Military Reform

How to Take Proper Aim at a Target Rich Environment

David Isenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congressional Oversight, Pentagon, Military-Reform, National Defense, Pentagon Budget, Business News
David Isenberg

Without question, the U.S. Department of Defense is -- from both an accountability and cost-effectiveness perspective -- the most dysfunctional department in the executive branch.

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Letter to Obama Deficit Commission: Make the Pentagon Accountable

Winslow T. Wheeler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pentagon, Military-Reform, Deficit, Defense Spending, Department of Defense, Deficit Commission, Defense Budget, Politics News
Winslow T. Wheeler

Advocates of continuing DOD budget growth are loath to point out that holding the Pentagon's base budget at the 2010 level is actually a $900 billion increase over the pre-war year 2000 spending.

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This Pentagon Needs Watching

Winslow T. Wheeler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pentagon, Military-Reform, Ashton Carter, Robert Gates, Defense Budget, Air Power, Aviation Plan, F-35, Politics News
Winslow T. Wheeler

There are fundamental and widespread problems in the design and acquisition of the F-35, and the Pentagon's acquisition system continues to hurtle down the road of ruin.

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The Undoing of Gen. T. Michael Moseley: A Cautionary Tale About the Military/Industrial Complex

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Dod, US Military, Thunderbirds, Hornburg, Military, Favoritism, Air Force, Nuclear Missiles, Waste, Military-Reform, Edward Shipley, Secretary Wynne, Justice Department, Military Contracts, Veterans, T. Michael Moseley, Politics News
Reese Schonfeld

This tale recounts the interwoven fate of an Air Force Chief of Staff, potentially disastrous handling of nuclear weapons, and a financial advising company with more than 300,000 military personnel as investors.

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