In their documentary, Laura Poitras (“Citzenfour”) and Mark Obenhaus trace the career highs and lows of the famed ...

Americans like to think of themselves as peace-loving people. However, our nation’s war record since the American Civil War ...

It was hardly an ‘above the fold’ story in mid-October when Admiral Alvin Holsey, head of the U.S. military’s Southern Command, announced he would be leaving. The flag officer had been in the normally ...

U.S. law also rejects the principle of superior orders as a defence under a precedent established in the prosecution of the former army lieutenant William Calley, who was convicted for his role in the ...

We know what happened next that day from the Army’s perspective largely because of one man, a 26-year-old captain named Silas ...

Frequent Pajaronian contributor Theo Wierdsma writes about whether it is right for the U.S. military to follow orders it knows are illegal.

The obligations of warriors in a republic are clear. They are to be loyal not to any individual leader but to their country’s constitution, and to obey lawful orders while disobeying those that ...

If President Ronald Reagan were alive today and debating a presidential aspirant named Donald J. Trump, he would, I suspect, say, “There you go again, and again, and again,” shaking his head in ...

The president needs to behave responsibly and tell his MAGA supporters to stand down before we have yet another tragic loss of life, writes.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems to be an outright enemy of the typical rules of engagement, professing to view them as handcuffs. In his first term, at then-TV-host Hegseth’s urging, President ...