End, Don't Extend, the Draft
The only fair measure would be to abolish registration and never draft anyone again.
Military
Should Women Be Required to Sign Up for the Military Draft?
Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush, and Chris Christie say OK. Ted Cruz calls it "nuts."
ISIS Is Expanding. Should U.S. Military Bases Abroad Expand Too?
Author David Vine says a growth in overseas bases will damage national security and the economy.
Iran Holding American Sailors Who It Claims Drifted into Its Territorial Waters
This is the sort of contretemps that happens when one's military straddles the globe. It need not be a defining moment for anything.
Bowe Bergdahl, Ayn Rand Fan?
Deserter is reportedly "a truthful but delusional soldier, who identified with John Galt." He faces life in prison.
The US is Heading Toward More Open-Ended War With No Coherent Mission
New bases and new commitments to defend other countries' borders mean "enduring" military conflicts.
Women Can Assume All Combat Roles in U.S. Military, Despite Marine Corps Objections
Gender equality arrives on the battlefield.
Memo to Rubio: We Already Spend Far More on 'Defense' Than Any Other Country
If Congress cut the Pentagon's budget in half, the U.S. would still be "the strongest military power in the world."
How "Militarized" Is Your College?
From Harvard to Duke to Rutgers to University of Phoenix, here's a ranking of top universities favored by the military-industrial complex.
NFL *Says* It Will Pay Pentagon Back for Patriotic Halftime Shows
That stirring multi-million-dollar display of patriotism you saw at halftime was brought to you by...your own tax dollars!
Don't Draft Anybody, But if You Do, Draft Women Too!: Instapundit
A rare moment of agreement for Glenn Reynolds and Barack Obama.
A New Whistleblower Exposes America's Drone Assassinations
Unintended targets listed as 'enemies killed in action' without any actual evidence.
The Pentagon Can't Even Efficiently Waste Money on Blimps
Takes 17 years to spend $2.7 billion on idiotic failed program.
Black Soldiers Were the Real Heroes at San Juan Hill. And They Got No Credit.
Author Jerry Tuccille on Teddy Roosevelt, 'buffalo soldiers,' and the legacy of racism in the military.
Funding the U.S. Department of Offense
Republicans are all hypocrites when it comes to Defense cuts.
Chelsea Manning Threatened with Solitary Confinement over Toothpaste, Magazines
Potential harsh discipline for absurd reasons.
Police Requests for Military Gear Are Not About Fighting Terrorism
Mother Jones reveals hundreds of documents detailing local PDs requests for "combat style weapons, trucks, and armor" from the Pentagon.
The Obama Administration's War on the Press Could Become a Touch More Literal
Pentagon manual calls for potentially treating journalists like 'unprivileged belligerents.'
Conservatarians Rising?
Charles C.W. Cooke on blending elements of the conservative and libertarian philosophies.
Is Obama's War Against ISIS Legal?
The president's rationalization for autocratic military action is a license for unchecked global war.
Rand Paul's Strategic Ambiguity
An unusual foreign policy stance has unusual political perils.
Abolish Secretive Special Ops Forces
For our own safety, we must disband these squads of killers.
Air Force Loosens Up on Showing Transgender Troops the Door
Officers add another layer of evaluation before ejection.
Anti-Immigration Conservatives Hit a New Low
What's wrong with letting undocumented immigrants serve in the U.S. military?
Friday A/V Club: I'm So Old, I Remember When Liberals Protested Military Exercises Conducted on U.S. Soil
From Operation Urban Warrior to Jade Helm 15
F-35 is the Navy's 'last manned strike fighter aircraft'
The Top Gun remake is going to suck. More.
How to Push Back on Calls for More Defense Spending: $45 Billion of Afghan Funds Unaccounted For
A big chunk of Pentagon spending prior to 2010 cannot be audited.
Arguments for Military Sequestration for Conservatives
Arguments strong enough for a conservative, but made for everyone.
The GOP's Budgetary Shenanigans Discourage Necessary Pentagon Reform
The Department of Defense will continue to avoid hard choices if the war hawks prevail and gut spending caps.
The Squeal of the War Hogs
Why do Lindsey Graham and John McCain think half a trillion dollars is not enough to defend the country?
The War of 1812 Dramatically Changed American People and Government
"Forget self and think of America," wartime pundits urged.
Friday A/V Club: Uncle Sam Reminds You to Visit Your Local Draft Board
An artifact from the age of peacetime conscription
