The Bunker

The topsy-turvy turmoil continues this week.

The Bunker takes a single week off to celebrate Independence Day and things start going haywire.

This week in The Bunker: back to a two-war “force-sizing construct”; Congress moves to kill its Iraq-war OK; troops can now file claims against military doctors; no Bunker next week, & more.

This week in The Bunker: the Pentagon’s warped preoccupation with speed; the Navy’s nuclear-tipped cruise missile makes a U-turn; the GAO’s dire annual report on how the Defense Department buys its weapons; & more.

This week in The Bunker: the Navy’s resistance to change, lawmakers fostering fissures in the ranks, wish lists are back, & more.

In The Bunker this week: domestic violence in the military; more woes for the Air Force’s new tanker; tweaking fitness standards for Army women, which gets its first female civilian boss; and more.

This week in The Bunker: the Air Force’s funny money, both old and new; “wokeism” and its backlash now ravaging the ranks; War With China Over Taiwan 2.0?; can the U.S. do right by the Afghans who helped U.S. troops; and more.

This week in The Bunker: costly Air Force fighter defeated by…cost; the threat posed by Pentagon know-it-alls; policing the cops; & more.

This week in The Bunker: As the Pentagon budget plateaus, commanders start shaping the battlefield to seek more money; what can be done about this plans-reality mismatch; not to worry though, Pentagon contractors are doing fine; & more.

In this week’s issue: the Pentagon continues its effort to build a shield of dreams; UFOmania; new study says military’s mobile mini-nukes don’t make sense; should the U.S. declare Taiwan off-limits to China?; and more.

This week in The Bunker: Bad data for the Navy aloft and afloat; Lockheed tightens its lock at No. 1; moving sexual-assault prosecutions outside the chain of command; the Air Force sends a general to court martial for the first time for sexual assault; and more.

This week: wondering about the logic of the document that sizes the U.S. defense budget; failing in Afghanistan; the Army’s anti-protester ops over D.C. last June; and suicide remains a scourge in the ranks.