Military – A Novel Journey

I’m taking a pass on Secretary Gates’ Book – here is why

January 14, 2014 by JS Bateman 8 Comments

I’ll admit that all the media coverage of former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates’ new book, “Duty,” is tempting. There he is, complete with post-retirement cervical collar, promoting (and defending) his book’s evidently withering critique of Obama administration policy in Afghanistan and elsewhere. Even harder is resisting the urge to devour all the analysis … [Read more…]

Thanks for your service – but ya’ll are WAY overcompensated!

January 5, 2014 by JS Bateman 196 Comments

So the chattering classes of defense “experts” are lining up to defend the cuts to military pensions made in the recently passed NDAA. I get a news compilation via daily email of what we used to call the “Early Bird,” a listing of top defense-related news stories from around the world. In the past week, … [Read more…]