I get the fortunate opportunity to travel around the country and talk with firefighters from many organizations. The conversations can include topics such as what we send on a first alarm to policy ...

Our fighting men and women are ready for the repeal of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, according to a Pentagon study released Tuesday. The only potential downside is “some limited and isolated ...

In explaining his tweeted announcement that transgender Americans will not be allowed to serve in the U.S. military “in any capacity,” President Trump cited “the tremendous medical costs and ...

KNOCKING DOWN THE ‘UNIT COHESION’ ARGUMENT…. I’ve never heard a good argument for excluding patriotic, physically-able American volunteers from serving in the Armed Forces, simply on the basis of ...

Anna Simons thinks the full integration of women into ground combat units, and especially special operations units, is a terrible idea. The reason she offers is simple – men and women really like each ...

FORT DRUM, N.Y. (Dec. 1, 2023) -- Members of Fort Drum Directorate of Emergency Services took a teeth-chattering dip into the icy waters of Remington Pond on Dec. 1. The intent wasn’t to freeze, but ...

Russia is making "incremental gains" in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region with a senior U.S. defense official telling reporters Friday that Russian morale "remains a problem" for Moscow. "We keep ...

In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, foreign policy journal editor Mackubin Thomas Owens argued against repealing a ban on gay men and lesbians from serving openly in the military by claiming it would ...

Every now and then the news serves up two disconnected events that cast a stark and telling light on each other. That happened in the past week. Event No. 1: Friday’s release of a Pentagon report on ...

Banks with thousands and tens of thousands of employees shudder when dozens or hundreds of demonstrators display their resentment of "Wall Street" and when surveys show that lots consumers dislike or ...

I am a heterosexual male with a wife and four children. I spent 12 years in the United States Marine Corps. In that time I served with three men and eight women I know of who were gay. None of them ...