Category: Expert Analysis

Commander Naval Air Forces (CNAF) 3 Star Admiral Mike Shoemaker says readiness is not the issue for recent mishaps. That seems to be a difficult argument to make. VADM Shoemaker spoke to an audience at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. Thursday. He laid out the Naval Air Forces’ current readiness […]

The point is you get to do something almost no one else in a society gets to do. Service is awesome – it just is. There’s heartache that does and can go along with it.

A sterile bubble, when compressed small enough to fit in truck, accompanied with enough CO2 to the fill the bubble walls to provide structure. The interior would be sterilized, collapsed and packaged for deployment and ready for re-inflation. It would need to be the size of a standard bedroom, 10 feet by 10 feet. This could deployed in less than 60 seconds. Then a team could bring in sterilized equipment while ensuring that the patient is prepared for surgery.

I’ve been asked if I was allowed to leave my base on the weekends. I sat in a job interview and explained the core function of the work of an OD-A. I even sat in a congressional interview and detailed how language in the NDAA has an effect at the end user level, based an experience of mine. In every instance, the interviewer wasn’t aware that I had the experiences I explained.

Endurance sports and rucking may be tough on your body, but they represent a form of emotional training that’s rarely matched in other training methods.

It’s important to remember that – you’re still a cog in the wheel. It’s easy to become lost in your sense of entitlement because someone has deemed you worthy of selection, before others. But, to get through you have to go all the way, which is further than most.

The online-trained, minimum-wage security guard might help your grandma cross the street safely, but isn’t ideal when shit hits the fan.

In fact, it appears that Syria had a robust army after all. They never received U.S. training. How much does third party training do for a nation without a strong national identity. The Iraqis do not feel as though they have a country.

Russia is delivering components of the advanced S-300 Surface to Air Missile (SAM) system to Iran.  Proliferation of this system from Russia to Iran will fundamentally alter the strategic balance of power in the Middle East according to Senior Naval Analyst Chris Harmer. FighterSweep sat down with Chris Harmer, Senior Naval Analyst (nonresident) for the Institute for […]

There are going to be more jobs in the digital space than there are people to fill them. In fact, if you can and want to – double down on STEM for your G.I. Bill – if it’s up in the air. Because open job postings with STEM skills take longer to fill.

As our own Brandon Webb deplaned Sunday night and set foot on American soil following a presumably enjoyable Euro-trip, all hell broke loose. Word spread that there was an active shooter, and for all passengers to take cover. According to multiple reports, including Webb’s own account, and a NY Post article that had a couple […]

What will the sixth generation fighter look like? It may not quite follow the logical progression in fighter technology. The sixth generation fighter is going to be incredible. It will be fast, sleek, super stealthy and carry a payload like no other fighter platform before it. It’s going to look like a cross between a Stealth […]