Patterns and strategy in current U.S. foreign policy are hard to discern given President Donald Trump’s personalistic, mercurial, and transactional style. But almost a year since the elections, the contours of the new U.S. grand strategy are crystallizing. And while European leaders knew that America’s focus would increasingly lie elsewhere, the shift is proving to be more profound than many expected. In my judgment, Europe now ranks fourth among U.S. strategic priorities, behind the Western Hemisphere, the Indo-Pacific, and the Middle East.
Author: Michael
America’s greatest national security threat is an enemy born from and nurtured by the Pentagon: crippling bureaucracy. It starves the oxygen from good ideas, good people, and good technologies while creating ideal conditions for mediocrity to thrive. It has permeated every corner of the system, including the defense-sponsored innovation initiatives — like the Small Business Innovation Research Program — that purportedly exist as its counter.In 1982, President Ronald Reagan signed the Small Business Innovation Development Act, creating the Small Business Innovation Research program.
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For years, TRICARE open season felt like something you endured, not something you got excited about. You make sure nothing breaks, confirm your coverage still exists, and move on. This year is different for military families and veterans in the Atlanta and Tampa regions. For the first time in a long time, there’s a real choice inside TRICARE Prime, and it comes with some very practical, day-to-day advantages.
Pentagon, Washington, D.C. – Secretary of War Pete Hegseth hosts the inaugural Pentagon Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Washington, Dec. 3, 2025.
President Trump has directed his administration to ‘bring back Christmas’.
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The Russian S-400 long range air defence system has gained growing attention in 2025 due to both its ongoing use in combat operations in the Ukrainain theatre, as well as its first combat in the service of an export client as it played a central role in the Indian air campaign against Pakistan in May. The Russian Aerospace Forces have invested several times as heavily procuring S-400s over the past 20 years than they have procuring all types of fighter aircraft combined, with over 30 regiments now in service forming the backbone of the country’s air defence capabilities.
The Republic of Korea Defence Acquisition Program Administration has announced the formal launch of a program to develop indigenous short-range air-to-air guided missile for the new KF-21 fifth generation fighter aircraft. The 435.9 billion-won ($296 million) program will be led by the Agency for Defence Development, with local defence contractors including LIG Nex1 and Hanwha Aerospace expected to participate.
The Pentagon announced this week that 1,014 companies are eligible to compete for awards from the Missile Defense Agency under the Golden Dome project.
The vendors were tapped as part of the first phase of MDA’s contracting vehicle known as the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD), according to a list of contract announcements published Tuesday. Companies that receive orders from the indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract will receive funds from a pool worth up to $151 billion, and work could continue over the next decade.
The Pentagon recently formed the U.S. military’s first kamikaze drone squadron under U.S. Central Command in the Middle East, marking its latest-to-be-revealed move to accelerate the adoption of affordable unmanned assets for modern warfare operations.
Centcom’s new Task Force Scorpion Strike already set up a unit that’s delivering so-called Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack Systems (LUCAS) — just a few months after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued guidance in July to “unleash U.S.
Navy Lt. Cmdr. Lawson “Red” Ramage was a bold submariner, initially known for attacking a light carrier in his first submarine command, but he would really become famous in 1943 when he led an assault on a Japanese fleet and sank or heavily damaged five ships during a submarine battle that lasted only 40 minutes.
The event, known as “Ramage’s Rampage,” resulted in him receiving the Medal of Honor.