John Byron

Captain John Byron reviews The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War, and Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War

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In the wake of the Army's shut-down of a master sergeant's military blog, frequent milblogger "Rubber Ducky" cries foul.

Surface, submarine, and naval air detailers lord over the Navy like great apesbut do they have the best interests of the Navy at heart?

Not long ago, the U.S. military was in terrible shape. How do we know? Because people now in high places said so.

The Navy is becoming irrelevantunless it is reshaped for two essential missions ahead.

The Navy is big business, and business has valuable lessons for our Navy.

The world has changed. Sea control is out. Power projection is in. our future fleet must make the transition to sea-based land warfare—and cheaper ship alternatives—if it is to remain ...

We need new goals for our space ventures and new technology to achieve them.

What follows is a compendium of axioms and aphorisms sure to bring glory and happiness to naval officers who seek out their wisdom. On the Profession & One's Posture as ...

Naval officers are an ethical lot. Altruistic and motivated toward the good, they do their best to do their jobs well. But they are drifting slowly from base course, letting ...

The late Brazilian statesman Roberto Campos often said sarcastically, "It is less important to find solutions than scapegoats." This spirit seems to have informed some recent submarine force decisions involving ...