Author

Paul Briggman

Staff Reporter

Paul Briggman is a staff reporter for Pentagon Times working across defense policy and programs. He drafts from supplied open sources, attributing every figure to the document that states it.

Articles by Paul Briggman

Late-day light crosses a base construction site's steel frame, where two engineers in hard hats and vests review drawings at a folding table without machinery in frame.

Policy

How Military Construction Budgeting Works, From Installation Need to Funded Project

Paul Briggman

A recruiting office lobby in navy and off-white, a counselor's desk with folders and a flag beside the window light.

Policy

How Military Recruiting Actually Works: Goals, Quality Gates, and Congress

Paul Briggman

The Capitol dome in slate winter light above committee doors bearing a metal hearing-room sign.

Policy

How the Defense Authorization Timeline Actually Works From Request to Enacted NDAA

Paul Briggman

A government building exterior at dusk, an American flag above the entrance in cool blue light, no signage legible.

Policy

Nuclear Triad Modernization Explained: What $60 Billion Buys Each Year

Paul Briggman

Two stacks of bound statutes on a hearing-room shelf, one open, in slate and off-white afternoon light.

Policy

Authorization Versus Appropriation: Why the Pentagon Gets Permission and Money Separately

Paul Briggman

A federal hearing room in navy and off-white, where an auditor's briefing binder sits open beside a folded American flag at the witness table before morning testimony.

Defense

How the Pentagon Financial Audit Actually Works and Why It Keeps Failing

Paul Briggman