by August Cole | May 8, 2013 | Monitor
Anyone living in and around the Beltway can tell you that the post-2001 rise in defense spending has given the Washington area an historic economic boost. It felt, at times, like the dot-com boom during the 1990s Bay Area and it was visible everywhere from...
by Joseph J. Collins | Apr 11, 2013 | Monitor
By: Joseph J. Collins One consistently wrong—but always convenient—prediction has been the improbability of ground wars and the declining utility of ground forces.
by Spencer Ackerman | Mar 20, 2013 | Monitor
It’s supposed to be a time of smaller military budgets. But the Air Force is seeing if it can pay someone to set up a fantasy football league for it.
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Mar 4, 2013 | Monitor
By Patricia H. Kushlis Maybe there is a silver lining to the latest Washington impasse between the President and Congressional Republicans. The sequester – which began this weekend – hasn’t yet caused the financial markets to behave like Pogo but such mindless...
by Spencer Ackerman | Feb 28, 2013 | Monitor
This impending cut to the defense budget isn’t abstract: the Army expects looming budget cuts to mean fewer funerals and longer wait times for burial at Arlington National Cemetery.