First Liberty represents more than 35 U.S. Navy SEALs whose careers and livelihoods are being threatened with punishment, involuntary separation or even court-martial. Why?

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – October 18, 2021 Most Americans believe the U.S. has the world’s most dominant military, but that dominance is ending. The report that China has tested a new hypersonic missile should alert the country to the growing danger. “China tested a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile in August that circled the globe before speeding towards its...

China’s development of a hypersonic weapon shouldn’t surprise us.

The highest echelon of the U.S. military is becoming dysfunctional. There are too many admirals and generals for the size of the current U.S. military.

China continues to provide reminders of the threat.

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – September 28, 2021 President Biden hopes the political fallout from his botched Afghanistan withdrawal will fade quickly, but Tuesday’s Senate hearing with the secretary of Defense and two top generals doesn’t cast his decisions in a better light. The hearing underscored that the President acted against the advice of the military in yanking...

Deterrence is the ancient ability to scare somebody off from hurting you, your friends or your interests — without a major war.

Under federal law and DOD regulations, service members have the legal right to seek a religious accommodation from any duty or requirement — including vaccines — that substantially burdens their sincerely held religious beliefs.

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – September 12, 2021 “The United States has pulled every lever available to us to facilitate the departure of these charter flights from Mazar,” a State Department spokesman said Thursday, adding that “we were very clear” they should be allowed to leave. This helplessness is humiliating, and across Afghanistan a massive tragedy is unfolding....

By: Michael R. Gordon, Gordon Lubold, Vivian Salama, & Jessica Donati – wsj.com – September 5, 2021 In June, as security worsened in Afghanistan, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan began to raise questions about the rapid pace of U.S. military withdrawal. The Pentagon was planning to pull out the bulk of its force and shut Bagram air base by early...