I’m with Ricks–always mind the Friday afternoons on hot summer days. The official memo on recommendations post-Ft. Hood have been released by the DoD. It gets into the weeds further on, but the crux of it is here: These initiatives will significantly improve the Department’s ability to mitigate internal threats, ensure force protection, enable emergency [...]

Congratulations to Tom Ricks, whose Best Defense blog won the National Magazine Award for blogging. I’ve noticed some people have a problem with Ricks’ award. What’s the point? Everyone can relitigate the winners of every commendation, and I suppose there’s fun in it, but after a certain point it just looks like jealousy. Just congratulate [...]