Jim Golby

is an Army officer serving as a defense policy adviser at the U.S. mission to NATO.

The Military Can’t Save Us from Covid-19

The federal response to the pandemic has been slow and uneven. And it is true that our civic institutions will sometimes let us down and fail to deliver on what Americans need. But, when they do, it is to other civilians — not the military — that we must turn. The military can’t save us from COVID-19, and we shouldn’t ask it to.

Analysis / Forces

This is what was so unusual about the U.S. Navy making Captain Brett Crozier step down.

Members of the military can face multiple, sometimes competing, loyalties