Todd South
Editor-at-large
Todd South has written about crime, courts, government and the military for multiple publications since 2004 and was named a 2014 Pulitzer finalist for a co-written project on witness intimidation. Todd is a Marine veteran of the Iraq War.
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This unit will be the next to field the Corps’ ship-killing missile
Ultimately the Marines will field 48 NEMESIS systems.
More NCOs are joining the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab
A growing number of Marine NCOs are helping to draw up future warfighting plans.
Army prepares to sell up to 10,000 surplus 1911 pistols. Here’s how you get one.
With the stroke of a pen, as many as 10,000 Army surplus 1911A1 pistols could be available for sale to the public early next year.
2-star responds to anonymous email blasting watered-down Special Forces training standards
An anonymous email alleged that careerism and watered-down standards are hurting the Army's elite Green Berets.
Army cancels short-term rifle replacement program
The Interim Combat Service Rifle program was meant to provide a short-term, commercially available rifle in 7.62 mm to replace the M4/M16 weapons carried by front line troops.
In a first, the Army’s new handgun will be issued to team leaders
Soldiers with the 101st Airborne Division are the first to receive the Army's new handguns.
New Army tests put a tank crew in charge of a mini-formation of unmanned vehicles
Army researchers are testing future scenarios in which a single tank crew would control not only its own tank but a drone and two other unmanned vehicles in a coordinated attack using robot systems.
The Corps needs an anti-ship, coastal defense missile system
Now the Corps is asking the defense industry for just such a missile system, capable of a range of 80 miles or more.
War zone deaths are up for the first time in six years
For the first time since 2011, the number of U.S. troops killed in overseas operations has exceeded the previous year's total.
Strain on SOF troops prompts call for review of how they’re used
Congressional leaders called for a closer look at how Special Operations Forces are used and ways to alleviate strain on them.
