by Spencer Ackerman and Noah Shachtman | Oct 9, 2012 | Monitor
The aftermath of violent late September clashes in Benghazi, Libya. Photo: AP/Mohammad Hannon The day after Islamic extremists attacked the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, the nation’s top counterterrorists hosted something of a brainstorming session on how to keep...
by Spencer Ackerman | Oct 1, 2012 | Monitor
Army Staff Sgt. Nicholas Amsberry guides a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle through Shorabak, Afghanistan, June 28, 2012. Photo: Flickr/Soldiersmediacenter In a saner world, the Pentagon wouldn’t throw itself a party to celebrate its purchase of thousands...
by Spencer Ackerman | Oct 1, 2012 | Monitor
Army Gen. William “Kip” Ward speaks at a Center for Strategic & International Studies forum on Africa, July 2010. Photo: Flickr/CSIS What does Army Maj. Gen. William “Kip” Ward do for a living? The Army doesn’t seem to know. It knows...
by Noah Shachtman | Sep 12, 2012 | Monitor
Lt. Gen. William Caldwell, center, with Afghan surgeon general Ahmed Yaftali. Photo: U.S. Army One of the Army’s top generals went before Congress Wednesday to deny that he was a shill for the Obama White House and a careerist so concerned with his own...
by Sam LaGrone | Aug 6, 2012 | Monitor
The U.S.S. Barry fires its MK-45 5-inch 54mm cannon during an exercise. Photo: U.S. Navy In 2009, the Navy and the Air Force introduced a new concept for fighting called “Air-Sea Battle.” Three years later, even Pentagon insiders are still completely...