I get the fortunate opportunity to travel around the country and talk with firefighters from many organizations. The conversations can include topics such as what we send on a first alarm to policy ...

In explaining his tweeted announcement that transgender Americans will not be allowed to serve in the U.S. military “in any capacity,” President Trump cited “the tremendous medical costs and ...

Our fighting men and women are ready for the repeal of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, according to a Pentagon study released Tuesday. The only potential downside is “some limited and isolated ...

In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, foreign policy journal editor Mackubin Thomas Owens argued against repealing a ban on gay men and lesbians from serving openly in the military by claiming it would ...

As the claim goes, servicemen and women might be uncomfortable serving alongside soldiers who are openly gay, and that discomfort means a unit may not function as it should. It’s better, the argument ...

Every now and then the news serves up two disconnected events that cast a stark and telling light on each other. That happened in the past week. Event No. 1: Friday’s release of a Pentagon report on ...

Anna Simons thinks the full integration of women into ground combat units, and especially special operations units, is a terrible idea. The reason she offers is simple – men and women really like each ...

Russia is making "incremental gains" in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region with a senior U.S. defense official telling reporters Friday that Russian morale "remains a problem" for Moscow. "We keep ...

What Held Ancient Armies Together? Following an introduction, the nine papers in this collection, all by well-regarded scholars, address different ways in which cohesion could develop, uniting the ...

FORT DRUM, N.Y. (Dec. 1, 2023) -- Members of Fort Drum Directorate of Emergency Services took a teeth-chattering dip into the icy waters of Remington Pond on Dec. 1. The intent wasn’t to freeze, but ...