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Bradley Peniston

Executive Editor

Bradley Peniston
Bradley Peniston is executive editor of Defense One. A national security journalist for a quarter-century, he helped launch Military.com, served as managing editor of Defense News, and was editor of Armed Forces Journal. His books include No Higher Honor: Saving the USS Samuel B. Roberts in the Persian Gulf (Naval Institute Press, 2006), which has been recommended by the Navy's Professional Reading Program and the U.S. Coast Guard's doctrine guide. Contact him on Signal at bradp.56.
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The D Brief: Accountability watch; Golden Dome options; WH pursues Ukraine’s minerals; EU suggests stockpiling food; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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The D Brief: More Yemen-chat details released; Troops patrolling border; Ukraine ceasefire broadened; Army’s gear overhaul; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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The D Brief: SecDef’s OPSEC fail; Natsec team’s debate, revealed; SecNav confirmed; Counterterror efforts cut; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Pentagon’s use of commercial telecoms draws scrutiny after Chinese breaches

DOD inspector general plans three-pronged inquest at senators’ urging.

  • Bradley Peniston
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The D Brief: Green light for ‘F-47’; 2nd destroyer sent to border; Mapping China’s Taiwan threat; US envoy parrots Kremlin; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Audrey Decker
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The D Brief: Musk visits Pentagon; NGAD decision?; Navy’s frigate mess; Germany ups spending; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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The D Brief: COCOM consolidations?; DOD rehiring fired civs; Militarized border zone mulled; Defining cognitive warfare; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Today’s D Brief: Trump takes Putin’s offer; ‘Dogfighting in space’; DOD’s personnel bottleneck; PLAN drones, on video; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
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The D Brief: ‘Shift’ in Iran policy; Israel pounds Gaza; Ukraine’s all-drone attacks; Russian ops on NATO soil; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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The D Brief: Strikes in Yemen; Border destroyer; DOGE vs. nuclear-security agency; ‘Buy Europe’ campaign; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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The D Brief: DOD ordered to reverse firings; Trump presses annexations; Putin declines quick ceasefire; F-35 uncertainty; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
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The D Brief: DOD workforce, whipsawed; Russia cool on ceasefire; Industrial-policy nom; Gitmo migrants sent back to US; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
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The D Brief: US, Ukraine seek ceasefire; DOD’s climate denial; Armor data falsified; Army retention woes; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
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The D Brief: Allies mull nukes; Syrian breakthrough?; Base-refineries proposal; Judge demands DOGE records; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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The D Brief: Ukraine’s intel quandary; Pentagon’s civilian firings; Speedier-software policy; Russia’s military horses; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Eric Katz
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The D Brief: Russia pounds Ukraine; Trump disavows NATO principle; Europe talks nukes; DOGE’s oops; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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The D Brief: Deportation costs; DOGE cuts; Pressure on Ukraine; Campaign-planning AI; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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The D Brief: Trump’s speech; DOD firings begin; Intel-sharing, paused; Court scuttles foreign-aid freeze; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
Policy

Weld, baby, weld: White House to create an ‘office of shipbuilding’

Trump wants America to bend steel and build like it used to.

  • Lauren C. Williams and Bradley Peniston
Policy

At least one Pentagon agency has begun firing probationary workers

The Defense Logistics Agency has begun dismissing its share of the Defense Department’s 5,400 targeted employees.

  • Lauren C. Williams and Bradley Peniston