By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – November 30, 2022 This is consistent with other surveys. Pew Research this year noted a 14-point drop since 2020 in Americans who said they had a great deal of confidence in the military to act in the public’s interest. The Reagan poll asked Americans what is driving the decline. It isn’t the ability...

By: Jerry Hendrix – nationalreview.com – October 22, 2022 In the penultimate scene of this year’s theatrical hit Top Gun: Maverick, after Tom Cruise’s Maverick and his intrepid flight of attack pilots hit their target and climb out of the steep valley in which it was located, the commanding admiral, played by Jon Hamm, announces, “Now we’re in coffin corner,”...

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – October 4, 2022 The missile test was the 23rd this year, the highest annual pace ever. It follows a threat to respond to the recent resumption of U.S.-South Korea military drills. Tuesday’s launch was also the longest to date at more than 2,800 miles, a reminder that North Korean missiles have the range...

Pentagon Threatens to Punish Navy SEALs for Refusing to Violate their Faith

Service members in the U.S. Navy are facing terrible living conditions and are, in some cases, unable to leave the military as their religious objections to the COVID vaccine are stalled in the courts.

A new court document reveals a top Navy Admiral said he knew of no cases where COVID-19 had adversely impacted operations, despite requiring SEALs to be vaccinated, even with religious objections.

When Russia attacked Ukraine, “experts” said the country would fall within days. It hasn’t. One reason is that the Russian military wasn’t as effective as people thought. Another is that Ukrainians surprised the world by courageously defending their country.  

This week, First Liberty filed a federal lawsuit seeking a temporary restraining order on behalf of several Air Force service members, who were being punished because they requested a legal, religious accommodation to the military vaccine mandate.

Vladimir Putin has warned he will use nuclear weapons against the West if anyone interferes in Ukraine.

By: Robert C. O’Brien – wsj.com – April 19, 2022 The idea that in 2022, a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council would use nuclear weapons to conquer a neighboring country is unthinkable. Yet here we are. For months, Russian officials and commentators have been rattling their nuclear saber and touting Moscow’s doctrine of “escalating to de-escalate”—in other...