Secretary of the Army, Hon. Dan Driscoll, flies in an F-16 assigned to the 121st Fighter Squadron, 113th Wing, District of Columbia Air National Guard in a familiarity flight at Joint Base Andrews, MD, May 29, 2025. As the Secretary of the Army, Hon. Driscoll has been delegated the responsibility of command of the District of Columbia National Guard by the President of the United States. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. David Resnick)
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List of Current Editorial Staff as of 7/2025:
Harry J. Kazianis: Editor-In-Chief and CEO
J. Beth Gorton: Editor
Andrew Latham (Daily Defense Columnist, Macalester College)
Dr. Brent M. Eastwood (Senior Defense Editor)
Steve Balestrieri (Senior Defense Editor)
Caleb Larson (Senior Defense Editor)
Christian D. Orr (Senior Defense Editor, Based in Washington, D.C.)
Reuben F. Johnson (Senior Defense Editor, Europe, Based in Warsaw, Poland)
Stephen Silver (Senior Editor)
Georgia Gilholy (Reporter-At-Large)
Isaac Seitz (Defense Columnist)
Contributing Editors
Doug Bandow (CATO Institute)
Dr. Bruce Bechtol (Angelo State University)
Dr. Anna Borshchevskaya (Washington Institute)
Dr. Ted Galen Carpenter (Randolph Bourne Institute)
Gordon G. Chang (Gatestone Institute)
Behnam Ben Taleblu (Foundation for Defense of Democracies or FDD)
LT. Col Daniel L. Davis (Retired, U.S. Army)
Mackenzie Eaglen (American Enterprise Institute or AEI)
Dr. Robert Farley (University of Kentucky)
David Hambling (Forbes)
Julian McBride (Journalist and former U.S. Marine)
Andrew A. Michta (Atlantic Council)
Dr. Alexander Motyl (Rutgers University)
Dr. Michael Rubin (American Enterprise Institute or AEI)
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