On this episode of The Punaro Perspective, Major General Arnold L. Punaro (USMC, Ret.) highlights the importance of the Guard and Reserve in our nation’s national security and military capabilities. Since 9/11, over 1 million members of the Gua...

On this episode of The Punaro Perspective, Major General Arnold L. Punaro, USMC (Ret.) discusses Defense Secretary Austin’s decision to require the COVID-19 vaccine for active duty military personnel. Tune in to learn more about the vaccine req...

On this week’s episode of the Punaro Perspective, Major General Arnold L. Punaro discusses the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), a topic covered in his new book, The Ever-Shrinking Fighting Force. OSD is the Secretary of Defens...

On this week’s Punaro Perspective, Major General Arnold L. Punaro (Ret.) discusses his newly-released book, The Ever Shrinking Fighting Force. Focused on preserving America’s unmatched capabilities and global reach, The Ever-Shrink...

On this week’s episode, join General Punaro for an update on the White House, the Department of Defense, and the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) as they tackle the newly-released FY22 budget and the ongoing nominations and confirmat...

On this week’s episode of The Punaro Perspective, Major General Arnold L. Punaro (Ret.) highlights the life and legacy of Senator John Warner. Warner, who passed away on May 25th at the age of 94, represented Virginia in the Senate for three de...

On this week’s episode of The Punaro Perspective, Major General Arnold L. Punaro (Ret.) discusses President Biden’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan. Drawing upon his own experience as an infantry platoon commander in Vietnam, ...

On this week’s episode of The Punaro Perspective, Major General Arnold Punaro (Ret) provides an update on the Biden administration’s confirmation process with a special focus on the Department of Defense. Tune in to learn more about the latest ...

Friday, April 30th, marks President Biden’s first 100 days in office. On this week’s Punaro Perspective episode, Major General Arnold Punaro (Ret.) provides a review of the new administration’s accomplishments, priorities, and major policies, w...

For the first time in nearly half a decade, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence held the Annual Threat Assessment, a public hearing in which the intelligence community provides a rare look into its top priorities. On this week’s episode...

On this week’s episode of The Punaro Perspective, join Major General Arnold L. Punaro (Ret.) as he discusses the Biden administration’s newly released FY22 budget outline. Gen. Punaro provides the historical context and in-depth analysis necess...

On this week’s Punaro Perspective, Major General Arnold Punaro checks in on the Biden presidency as the administration nears its first 100 days in office. General Punaro discusses the successes, challenges, and likely trajectory of the Biden ad...

On this week’s episode of The Punaro Perspective, Major General Arnold Punaro discusses the economic, technological, and military challenges posed by a rising China. As the Department of Defense and the U.S. military pivot towards Great Power C...

On this week’s episode of The Punaro Perspective, Major General Arnold Punaro discusses the long-standing tradition of bipartisanship in national security. From detailing past instances of bipartisanship to forecasting potential areas of cooper...

Are you interested in better understanding the framework of the defense budget and the likely outcome for Fiscal Year 2022? Tune in to the latest Punaro Perspective, where Major General Arnold Punaro discuss the history of defense budgets durin...

Interested in learning more about Congress' power of the purse? Tune in to this week's Punaro Perspective the better understand the budgeting and appropriations process, a timely topic given the renewed attention around earmarks and government ...

In this week’s installment of The Punaro Perspective, Major General Arnold Punaro provides a look inside DoD’s role in the COVID-19 pandemic response. For many Americans, March 2020 was the time when COVID-19 drastically upended “normal” life. ...

For Presidentially-nominated and Senate confirmed (PAS) officials, the road to confirmation involves a substantial amount of paperwork. On this week’s episode of The Punaro Perspective, Major General Arnold L. Punaro details what he calls the b...

On the third installment on The Punaro Perspective, Major General (Ret) Punaro discuss the lives and legacies of two great national security leaders: George Shultz and Brent Scowcroft. Shultz and Scowcroft set the gold standard for principled n...

In his second installment of The Punaro Perspective, Major General (Ret) Arnold Punaro dives into the Senate confirmation process. In addition to explaining how the process works, General Punaro discusses the increasingly lengthy amount of time...

In the first installment of The Punaro Perspective, Major General (Ret) Arnold Punaro explains the importance of civilian control of the military and discusses the confirmation of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.