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John T. Seward

John T. Seward

jseward@washingtontimes.com

John T. Seward is a Defense and National Security Correspondent at The Washington Times, delivering insightful reporting on key decision-making in Washington and new defense technologies for Threat Status.John previously worked at Sinclair’s The National Desk before helping stand-up the non-profit newsroom NOTUS as one of its first class of newsroom fellows.
John graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point with a B.S. in Philosophy and served seven years as a U.S. Army artillery officer before leaving the service to become a journalist. In 2021 he graduated from American University with his M.A. in Journalism and Public Affairs.He can be reached at JohnS.13 on Signal and at jseward@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by John T. Seward

Ships sail through the Arabian Gulf toward the Strait of Hormuz as the sun sets in the United Arab Emirates Monday, March 23, 2026. (AP Photo, File)

Strait of Hormuz is Iran’s new ‘nuclear bomb’

The aim of Tehran's decades of pursuit of a nuclear bomb was always twofold: The mullahs wanted to threaten Israel and also to warn the U.S. and the rest of the world that attacking Iran would carry a cost no adversary would be willing to bear.

April 5, 2026
A fire and plumes of smoke rise after debris from an intercepted Iranian drone struck an oil facility, according to authorities, in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, March 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Are U.S. troops ready to face Iranian drone swarm attacks?

Ground operations in Iran could put U.S. forces directly in the crosshairs of Iranian drone swarms at a moment when American troops may not have the equipment needed to handle the threat, former defense officials and military analysts say.

April 4, 2026
Operational Detachment Alpha-0314 waits at the top of a rise for one of their teammates. John T. Seward, far left in black, embedded with ODA-0314 for the day, riding along with them during an operation. (Photo by John T. Seward/The Washington Times)

‘Alaska will kill you’: Everything breaks at 40 below

The Pentagon is pouring billions of dollars into new technologies that can survive, and excel, in that extreme cold, with an eye toward potential Arctic combat. The goal is to close an Arctic capabilities gap with adversaries Russia and China.

March 11, 2026