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Should $500M companies compete with service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses?
A new SBA proposal could unintentionally weaken America’s commitment to service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses, a veterans policy expert writes.
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America wants the hero, not the human
If America and the DoD truly want to “support our troops,” they must start acknowledging the human beings inside the uniform, this military spouse writes.
Opinion
Editorials, guest commentaries, Medals and Misfires. Active-duty, reserve, Guard, veterans, Capitol Hill and the Pentagon.
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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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A combat infantryman stood in the gap. Made the calculation. Pulled the trigger. But at what cost?
“There is a profound, sickening duality in being thanked for your service by people who would be horrified if they … saw what that service required.”
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How chest-thumping rhetoric erodes service member safety
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s brash rhetoric is profoundly destabilizing for actively-serving military families, this military spouse argues.
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If chaplains are ‘officers second,’ which staff corps officers are next?
Removing rank insignia from chaplains sets a precedent for treating staff officers differently than others, the author of this op-ed argues.
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The Strait of Hormuz offers a lesson in air denial
“By that measure, the United States does not have air superiority where it counts,” write analysts Max Bremer and Kelly Grieco.
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The military’s fabled ‘human in the loop’ for AI is dangerously misleading
A “human in the loop” whose sole function is to approve a machine’s actions is not a safeguard but a design failure, argues Mikey Dickerson.
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A web of sensors: How the US spots missiles and drones from Iran
If a missile is launched from Iran toward a U.S. military base in the region, how do service members know in time to stay safe?
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Why military fellowships at civilian universities matter
Before dismantling programs like Senior Service College fellowships, the Pentagon should carefully reconsider the full value they provide to the military.
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Tesla’s Cybertruck may be wrong for some. Could it be right for the battlefield?
The author of this op-ed discusses how the Tesla Cybertruck could offer a unique platform to carry anti-drone systems.
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Putin’s $2.5 trillion gambit
As Russia’s war in Ukraine enters its fifth year, debates increasingly hinge on a central question: How costly has the war been for Russia itself?
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Desperate for help, a Marine battles phone trees, hold music and indifference
The system is callous. Not maliciously. It just happens. Checkbox by checkbox. Door by door. Doctor by doctor.
