A U.S. military base in San Antonio, Texas, issued an active shooter warning on Wednesday and ordered all personnel to implement lockdown procedures, according to a message on the facility’s official Twitter account. Emergency responders were working with the local police to locate more than one shooter at the Joint Base San Antonio Lackland and…
San Antonio Base Locked Down for Hour After Gunfire Reported
SAN ANTONIO—An Air Force base in San Antonio was placed on lockdown for about an hour Wednesday after military officials said gunfire was reported near a base gate. Two gunshots were reported heard coming from outside Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland onto the base about 11:50 a.m., said Lt. Col. Brian Loveless, 802nd Security Forces Squadron…
Celebrating Our Heroes on Armed Forces Day
Commentary Every third Saturday in May, America comes together to celebrate Armed Forces Day in honor of the brave men and women who serve in the U.S. military. May 15, 2021 is the 71st anniversary of the establishment of Armed Forces Day. This commemorative holiday was established by President Harry Truman in 1950 following the passage…
In Service of Progressive Values, US Military Has Become Detached From Reality
Commentary To mark International Women’s Day on March 8, U.S. President Biden honoured women in the U.S. military. “We’re making good progress designing body armour that fits women properly; tailoring combat uniforms for women; creating maternity flight suits; updating—updating requirements for their hairstyles,” he boasted. Maternity flight suits? The idea provoked Fox News host Tucker…
Sen. Cotton Challenges the Left’s Psy-War Assault on the US Military
Commentary The psychological-warfare attack—its script straight from the Antifa/Black Lives Matter version of the Cold War’s Marxist playbook—began in January when the predictable chorus of hard-left hacks in academia, media, and government vilified the American military with toxic allegations calculated to demoralize military personnel, sow destructive institutional suspicion, and undermine command authority with the goal…
Carlson’s Criticism of US Military Policy Was Intended to Help
Commentary As the esteemed classicist and military historian Victor Davis Hansen recently wrote, the “U.S. military has turned its wrath inward on Fox News host Tucker Carlson.” “Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin expressed his ‘revulsion’ after Carlson questioned the role of women in combat. Keeping women mostly out of combat has been the U.S. military’s…
Ignoring Even One Shattered Norm Endangers the Civilian-Military Relationship
Commentary It took New York City 10 long years for them to welcome home Vietnam War veterans officially, gratitude they were denied in 1975 primarily because of the deep fracture in trust between civilians and the U.S. military during and after that war. The ticker tape parade held in 1985 had over 1 million people…
Why Is Our Military Choosing New Enemies?
Commentary The U.S. military has turned its wrath inward on Fox News host Tucker Carlson. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin expressed his “revulsion” after Carlson questioned the role of women in combat. Keeping women mostly out of combat had been the U.S. military’s centuries-long orthodoxy until just a few years ago. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby…
The Implications of China’s PLA Declining to Meet With the US Military
January 18, 2021
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Commentary Amid heightened tensions in the South China Sea, U.S. and Chinese military chiefs held talks on crisis communication via a teleconference on Oct. 28 and 29 last year. A subsequent Chinese report said that China would continue to act consistent with initiating “no conflict or confrontation.” The U.S. Department of Defense also mentioned the Crisis…
US Nuclear Arsenal Needs Replacement, Not Update: STRATCOM Chief
Adm. Charles Richard, the Chief of the United States Strategic Command (STRATCOM), said on Tuesday that a planned modernization program for the U.S. nuclear arsenal would compel a re-examination of the nuclear strategy. The Admiral’s comments were made after reports said a Biden administration may cut a $1.2 trillion nuclear-modernization plan. “Basically, it’s going to drive you…
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