Paul Mooney
Military Affairs Correspondent
Paul D. Mooney is an award winning writer and filmmaker with degrees from Boston University, Sarah Lawrence College, and Stony Brook University. In addition to writing and editing for Military Brands, he works as a science communications specialist as well as a part-time creative consultant for the independent film production company EN Media. Paul served as an officer in the US Marine Corps from 2008 to 2012.
Latest by Paul Mooney
9/30/2025
Pentagon Pushes Forward on Possible Commissary Privatization
Debates over the privatization of services on U.S. military bases have resurfaced once again. From housing and security to childcare and recreati...
9/18/2025
Pentagon Launches First ‘Top Drone’ School to Train Elite Operators
High-tech, high-speed aircraft soar through the sky, demonstrating the capabilities and maneuvers that make them deadly tools of war. Military fl...
9/16/2025
Troops From the 101st Airborne Are Headed to the Southern Border
The U.S. military presence along the U.S.-Mexico border will once again grow in the coming months, this time due to an influx of troops from two ...
9/15/2025
Cutting the Rotor: Why the U.S. Army Is Shrinking Its Helicopter Fleet
For decades, images of soldiers leaping out of or rappelling down from Black Hawks, Apaches, Chinooks, and other iconic helicopters have felt as ...
9/11/2025
U.S. to Deploy F-35 Stealth Fighters to the Caribbean Against Drug Cartels
There has been much talk of late about increased American military involvement in the Caribbean in relation to President Trump’s repeated promise...
9/5/2025
Carrier Landings No Longer Required for Some Naval Aviators Before Earning “Wings of Gold”
Whether you wind up flying fast fighters or colossal cargo planes, helicopters or jets, solo aircraft or in the cockpit of one packed full of cre...
8/28/2025
Red States Send Troops to US Capital In Light of Trump's Orders
For over a week, the sidewalks and streets of our nation’s capital city have been crowded with more than the usual tourists or government motorca...
8/25/2025
DoD Announces New Service Medal for Troops Deployed to Border
Over the course of its history, the United States military has created dozens of different medals to commemorate the battles, campaigns, and wars...
8/21/2025
US Naval Academy Welcomes First Marine Superintendent
In the 179 years (180 come October) since its founding, the United States Naval Academy has educated thousands upon thousands of young officers-t...