While empowering combatant commands will improve the defense ecosystem, there are some things that should not be changed. First, do not elevate the role of combatant commands in creating policy and ...

Combatant commands only control around 0.7 percent of the defense budget (about $260 million per command) — the Army, Air Force, and Navy control over 80 percent of the budget. To fix our ...

Under Title 10, it is the responsibility of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, supported by the Joint Staff, to review the roles and missions of Combatant Commands at least every two years ...

Over 25 percent of the total four-stars presently serving in the US military—10 of 38—are at Combatant Commands. Beyond the top, there is a bloat of three-, two-, and one-star generals ...

The Department of Defense has recommended the Joint Special Operations command team to be the next leaders of the U.S.

President Donald Trump’s decision to send more defensive weapons to Ukraine came after he privately expressed frustration ...