Arizona Republic's take on Paris attacks

Opinion

A combat infantryman stood in the gap. Made the calculation. Pulled the trigger. But at what cost?

“There is a profound, sickening duality in being thanked for your service by people who would be horrified if they … saw what that service required.”
How chest-thumping rhetoric erodes service member safety

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s brash rhetoric is profoundly destabilizing for actively-serving military families, this military spouse argues.
If chaplains are ‘officers second,’ which staff corps officers are next?

Removing rank insignia from chaplains sets a precedent for treating staff officers differently than others, the author of this op-ed argues.
A web of sensors: How the US spots missiles and drones from Iran

If a missile is launched from Iran toward a U.S. military base in the region, how do service members know in time to stay safe?