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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Buffalo chicken, Thai and Cuban food coming to the MRE lineup in 2026
Three current, low-rated meal options are going away next year.
Army’s 4th ID runs robot wingmen on scouting maneuvers
The next test will come in late 2021 and involve a company-sized maneuver at Fort Hood, Texas.
New Army soldier facility combines tech to sharpen soldier-squad lethality
The Soldier Integration Facility at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, will test out small versions of big ideas.
Memories of the unit that hid the Enola Gay, which dropped the A-bomb on Hiroshima 75 years ago today
For months leading up to the Hiroshima bombing, hundreds of B29s flew long-distance missions from islands such as Tinian to weaken Japanese defenses.
Here’s what narcos could teach Marines, sailors about ‘cocaine logistics'
Some unorthodox thinking from junior sea service officers looks at the drug trade for ideas about how to fight future wars.
If you have to ride in a military aircraft with someone with COVID-19, this is your best bet
Decades of DARPA-led pandemic and virus programs coupled with recent testing are helping combat COVID-19.
Are squid teeth the secret to building ‘self-healing’ robots? The Army thinks so
Protein in squid teeth could hold the solution for self-healing materials.
Meet the ‘Smuzzle,’ the Army’s new hybrid suppressor that reduces sound, recoil and flash
The "Smuzzle" is a hybrid suppressor and muzzle brake.
Where will Germany-based US troops go? The coming weeks may tell.
Secretary's visit hints at new basing, rotations.
Trump praises SOUTHCOM counter-drug ops that seize 264,000 pounds and 1,000 traffickers
More than double the ships and planes in SOUTHCOM has led to historic drug seizure numbers.
