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Bradley Peniston
Executive Editor, Defense One
Bradley Peniston is executive editor of Defense One. A national security journalist for a quarter-century, he helped launch Military.com, served as managing editor of Defense News, and was editor of Armed Forces Journal. His books include No Higher Honor: Saving the USS Samuel B. Roberts in the Persian Gulf (Naval Institute Press, 2006), which has been featured in the Chief of Naval Operations' Professional Reading Program.
Bradley Peniston is executive editor of Defense One. A national security journalist for a quarter-century, he helped launch Military.com, served as managing editor of Defense News, and was editor of Armed Forces Journal. His books include No Higher Honor: Saving the USS Samuel B. Roberts in the Persian Gulf (Naval Institute Press, 2006), which has been featured in the Chief of Naval Operations' Professional Reading Program.
Defense
Biden to reverse Trump decision to move Space Command to Alabama
The decision to keep the command at its current home in Colorado will surely enrage Alabama politicians.
- Marcus Weisgerber and Bradley Peniston
Defense
Left in Limbo, a Handful of Biden’s Defense Picks Await Senate Action
Four nominees—all people of color—received committee approval months ago but have yet to get a Senate vote.
- Bradley Peniston
Breaking News
Defense
Pentagon Rescinds COVID-Vaccine Mandate
The move was required by the 2023 defense policy bill. Troops who were ejected for refusing the vaccine may petition for a change in their discharge status.
- Bradley Peniston
Defense
After Army Vet's Heroic Actions in a Gay Bar, GOP Lawmakers Release Anti-Woke Manifesto
As violence and threats rise against LGBTQ+ people, 10 senators join bill to roll back a Pentagon diversity-and-inclusion effort.
- Bradley Peniston and Elizabeth Howe
Defense
The Space Force Has a Song
The song honors the “invisible front line” of warfighters keeping watch “beyond the blue.”
- Bradley Peniston and Jacqueline Feldscher
Defense
Confederate Names and Symbols on Hundreds of Military Roads, Structures, Ships Under Review
Congress’ Naming Commission has revealed what else besides base names may get relabeled or removed—right down to a water tank.
- Bradley Peniston and Caitlin M. Kenney
Workforce
Teleworking DoD Civilians May Be Recalled to In-Person Work
Two years after the pandemic sent DOD into “maximum telework,” Thursday’s memo points the way toward a new new normal.
- Bradley Peniston and Elizabeth Howe
Defense
What Just Happened With Putin’s Nuclear Forces? Here’s What Experts Say
Whatever it is, U.S. officials are calling it escalatory–but not “high alert.”
- Bradley Peniston and Caitlin M. Kenney
Defense
US Navy’s Latest Plan for Its Future May Not Come Until 2023, Says Top Admiral
It’s the fourth attempt in four years to define the future of the Navy.
- Bradley Peniston
Breaking News
Defense
DOD Reimposes Mask Mandate Inside Pentagon, Other Bases Near ‘Substantial’ COVID Transmission
Troops, employees, contractors, and others must be masked when indoors on Defense Department facilities in these areas.
- Bradley Peniston and Tara Copp
Defense
Right-Wing Extremists Storm U.S. Capitol
Tear gas in the Rotunda after Trump-incited insurrectionists overwhelm Capitol Police, disrupts election certification.
- Katie Bo Williams and Bradley Peniston
Defense
Trump Fires Esper, Taps NCTC Director to be Acting SecDef
Christopher Miller becomes Trump's fourth acting defense secretary just 72 days before Inauguration Day.
- Marcus Weisgerber, Bradley Peniston and Katie Bo Williams
Defense
Navy to Punish Fired Captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt
In a reversal, the service’s top officer says further investigation revealed lapses in Capt. Brett Crozier’s judgment and actions aboard his COVID-stricken ship.
- Bradley Peniston
Defense
Trump Vows to Keep Confederates’ Names on US Army Bases
As the military wrestles with racism and its symbols, the commander-in-chief draws a line.
- Bradley Peniston
Defense
Service Chiefs Acknowledge Racism in the Ranks, Pledge Dialogue, Change
After days of civil unrest and several Esper missteps, each one of the service branch chiefs has begun to speak out.
- Marcus Weisgerber, Kevin Baron and Bradley Peniston
Defense
Aircraft Carrier Captain Fired For ‘Poor Judgement’ In Sending Coronavirus Letter
Acting Secretary Modly’s Thursday decision to sack the skipper of Theodore Roosevelt was quickly criticized as retaliation for embarrassing Navy leaders.
- Kevin Baron and Bradley Peniston
Defense
Navy Evacuates Aircraft Carrier Infected by Coronavirus
"The spread of the disease is ongoing and accelerating,” Capt. Brett Crozier wrote to service leaders seeking urgent help.
- Bradley Peniston
Defense
Pentagon Halts Domestic Travel by Troops to Slow Coronavirus Spread
The late-Friday edict goes much farther than Wednesday's limits on international travel.
- Bradley Peniston
Management
Trump Ousts Would-Be Acting Spy Chief
Deputy DNI Susan Gordon was statutorily required to be elevated after DNI Coats resigned in July.
- Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Defense
Nuclear Experts Beg Congress to Push Back on Trump Administration’s ‘Dangerous Impulses’
A letter asks House and Senate Armed Services leaders to defund small nukes and support an extension for New START.
- Bradley Peniston