by Navy Capt. (Ret.) Peter O'Brien There is an old adage that “Amateurs talk tactics, professionals talk logistics.” And with that, a tip of the...

by Navy Capt. (Ret.) Pete O'Brien, Distinguished Fellow and Chairman, Project Sentinel Pete Hegseth, soon to be the Secretary of Defense (one hopes), believes the...

by Navy Capt (Ret) Pete O'Brien, Project Sentinel Chairman and Distinguished Fellow And to the soon brand new Secretaries of the Army, and Air Force: Congratulations on...

by Navy Capt (Ret) Peter O'Brien The Navy has bought the last F-18s; they will be delivered in 2026. That’s of note as the Navy...

by Navy Capt (Ret) Pete O'Brien In 1864 the Ottomans, under their Provincial Reform Law, reorganized their empire into a hierarchy of regions, at the...

by Navy Capt. Peter O'Brien Field Marshal Helmuth von Moltke, the Elder, mastermind of the Franco-Prussian War (among others), said that “Errors in tactics can...

by Navy Capt. Peter O'Brien On the north side of a runway, at an airfield about 60 miles west of Gdansk, Poland, about 10 miles...

by Navy Capt. (Ret) Peter O'Brien President Zelenskyy has now briefed President Biden, former President Trump, Vice President Harris, most of the heads of state...

Tsar Vlad I is in the news again, talking about nuclear weapons. The news media reports he has changed his nuclear policy but I...

by Navy Capt (Ret) Peter O'Brien Here are two more amendments to chew on (you have only one more week to suffer through this). I...

by Navy Capt. (Ret) Peter O'Brien I have a good friend, a very smart good friend, who suggests that we as a nation are unlikely...

Ukraine has the simple and horrible problem of geography. Strictly speaking, it's not a strategic mistake as much as it is just an uncomfortable fact. If you wander through history you will find that countries without hard borders - a nasty mountain range, a raging river, perhaps an ocean - always have troubles with neighbors.