Ideas

After a Month, Just 900 DHS Employees Have Received COVID Vaccine

Some 53,000 agency employees are eligible for early access.

  • Eric Katz
Ideas

Urgent Job Opening: US Navy Secretary

The chaos and uncertainty atop the sea service is undermining national security.

  • Brent D. Sadler
Ideas

How to Root Out Extremism in the US Military

Start by figuring out how pervasive the problem is.

  • Heather Williams
Ideas

If Austin Is Serious about Preventing Sexual Assault, Why Is Hyten Still Vice Chief?

The Air Force general was never cleared of nine alleged incidents of unwanted sexual contact.

  • Don Christensen
Policy

Biden Orders New Review of Sexual Assault Policies in Military

Combatant commanders are to send plans and best practices within two weeks.

  • Kevin Baron
Exclusive Policy

Here’s Who Will Be Running the Pentagon When Biden Takes Office

Dozens named in the most comprehensive roster published to date of who will be running DOD when the president-elect is sworn in.

  • Katie Bo Williams
Ideas

Keep Politics Out of National-Security Advisory Boards

Trump’s appointment of loyalists to a DOD board sets a dangerous precedent.

  • Karen Tandy and Sarah Morgenthau
Ideas

How to Turn General Austin Into Secretary Austin

Some advice from the author of “The Nearly Impossible Job of Secretary of Defense.”

  • Charles A. Stevenson
Ideas

Train Troops to Use Social Media More Effectively

It’s a tool, like any other. We may as well know how to use it.

  • Madison Sargeant
Ideas

Confirm Austin, But Retire Milley

We’ve seen the harm that comes when the Pentagon’s civilian and military chiefs are too closely aligned.

  • Douglas Ollivant
Threats

US Army Disciplines 14 Soldiers, Creates New Duty Status After Murder

The steps follow the conclusion of one of several inquests into the April murder of Spc. Vanessa Guillen.

  • Ben Watson
Ideas

How Biden Can Help Warriors Save Warriors

Make a call, take a call, and be honest — it could help save a life.

  • Frank Larkin
Threats

Krebs Unloads About Trump’s Election-Fraud Claims

The former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency worries that his firing will hurt the recruitment of future leaders.

  • Mariam Baksh
Ideas

Mapping China’s Sprawling Efforts to Recruit Scientists

Beijing’s high-profile Thousand Talents Program is a tiny piece of a broad national strategy to build military and economic advantage.

  • Emily Weinstein
Ideas

Biden Has Many Good Choices at SecDef

I’m rooting for Flournoy, but she’s not the only one who would do well.

  • James Joyner
Ideas

Tapping Flournoy as SecDef Would Be a Really Big Deal

A natsec black belt and outstanding leader, the former policy undersecretary would also be uniquely positioned to implement some long-overdue personnel changes.

  • Janine Davidson
Science & Tech

US Army Wants Data Analytics to Spot ‘Emerging Tech Leaders’

The Army plans to issue a call later this month through its Small Business Innovation Research program.

  • Aaron Boyd
Threats

Coronavirus Cases Are Spiking at Federal Agencies

More than 100,000 federal personnel have now tested positive for COVID-19, with some agencies experiencing acute upticks.

  • Eric Katz
Policy

Rolling Back Trump's Workforce Policies Won't Be Simple

President-elect Biden has vowed to rescind on his first day a series of Trump-era directives aimed at weakening federal labor unions and politicizing the civil service, but repairing the damage could take much longer.

  • Erich Wagner
Threats

Pentagon purge continues; Still no evidence of election irregularities; Worst COVID day since March; Virtual flight-test for a nuke; and a bit more...

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
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