The Bunker: Do You Feel a Draft?
This week in The Bunker: betcha didn’t know that KISS stands for “Keep It Simple, Sailor”; lawmakers continue to push for a bigger role in going to war; Afghanistan continues its sad slide into chaos; & more.
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The Bunker
A cheat sheet for what you need to know about the Department of Defense, how we’re waging our wars, and how the Pentagon spends our taxpayer dollars. The Bunker is both pro-troop and pro-taxpayer.
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Mark Thompson
The Bunker: Out With the Old, In With the New
In The Bunker this week: too many bombers and ships; a tired broadside fired at the Navy; a senator slows down the revolving door; using the wrong yardstick, again, in yet another U.S. war; and more.
The Bunker: Unseen Threats
The topsy-turvy turmoil continues this week.
The Bunker: The Epitaph That Will Endure
The Bunker takes a single week off to celebrate Independence Day and things start going haywire.
The Bunker: A Farce-Sizing Construct
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.
The Bunker: Danger Dressed As Deterrence
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.
The Bunker: The Military’s Biggest Foes
This week in The Bunker: the Navy’s resistance to change, lawmakers fostering fissures in the ranks, wish lists are back, & more.
The Bunker: A Warmed-Over Cold War Budget
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.
The Bunker: Old Whine in a New Bottle
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.
The Bunker: More Rot in the Ranks
This week in The Bunker: costly Air Force fighter defeated by…cost; the threat posed by Pentagon know-it-alls; policing the cops; & more.
The Bunker: There’s Still a Plans-Reality Mismatch
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.
The Bunker: Shield of Dreams
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.
