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Senate should act fast on bipartisan veterans’ home effort
The U.S. Senate should pass legislation granting North Carolina 20 acres of Army land for the construction of a veterans’ home, this policy expert writes.
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The Golden Dome czar must get control of all US missile defense programs
The Defense Department must heed a vital organizational lesson from the past if Golden Dome is to succeed, writes analyst Thane Clare.
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Senate should act fast on bipartisan veterans’ home effort
The U.S. Senate should pass legislation granting North Carolina 20 acres of Army land for the construction of a veterans’ home, this policy expert writes.
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NATO allies promised Trump they’d secure the Arctic; they’ve got work to do
Through most of NATO’s eight-decade history, the inhospitable High North was low priority. That calculus is now changing.
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I once made my VA therapist cry. Then an AI chatbot got me talking about war and guilt
Talking with an AI chatbot started as a diversion, but later became a way to confess what I saw and did in Iraq, this veteran writes for The War Horse.
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Troop cuts in Europe: Giving away something for nothing
It’s not too late – if Washington is intent on reducing troop levels in Europe, it can still wield this bargaining chip with Russia.
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Before we move on: 2 painful lessons from the Iran war
There are two lessons I want my civilian neighbors to carry forward from this conflict: the dangers of gamifying war and of waging it unconstitutionally.
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Not just a ‘flawed design’: Charting a new course for the GWOT Memorial
A GWOT Memorial Foundation founder argues in this op-ed that concerns over the proposed memorial extend beyond design and into organizational priorities.
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Defense secretary’s Navy flag board actions are unprecedented and deeply troubling
The actions of a single individual, taken without justification or explanation, demonstrate a stark rebuke of Navy leadership and the promotion process.
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NATO in Hormuz is not mission creep
“For much of the last three decades, NATO has operated on the assumption that allied security cannot be defined solely by geography.”
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My grandpa was killed in World War II. I met him through his letters home.
My grandpa never came back from World War II. I found his final resting place in France.
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Immigration stress: A readiness problem the Pentagon does not measure
The Pentagon does not measure if family deportation fears affect troops readiness.
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Why Congress must end the remarriage penalty for military survivors
A policy that causes surviving spouses to lose their benefits if they remarry suggests their sacrifice ends the moment they seek a new chapter in life.
