For most Americans Memorial Day this year will be different. Many of those who might have wanted to pay tribute by visiting Arlington and other military cemeteries won’t be able to do so since...
A “Shortburst” is a Lawfire®feature you will see occasionally, and it aims to give you a quick volley of info on a number of items. Today’s post is the result of some questions a...
A few weeks ago POLITICO’s Bryan Bender contacted me regarding a story he was writing about politicization in the military, and asked what the Secretary of Defense or the Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs...
Earlier this month Military Times reporter Kyle Rempfer asked me for comment about a recent case where an Army National Guard officer, in uniform and at a campaign rally, gave a “visibly emotional” but...
Last year’s post about Memorial Day (“Honoring Those Who Gave Up Two Lives”) had some background as to the holiday’s origin and purpose. However, a disheartening new poll saying “Only 55% of Americans Know...
Do you have questions about the pardon of former Army First Lieutenant Michael Behenna who was accused of killing a prisoner in Iraq? In a recent essay (“What Questions Is the Pentagon Avoiding?“) Just...
With almost daily reports of wicked weather events that often set records of the unwelcome kind, the issue of climate change has rightly garnered the attention of experts both in and out of government....
With the announcement last week that thousands of additional troops will be sent to the border to help surveil the “vast areas” between ports entry, it will be interesting to see if we again...
On January 1st a variety of significant modifications to the Uniform Code of Military Justice (or “UCMJ” codified at 10 U.S.C. § 801, et. seq.) became effective, but one thing that did not change...
I have much agreement with my friend Mark Nevitt’s excellent post addressing some of the issues associated with the use of the military at the border. Unfortunately, in his essay he relies upon the...
Charles J. Dunlap Jr., the former deputy judge advocate general of the United States Air Force, joined the Duke Law faculty in July 2010 where he is a professor of the practice of law and Executive Director of the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security.
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