Atlantic Council
To fund US military modernization, Congress needs to pass on-time annual defense budgets
Date: April 29, 2025
Author(s): Jongsun Kim
Breaking Defense
Commentary on the new “Big, Beautiful Defense Bill.”
Date: April 27, 2025
Author(s): Valerie Insinna
Heritage Foundation
A Strategy to Revitalize the Defense Industrial Base for the 21st Century
Date: May 7, 2025
Author(s): Robert Greenway, Jim Fein, Richard Stern, Wilson Beaver, Madison Doan, Rachel Greszler, Jordan Embree, and Robert Peters
Department of Defense
This memo underscores a new layer of focus: ensuring we recognize, retain, and reward the people who are delivering the greatest mission impact.
Date: April 8, 2025
Author(s): Deputy Secretary of Defense Steve Feinberg
Executive Order
The President seeks to modernize defense acquisition and spur innovation in the defense industrial base
Date: April 9, 2025
Author(s): President Donald Trump
Department of Veterans Affairs
Budget Profile, Statistics, and Considerations for Reform
Date: May 23, 2018
Author(s): Arnold Punaro
Reserve Forces Policy Board Study
Report on Eliminating Major Gaps in DoD Data on the Fully-Burdened and Life-Cycle Cost of Military Personnel: Cost Elements Should be Mandated by Policy
Date: January 7, 2013
Author(s): Arnold Punaro, Chairman Reserve Forces Policy Board
Presentation to Secretary Rumsfeld
Defense Reform Presentation to Sec Def Rumsfeld: “A Rare Opportunity to Transform the System”
Date: 2002
Author(s): Arnold Punaro
Presentation to Secretary Cohen
Defense Reform Presentation to Sec Def Cohen: “Streamlining Central Support Management”
Date: December 24, 1997
Author(s): Arnold Punaro
Presentation to Secretary Cohen
Defense Reform Presentation to Sec Def Cohen: “Transforming OSD for the 21st Century”
Date: October 17, 1997
Author(s): Arnold Punaro
Defense Business Board Study
Reducing Overhead and Improving Business Operations; Initial Observations
Date: July 22, 2010
Author(s): Arnold Punaro (Chair), Fernando Amandi, Pierre Chao, Patrick Gross, Joseph Wright
Christian Brose on the Coming Revolution in Military Tech
Interview with President of Anduril Industries from the WSJ.
Date: July 18, 2025
Author(s): Kate Odell
Why the U.S. Needs 200 B-21 Raider Stealth Bombers, Not 100
Op-ed written by Mackenzie Eaglen.
Date: June 30, 2025
Author(s): Mackenzie Eaglen
Intelligence Community Efficiency and Effectiveness Act
Legislation introduced by Senator Tom Cotton (AR) aimed to eliminate waste in the intelligence community.
Date: June 27, 2025
Author(s): Tom Cotton
Adjutant General Conference
Speech delivered to Adjutant General Conference.
Date: June 11, 2025
Author(s): Arnold Punaro
Pentagon kills JCIDS in sweeping reform, launches new board to tie requirements directly to money
Inside Defense editor’s most recent op-ed.
Date: August 22, 2025
Author(s): Tony Bertuca
Palantir Technologies
Warp Speed for Warships
Date: May 28, 2025
Author(s): Mike Gallagher
Senate Armed Services Committee
Statement for the Record: The Urgent Need to Reform and Reduce the DOD’s Overhead and Infrastructure
Date: November 17, 2015
Author(s): Arnold Punaro
Presentation to Secretary Rumsfeld
Defense Reform Presentation to Sec Def Rumsfeld: “Keep the Tooth, Cut the Tail”
Date: 2001
Author(s): Arnold Punaro
Presentation to Secretary Cohen
Defense Reform Presentation to Sec Def Cohen: “Streamlining the Joint Staff, OJCS Controlled Activities, and CINC HQ”
Date: October 31, 1997
Author(s): Arnold Punaro
Restoring Freedom’s Forge
We have a generational opportunity to transform the Pentagon for the 21st century. This report outlines steps Congress should take to support the president in freeing our defense enterprise and allowing the United States to outpace and out-innovate our adversaries once again
Date: December 19, 2024
Author(s): Senator Roger Wicker
Reserve Forces Policy Board Study
Report on Requiring the Use of Fully Burdened and Life Cycle Personnel Costs for All Components in Total Force Analysis and for Budgetary Purposes.
Date: September 10, 2019
Author(s): Arnold Punaro, Chairman Reserve Forces Policy Board
The Atlantic Council
The draft ended fifty years ago. Can the all-volunteer force survive another fifty?
Date: September 11, 2023
Author(s): James L. Jones, Jr. and Arnold Punaro
DOGE for Defense
The US military’s inability to address critical modernization and force-planning challenges has left it in decline relative to its competitors, shifting the global military balance against the United States.
Date: January 22, 2025
Author(s): Mackenzie Eaglen
Ticking Time Bombs of the Ever Shrinking Fighting Force
Adapted from remarks made by Maj. Gen. Punaro at the launch of his second book, The Ever-Shrinking Fighting Force
Date: January 22, 2025
Author(s): Arnold Punaro
Peace Through Strength
The best way to avoid further conflict is to be ready. Today’s security challenges demand a generational investment to revitalize our armed forces. This document contains a plan for such a restoration.
Date: May 29, 2024
Author(s): Senator Roger Wicker