Women should be allowed to serve aboard Americas fleet of nuclear submarines, the nation’s top military officer, Adm. Michael Mullen, quietly has told the Senate Armed Services Committee. If the Navy agrees to it, this would be a huge policy change and potentially a significant expansion of career opportunities for female officers and sailors. Women […]
From the monthly archives:
September 2009
Few stories break the heart like Shannon Meehan and Roger Thompson’s Iraq War memoir, Beyond Duty. Meehan, a 1st Cavalry Division tank commander and VMI graduate, may as well have titled it “heavy lies the crown,” as Beyond Duty is the first book I’ve read that fully captures the crushing burden of combat leadership. Meehan […]
Not that many years ago if you wanted to hear a lecture on how wars will be fought by remotely controlled or increasingly autonomous machines you’d probably have to go to a sci-fi convention and sit next to someone with paste-on Vulcan ears. Not anymore. Peter Singer, author of “Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution […]
This article first appeared in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report. Lockheed Martin is working with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems to fly a version of the F-35s stealthy electro-optical targeting system (EOTS) on the Avenger unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in the latter part of 2010. Mounted behind faceted sapphire windows, the mid-wave infrared sensor would reduce […]
Ripped from the headlines at Military.com — I think this is one we can all support… Swedish female soldiers are demanding the military provide them with combat-tested bras, amid complaints that the sports bras they must buy themselves unhook too easily, officials say. Unlike their male counterparts who are provided with military-issue underwear, Sweden’s 500-odd […]
