Members from each of the four services offered their insights into how to build a balanced joint force at Wednesday's final panel session at the Joint Warfighting Conference. They may be coming at it ...

Major Gen (Retd) Jim Molan is author of Running the War in Iraq. Sam Roggeveen asks an interesting question: if you face an uncertain strategic future, how do you structure a defence force? Any threat ...

The Army has released its new Modernization Plan 2012, providing a comprehensive look at how its fiscal 2012 budget will support key priorities such as maintaining a flexible force and meeting ...

We need a balanced force focused on defending vital U.S. interests, not a top-heavy force geared to fight the last decade’s wars. Christopher Preble is vice president for defense and foreign policy ...

A tidbit on the testing front in this election-news-heavy week: An Iowa task force has recommended that the state use the Smarter Balanced assessment in 2016-17. In an interview with Education Week in ...

One of Gov. Rick Perry's campaign staples last year was that America would be a far better place if it were more like the Lone Star State — limited government, fewer taxes, sensible regulation and, of ...

Cutting military spending is hard but not impossible. Nearly every secretary of defense has canceled or truncated popular weapon systems, often in the face of opposition from senior military leaders ...