by Dave Patterson | Jan 31, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Military Affairs, Opinion
There has never been a shortage of faintheartedness in the Pentagon. But the Biden administration’s Defense Department has honed timidity into an art form. Case in point, a recently leaked memorandum from the Air Mobility Command’s (AMC) leader, four-star General Mike...
by Dave Patterson | Jan 13, 2023 | Articles, Military Affairs, Opinion
A couple of days after an ISIS-K suicide bomber killed 13 US service members at the Hamid Karzai International Airport’s Abbey Gate in Kabul, Afghanistan, the Biden administration announced a drone strike had killed what was thought to be a terrorist planning another...
by Dave Patterson | Jan 11, 2023 | Articles, Military Affairs, Opinion
No one should be surprised that the newly seated Republican-led Congress will go after frivolous government programs. With $847 billion in defense appropriations packed into the $1.7 trillion FY2023 Omnibus Appropriations Bill passed at the end of December, there is...
by Dave Patterson | Dec 12, 2022 | Articles, Opinion, Politics
Congress is giving the American taxpayers a warning. It is once again not going to do its job. The United States is currently operating under a Continuing Resolution (CR), a stopgap funding bill passed in September because Congress could not pass an appropriations...
by Dave Patterson | Nov 17, 2022 | Articles, Military Affairs, Opinion
A recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report revealed that US military aircraft aren’t ready to fly combat missions. The problem isn’t new. The study covered the past 11 fiscal years. Defense Department program managers were quick with...