CRS Report: U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF): Background and Issues for Congress
Special Operations Forces (SOF) are elite military units with special training and equipment that can infiltrate into hostile territory through land, sea, or air…
Council on Foreign Relations Report: Trends in U.S. Military Spending
From the report Aug, 22 2012: Military budgets are only one gauge of military power. A given financial commitment may be adequate or inadequate…
Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background and Issues for Congress
The planned size of the Navy, the rate of Navy ship procurement, and the prospective affordability of the Navy’s shipbuilding plans have been matters…
Document: Report to Congress on Yemeni Security Crisis
The following is the March 26, 2015 Congressional Research Service report, Yemen: Civil War and Regional Intervention.…
Civil War Sailors Will Be Laid to Rest Today in Arlington
The remains of two unknown sailors from the Civil War’s most iconic sea battle will be buried in Arlington today in ceremony marking the…
Document: Pentagon, Department of Navy Fiscal Year 2015 Sexual Assault Reports
The following is the May 5, 2016 Department of Defense Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Report on Sexual Assault in the Military and the Department…
Document: Letter from Senate ICBM Coalition to Chuck Hagel
The following is a Sept. 26 letter sent from the Senate ICBM coalition to Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel.…
Document: CBO Cost Estimate of the House FY 2017 NDAA
The following is the May 4, 2016 cost estimate from the Congressional Budget Office on the House Fiscal Year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act.…
Britain’s Anti-ISIS Strategy: More Air Strikes in Syria , No Ground Troops
Britain’s Minister of Defense detailed steps his government is taking to show it is “bringing the full force of the Royal Air Force to…
Shutdown: Without More Funds Veterans Could Lose Benefits as Early as November
Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki told the House Veterans Affairs Committee on Wednesday he would have to deliver bad news to more…
Ambassador: Solving Migration Crisis Key to European Security
Security in the Atlantic requires security in Mediterranean, and that means addressing the root causes of the European migration crisis, Italy’s ambassador to the…
Video: Littoral Combat Ship Sioux City Launches
The following is a Jan. 30, 2016 video of the Littoral Combat Ship Sioux City (LCS-11) launching from the Marinette Marine shipyard in Marinette, Wis.…