defense Department is considering sending more military advisers to Ukraine. For many, it will come as a surprise that America already has advisers on the ground in that war-zone. With the US Senate passing a $95 billion foreign aid package yesterday, April 23, it...
by Dave Patterson | Apr 5, 2024 | Articles, Editor's Choice, Military Affairs, Opinion
With President Joe Biden’s defense budgets decreasing, another critical weapons program is becoming unaffordable. Cost management of America’s nuclear triad is particularly vulnerable to intense scrutiny, demanding the tightest cost controls. Unfortunately, the US Air...
by Dave Patterson | Mar 18, 2024 | Articles, Military Affairs, Opinion
On March 11, the Biden administration sent its Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 President’s Budget Request (PBR) to Congress. Within the whopping $7.3 trillion proposed in outlays is the defense budget. The request for a base funding level of $850 billion for defense is in...
by Dave Patterson | Jan 8, 2024 | Articles, Good Reads, Military Affairs, Opinion
The Pentagon was without a resident Defense Secretary for almost a week – and no one knew. According to reports from inside the beltway, the highly unusual situation was made all the more peculiar because Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III was in the hospital, and...
by Dave Patterson | Dec 29, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Military Affairs, Opinion
The Biden national security team is learning a hard lesson the hard way. Forming an international force to patrol and defend a body of water takes leadership, a clear objective, and a willingness to take the fight to the enemy. The US, up to this point, has done none...