Pentagon Arctic Strategy Aims to Enhance U.S. Presence, Exercise More Often
The High North remains the “shortest and least defended threat sector” to the U.S., the deputy commander of U.S. Northern Command said Tuesday.…
Opinion: Thinking Weapons Are Closer Than We Think
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has constructed a neuromorphic device—the functioning structure of a mammalian brain—out of artificial…
Hagel on Budget: ‘We are Living in a World of Complete Uncertainty’
The Pentagon has issued a budget that hopes to sidestep mandatory sequestration cuts as part of a larger Obama administration…
Report: Changes in the Arctic
From the March 28, 2013 Congressional Research Service report: The diminishment of Arctic sea ice has led to increased human activities…
Document: Joint Publication One
From the March, 25 2013 publication: Joint Publication 1, Doctrine for the Armed Forces of the United States, is the…
CBO Report on DoD Reductions
From the March Congressional Budget Office report on Pentagon spending cuts: In 2013, the Department of Defense (DoD) faces an…
Report: Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Modernization
From the March, 15 Congressional Research Service report: Coast Guard polar icebreakers perform a variety of missions supporting U.S. interests in…
Low Cost Ship Options for U.S. Navy’s Drug War
The U.S. Navy is examining low-cost high-speed ships to replace aging surface ships in U.S. Southern Command’s fight against drug…
Hagel Orders New Defense Review
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel is tasking the Pentagon with reexamining the U.S. military’s strategic assumptions in a more fiscally…
Opinion: Don’t Short The Coast Guard’s New Cutter
The U.S. Coast Guard has in place ambitious programs to revitalize the U.S. cutter force to meet the daunting requirements…
Memo: Coast Guard to Cut Operations by 21 percent
The Coast Guard plans to reduce surface and air operations by 21 percent and defer depot level maintenance due to…