Author: MYLIFE

We’ve long expressed our admiration for Ralph Peters. In a military culture still dominated by careerists and organization men (and women), Peters stood out as an original thinker, unafraid to…

It remains one of the “hallmarks” of Jimmy Carter’s disastrous presidency; the “Hollow Force” of the late 1970s, when U.S. military readiness fell to precipitous lows, limiting our response options…

Federal officials have issued an alert to the nation’s airports, asking them to look for possible terrorists, practicing to carry explosive components onto aircraft. According to authorities, the warning was…

Iran’s nuclear power plant at Bushehr (Reuters) A few months ago, we noted a rift between Iran and Russia over the nuclear power plant at Bushehr, which is being built…

C-17 Globemaster III (U.S. Air Force image) Three members of the Senate claim that the Pentagon may have violated acquisition rules, by encouraging Boeing to order additional parts for its…

A recent posting on an adult web site is causing a stir in the Iraq War Zone. And no, this isn’t another example of a military member who’s posed nude…

C-7 Caribou (GlobalSecurity.org) Many Vietnam-era veterans can tell stories of “white knuckle” flights in the back end of a C-7 Caribou, the small, twin-engine transport that performed yeoman service in…

Burlington, Iowa rail bridge across the Mississippi River, one of the seven “high traffic” rail crossings of that waterway (Wikipedia). In the wake of last night’s tragic bridge collapse in…

The Enola Gay on the ramp at Tinian in August 1945 (Wikipedia). Sixty-two years ago today, a B-29 nicknamed Enola Gay set off on its appointment with destiny. In its…

According to the Jerusalem Post, Iran has begun series production of its “new” Lightning close-air-support fighter. We placed that adjective in quotation marks for obvious reasons. Standard definitions of what…