The Mission of the Institute is to provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write in order to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to national defense.
More than half of America’s veterans say they have little or no understanding of the benefits due them, despite efforts over recent years to match returning soldiers with the help and services they need.
With six weeks left in the year, the Army and Navy are reporting record numbers of suicides, with the Air Force and Marine Corps close to doing the same, making 2012 the worst year since careful tracking began in 2001.
The Marine Corps is forming the first squadron of pilots to fly the next-generation strike fighter jet, months after lawmakers raised concern that there was a rush to end the testing of an aircraft hit with technical problems.
Pakistan is secretly racing to develop its own armed drones, frustrated with U.S. refusals to provide them, but is struggling with a lack of precision munitions and advanced targeting technology.
After two days of silence, the top general in Afghanistan says he will “fully cooperate” with the investigation into communications he had with a socialite at the center of the military’s sex scandal.
Marines are using their own experiences in transitioning out of the Corps to help fill gaps in the system and to remind their comrades that the brotherhood doesn’t end once they’re out of uniform.