Soldiers for the Truth Foundation

Soldiers for the Truth claims a membership of 20,000[1] and publishes an online magazine called Defense Watch[3] criticising the country's military leadership using information provided by active servicemen and women.

[citation needed] Later contributors included author and civilian security analyst Paul Purcell,[7] and Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski, a whistleblower who criticised the Pentagon's Office of Special Plans as "Orwellian".

[9] Hackworth has repeatedly stated the American military is weakened by a combination of senior officers who are primarily concerned about their own careers above the welfare and training of their troops, and a culture of misdirected and wasteful expenditure.

[10] In May 2007, incoming SFTT president John Falcon stated the Pentagon-approved "Interceptor" body armor, issued to US Marines serving in Iraq, did not provide adequate protection against armor-piercing bullets.

The current President of the Board, Frederick Tanne,[12] was instrumental in involving the law firm of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in filing the final motion with the Federal Court in Washington, DC in the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") on behalf of the SFTT's editor for forensic records held by the Department of Defense ("DOD").