Baseball may be America’s pastime, but football is America’s sport. Indeed, football represents strength and power, the current hallmarks of American foreign policy. George Carlin communicated the football and baseball dichotomy with his famous comedy bit comparing the two sports. …

It may be early October, but scrolling though Facebook and twitter feeds, it is apparent that the fighting season in the long “War on Christmas” has begun. Perhaps it is due to red cups from Starbucks, or some obscure Walmart manager saying “Happy Holidays” in lieu of “Merry Christmas,” that…

In a recent essay, I wrote about what makes a flag officer successful. Looking back to 1776, we can determine the GOFO MVP year by year. As some GOFOs hold the title for multiple years, I think it is worthwhile to have a GOFO Championship Belt. Comparing figures from different…

By Dan Sukman A chief complaint that circles around the military is the length and detail of operations orders (OPORDs). These criticisms range from orders having too much detail, with the effect of subordinate commanders and leaders suffer in their own professional development. In thinking about how the military writes…

According to U.S. joint doctrine, each level of war has a corresponding level of intelligence.[i] This enables the flow of information and intelligence to move up and down each level of command. Further, the levels of intelligence construct enables leaders at all levels of war to make decisions on the…

Two weeks ago, my mother sold her house. She had lived there over forty years. It was the house I grew up in, and for the entirety of my life, no matter where I physically lived, it was the place I called home. From the time we become adults we…