Arizona Republic's take on Paris attacks

Opinion

Everybody wanted to visit the wounded soldier. I wanted to be left alone.

The athletes, actors, and officers meant well, but a soldier injured in Iraq just wanted time with his wife.
My little sister is deployed in the Middle East. Her base was hit.

In this commentary for The War Horse, the sister of a U.S. airman deployed to the Middle East describes staying connected through a spreading war zone.
El Nino is a threat indicator. The military should treat it like one.

The weather forecast for the second half of 2026 is giving the DoD something commanders rarely get before disruption arrives: months of notice.
How defense bureaucracy is driving elite warfighters out of the military

An unexpected driver is forcing elite operators to hand in their uniforms: a broken defense healthcare policy that penalizes their special-needs children.