by Jamie Nash | Sep 30, 2021 | Opinion
I wanted to fly; it was in me to fly; I dreamed about it. That is why I joined the Air Force in college via Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC). Being selected to fly is not an easy process. Even if you are flying drones, you are still vetted through a...
by Mitch Randall | Sep 24, 2021 | Opinion
It’s been a hard week. Pentagon officials verified on Sept. 17 that an Aug. 29 a drone strike killed 10 civilians, including children. The Pentagon characterized it as a “tragic mistake.” In an attempt to seek “retribution” for an attack that killed 13 U.S....
by Mitch Randall | Sep 2, 2021 | Opinion
The dark end of a war was on full display as the last U.S. plane lifted off from Afghanistan this week, nearly 20 years after Sept. 11, 2001. In 2001, the Taliban-controlled government was accused by the U.S. of harboring Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda, the masterminds...
by Monty Self | Aug 17, 2021 | Opinion
A Kargu-2 was used in Libya during a March 2020 skirmish, according to a June 2021 NPR report that cited a United Nations Security Council briefing. Turkish company STM makes the Kargu-2, a lethal autonomous weapons system (LAWS). The company describes the weapon as...
by Ken Sehested | May 28, 2021 | Opinion
My question is not whether we should mourn, legitimately and unreservedly, the loss of our war dead on Memorial Day. Yes. A thousand times, yes. My question is this: On what day should we also mourn the loss of others’ war dead? Indeed, one of Memorial Day’s stories...
