Coup d'etats are sadly a fact of life on the African continent. Since 1950, of the 486 attempted coups in the world, 214 occurred in Africa with 106 of...
Our military community is incredibly dependent on volunteerism. Without spouses and service members actively volunteering on and off installation, life for military families would be far more difficult and...
Feedback is a bit of an art form. And there are as many different types of mentorship and coaching as there are soldiers in the Army. So how do...
Take an already stressful event like moving, add in a possible foreign country, throw in some training enroute or the only vacation time you'll see all year, sprinkle with...
Define "great power competition", go ahead we'll wait. It's not that you can't define it but odds are the person next to you probably has a slightly or possibly...
It's time again for the Eisenhower Series College Program (ESCP). Established over 50 years ago, the ESCP engages colleges, voluntary organizations, think tanks and other public forums across the...
Last episode the team dove into the daunting process of changing schools (again) and setting your children up for success. But what if you need just a little bit...
In the modern age the United States rarely ever enters a conflict alone. Fighting alongside an ally or as part of a coalition magnifies capabilities and lethality and often...
As if PCS season isn't stressful enough it can be overwhelming when you begin to navigate the requirements to register your children in their new schools. Join Faith and...
Wargames can be incredible teaching and learning tools when they are built and utilized properly. They come in all shapes, sizes and colors and require a skilled hand in...
It's time for another installment of MIL SPOUSE EDITION and we thought before we get too deep into content perhaps you should meet the co-hosts of the series. Faith...
We do our best at WAR ROOM to publish a wide variety of articles and podcast episodes that we hope contribute to the national security discussion. Sometimes we publish...
This week we are celebrating WAR ROOM's fifth birthday! We published our first article on 1 May 2017 and our first podcast episode a couple of weeks later on...
Shot lines, dental status, weapons qualification, stoplight charts, DRRS - all useful tools in assessing the readiness of individual units in the DoD but not always effective at measuring...
Four years ago the United States Pacific Command (USPACOM) underwent a name change in hopes of signifying a change in thinking in the region. The new name, United States...
"Those who can, do. And those who can't..." You know the rest of the saying. Did you know it dates back to Sun Tzu's time? Well we're just guessing...
Conditional statements or as they're more commonly known, IF-THEN statements, are the foundation of almost all programming languages. They allow an automation that looks for a certain circumstance, and...
The United States and its allies have options when it comes to the Middle East. In between the extremes of total disengagement and guaranteed security in the region surely...
Casualties are a fact of military life. Whether the result of a training accident, peacekeeping operations or full scale combat, the military has made the commitment to guide families...
Once the realm of rich nations, warfare has been getting cheaper and cheaper as time has marched on. The computer age has lowered the bar when it comes to...