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If long deployments are the future, endurance can’t be the Navy’s only plan
“If we expect the ship to endure, we have to maintain it. If we expect the crew to endure, we have to sustain them,” an active-duty sailor argues.
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Everybody wanted to visit the wounded soldier. I wanted to be left alone.
The athletes, actors, and officers meant well, but a soldier injured in Iraq just wanted time with his wife.
Opinion
Editorials, guest commentaries, Medals and Misfires. Active-duty, reserve, Guard, veterans, Capitol Hill and the Pentagon.
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Chinese military analysts can’t wait for the US Navy’s battleship era
A PLA assessment of the proposed Trump-class battleships probes for weaknesses.
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Biodefense is core defense
It’s crucial that NATO nations quantify their biological defense activities and count them toward NATO’s 3.5% core defense spending target.
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Why the US should resume testing its nuclear arsenal
This op-ed’s authors argue that the president’s nuclear testing comments were correct, considering America’s aging arsenal and growing security concerns.
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Can the US ‘run’ Venezuela? Military force doesn’t equal legitimacy
By declaring its intent to govern Venezuela, the U.S is creating a governance trap of its own making, Monica Duffy Toft argues.
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Ode to James Ransone’s memorable portrayal of a junior enlisted Marine
In just seven episodes, James Ransone churned out one of the most relatable on-screen depictions of life as a junior enlisted Marine.
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We pined for the comforts of home. We got socks for Christmas instead.
“Do they think we’re deployed, or homeless?” Care packages reveal Americans have little idea what modern soldiers need.
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Winning the long game: Sustaining sea power as our enduring advantage
“America does not want a fair fight — we want a fleet so capable, so ready and so forward that the fight never begins,” CNO Adm. Daryl Caudle argues.
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Beware of NATO’s enlargement trap
The tragedy of NATO expansion lies not in beginning it, but in never considering when and where it might end, argues former NATO official Michael Rühle.
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A drone ‘war is more silent and more deadly’ — and America is behind
If the U.S. is ever dragged into a large-scale war against an adversary like China or Iran, it will be ill-equipped for a drone-heavy background.
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Don’t let Trump let Putin miscalculate on Europe
Taken together, Trump’s policies towards Europe have an isolationist flavor with lack of clarity about U.S. commitments
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How America can outproduce and outlast adversaries
“An economy that can build and innovate deters would-be adversaries from believing they can test us,” argue Kathleen Hicks and Mac Thornberry.
