Trump Taps Marine Maj. Gen. David Bligh as Navy’s New Top Lawyer
Bligh’s not your typical Pentagon paper-pusher—he’s the kind of guy who knows how to draft a legal brief in the morning and call for close air support by noon.
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Trump and Hegseth Fire Judge Advocates General of the Army, Navy and Air Force
The removal of the military’s top legal officers marks a necessary realignment of the Pentagon’s priorities, ensuring that legal counsel supports rather than obstructs the mission-focused leadership needed for a stronger, more effective armed forces.
What Special Forces Means to the Real First Female Green Beret
Captain Katie Wilder was the Army’s first female Green Beret. In this exclusive interview, she reveals what it took to become an operator.
Exclusive: Army and Special Forces Leadership Throw Decorated Operator Under the Bus
The pair of MH-60 Blackhawks roared past the target building. One of the birds came into a hover, and operators started fast-roping. Time was of the essence. They were supposed to have hit this target some minutes before. The ISIS cell leader that was inside might have already left. An MH-47 Chinook carrying the blocking […]
Innocent until proven guilty: Will the Marines clean up their JAG Corps?
Following the decision of Admiral Bob Burke, the Vice Chief of Naval Operations, to investigate the Navy Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps’ leadership and performance, the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Richard V. Spencer expanded the investigation to the Marine Corps’ JAG as well. According to a Navy Times article, military attorney Lt. Col. Robert […]
Second Navy SEAL charged with war crimes, goes to court
The second Navy SEAL implicated in war crimes allegations in Iraq has gone to court. Lieutenant Jacob “Jake” Portier, who commanded Alpha Platoon, SEAL Team 7 in a 2017 deployment in Iraq—the same unit to which Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher belonged—has been accused of dereliction of duty because he didn’t properly supervise Chief Gallagher […]
The honorary Chinese paratrooper
I received some odd assignments as assistant adjutant of the 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) in the fall of 1962. I supervised the carving of a large pair of parachute wings out of ice for a formal ball. I ordered the names of officers departing from the Group headquarters engraved on boxes of dessert bronzeware […]
Navy’s top lawyer accused of illegally targeting SEAL commandos
The Navy’s top lawyer stands accused of unlawfully meddling in criminal cases targeting America’s elite commandos, and that includes being grilled by attorneys seeking to overturn the rape conviction of a Coronado-based Navy SEAL who had been deemed not guilty by his admiral and other officers. Legal experts consulted by The San Diego Union-Tribune agreed […]
E-2C Aviators Awarded Medals for Valor in March Mishap
Lt. Cmdr. Thomas Browning, Lt. Cmdr. Kellen Smith and Lt. Matthew Halliwell were presented the award for reacting in time to prevent the loss of an E-2C aircraft during a March mishap on the USS Eisenhower. The Navy awarded the Armed Forces’ Air Medal yesterday to the three E-2C pilots from the VAW-123 Screwtops for a 18 […]
Afghan Heroin and JAG Witch Hunts: Afghanistan Lost, Again
So what determines victory in Afghanistan? If you asked me after 9-11, my answer would have been simple and probably shared by a lot of SOF operators. Answer=Disrupt a prolific terrorist training network (that we put in place) and capture or kill Bin Laden. We could learn a bit from the Romans, they would not […]
