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Airman’s death sparks debate over race, gun rights and self-defense
Roger Fortson's death reignited a complicated debate about who's typically afforded deference when claiming self-defense in shootings and who isn't.
Army promises big investment in child care over the next five years
Leaders also promised to unveil in coming months a 10-year plan to overhaul the entire child care system.
Dispatch from Rome: On hope and COVID-19
After all this time, everyone would much prefer to be outside.
By Robert Bruce Adolph
Dispatch from Rome: Former Theodore Roosevelt skipper should be praised, not pilloried
I was twice fired by the United Nations from senior supervisory positions: Both times for insisting that there are occasions when my first loyalty is to staff and mission ahead of allegiance to superiors.
By Robert Bruce Adolph
Dispatch from Rome: You can’t win a war with half-measures
Although initially slow-off-the-mark, Italy rightly came to treat the pandemic like a military conflict.
By Robert Bruce Adolph
Dispatch from Rome: Trying to make sense of the COVID-19 numbers
My wife and I, already three weeks into self-isolation, remain in Rome under government-mandated pandemic protocols.
By Robert Bruce Adolph
Dispatch from Rome: More advice from a retired SF officer locked down in COVID-19 ravaged Italy
My wife and I, already three weeks into self-isolation, remain in Rome under government-mandated pandemic protocols.
By Robert Bruce Adolph
US transfers Q-West airfield to Iraqi forces citing progress in fight against ISIS
“The Qayyarah base served as a strategic launching point for the ISF [Iraqi Security Forces] and Coalition during the Battle of Mosul. In particular, the base serves as a hub for the Iraqi air force, who continue to deliver lethal strikes on Daesh bed-down locations."
By Shawn Snow
Army closing recruiting stations because of coronavirus, moving effort online
The Army became the first military service to do so.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press and Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Training in Iraq halted, smaller bases consolidating some coalition troops homeward bound over COVID-19 concerns
“The Coalition remains committed to the lasting defeat of ISIS through our partnership with the ISF, and as the situation permits, we will resume our support to Iraqi training."
By Shawn Snow
Quarantines in Afghanistan may slow down US withdrawal, meanwhile deployments there on pause
“We continue to execute the ordered draw down to 8600."
By Shawn Snow