Will Time’s Person of the Year Be Edward Snowden?
In a few short weeks, Time Magazine will announce its 2013 Person of the Year. The past choices of the …
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A War Poem for Veterans Day
To commemorate Veterans Day we decided to showcase a poem from World War I veteran Siegfried Sassoon. “The War to …
Operation Accolade: Churchill’s Folly and the Dodecanese Campaign
The war within the war between the United States and Great Britain regarding strategy against the Axis (concentration of force …
The Rescue of Danish Jews
Since its one-day conquest on April 9, 1940, Denmark had been a relatively quiet backwater among the nations conquered and …
Former Congressman Ike Skelton Dead At 81: Was a Longtime Advocate for Professional Military Education
Ike Skelton, who represented Missouri’s 4th Congressional District for 34 years, died Monday, Oct. 28, at 81. Skelton held a …
DARPA’s Cyber Grand Challenge Aims to Stop Cyber Attacks Before They Start
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has always thought big. The Cyber Grand Challenge (CGC), DARPA’s latest endeavor to …
NSA Eavesdropping: We’ve Always Spied on Friends, and Always Will
In the spring of 1929, the new Secretary of State under President Herbert Hoover learned that tucked away in New …
PANAMAX and UNITAS 2013: Life in the Sequester
These are hard times for the U.S. military, which has been facing not only planned force structure and acquisition cuts, …
What If…? Armageddon 1962 Documentary Has an Alternate Take on History
The sad reality for writers and members of the media like myself, is that 99.99 percent of what we do …
Seventy Years Later, Relics of South Pacific Fighting Still Powerful
As an astronaut in Earth orbit I spent every spare moment I could scrutinizing the lovely face of our planet, …