Editor's Note

Taking the rest of the day off for some badly needed R&R. Regular blogging will return later tonight.

Afghanistan War News Updates -- April 30, 2011

PANJWA'I PATROL - U.S. Special Operations service members and Afghan National Army commandos patrol a village during a clearing operatio...

World News Briefs -- April 30, 2011

Royal Wedding Honeymoon: William And Kate Leave For Honeymoon By Helicopter -- The Telegraph Married life began for newlyweds William and Ka...

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- April 30, 2011

The U.K. Pays The Cost For Carrier Aviation -- DoD Buzz The Royal Navy’s pending class of two aircraft carriers, the Queen Elizabeth and the...

What Are Soldiers Reading

Canon Fodder -- Rolf Potts, The New Yorker When allegations surfaced that details in Greg Mortenson’s memoir “Three Cups of Tea” had been fa...

Asia Will Be Heart of U.S. Security Policy

Michele Flournoy, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. Photo from Charlie Rose Engagement, Partnerships Must Guide U.S. Asia Policy -- De...

What's In A Name?

PLAN navy carrier Shi Lang ( ex Soviet Varyag ) China's New Aircraft Carrier: A Menacing Name? -- Global Post History speaks loudly in A...

Picture Of The Day

LOADING UP - U.S. Special Forces team members with Special Operations Task Force South board two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters following a cl...

How Mortars Are Made

Hat Tip : Defense Tech

What Will Be The Impact Of Having General Petraeus At The CIA

Petraeus To The CIA: Surge Superintendent To Spearhead Spooks -- The Economist BIG personnel changes are afoot for President Obama's nat...

Fallen USMC Staff Sgt. Jason Rogers Returns Home To Brandon MS.

From Small Wars Journal : Staff Sergeant Jason Rogers, USMC, returned home Thursday, 14 April 2011, his body borne upon a sea of waving Amer...

Russia Outlines Its Vision Of Missile Defense

ABM. Photo: RIA Novosti Russia Outlines Its Vision Of European Missile Shield -- RIA Novosti Commander of Russian Space Forces Lt. Gen. Oleg...

If Losing, Would Gaddafi Use WMDs?

The question of arming the rebellion in Libya has divided the international community Photo: REUTERS Col Gaddafi Still Has Quarter Of Chemic...

Border Clashes Continue Between Thailand And Cambodia

Thai army tanks travel on a road near the Thai-Cambodia border in Surin province April 28, 2011. ( Sukree Sukplang/Courtesy Reuters ) Thai-C...

Death Of An African Warlord

Coulibaly had refused to surrender when government troops seized the Abobo neighbourhood on Wednesday [ AFP ] Ibrahim Coulibaly: Ivory Coast...

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- April 29, 2011

Anti-government protests have spread across Syria despite weeks of government repression [ Reuters ] How America Must Respond to the Massacr...

World News Briefs -- April 29, 2011 (Evening Edition)

Royal Wedding Passes Without A Hitch As Kate And William Seal It With A Kiss -- The Guardian Considering the huge guest list, the crowds, an...

CBS Reporter Lara Logan Recounts A ‘Merciless’ Assault

Lara Logan Breaks Silence On Cairo Assault -- CBS News Lara Logan feared she would die a "torturous death" during a sexual assault...

Hamas And Fatah Agree To A Unity Government

Abbas Seeks To Allay Fears On Accord With Hamas -- Washington Post RAMALLAH, West Bank — A day after his Fatah movement initialed a reconcil...

With The Appointment Of Petraeus To CIA, Tensions Between The U.S. And Pakistan Are Going To Increase

Gen. David H. Petraeus, center, during the White House announcement that he was being named C.I.A. director. The move will give him direct c...

The Scorpion King

David Codrea is an anti's dream come true. He makes all gun owners look stupid.  [ More ] My pals at Calguns are at it again. You know,...

Unrest In Syria -- News Updates April 29, 2011

Protests Reach Heart Of Damascus Despite Regime Violence [Video] -- L.A. Times Tens of thousands fill the streets of cities across Syria -- ...

Women Can Now Serve Aboard U.S. Attack Subs

The Los Angeles class fast-attack submarine USS Hartford (SSN 768) returns to Naval Submarine Base New London after a month-long surface tra...

How The Arab Spring Changed President Obama's Foreign Policy

Photo : Obama has said that his foreign-policy ideas defy traditional categories and ideologies. Photograph by Martin Schoeller. The Consequ...

North Sudan Threatens South Sudan Over Abyei

Sudan: Bashir Threatens South Over Abyei -- BBC Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir has threatened not to recognise the new state of South ...

So What?

Gun ownership in the nation is at the lowest level ever recorded by the General Social Survey, according to an analysis issued Tuesday by th...

Inside A Nuclear Silo

Nuclear missile launch teams tether cases containing classified documents to their bodies before heading off to their 24-hour-alert shift in...

Snuffy in Suspension

Looks like Snuffy challenged his boss's authoritah once too often. [ Read ] Now if we can just get HAL to cut the power again...

Libya War News Updates -- April 29, 2011

Libyan Forces Clash with Tunisian Soldiers -- Voice of America Forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi clashed with Tunisian soldiers ...

Unrest Grows In Uganda

Uganda Riots Over Kizza Besigye's Arrest -- BBC At least one person has died in riots in Uganda's capital over the treatment of oppo...