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With Chevron Dead, It's Time To Challenge the Feres Doctrine
Last month the Supreme Court ended the 40-year precedent known as the Chevron Doctrine. When the Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council...
07/25/24Read it on RealClearDefenseMajor Richard Star Act Passes House
The House passed the Major Richard Star Act 392-18, a bill that would end the retired pay offset for about 58,000 combat-injured veterans....
1d agoRead it on Military.comThe Fighting Didn’t Stop Everywhere on November 11, 1918
The guns fell silent, but the seeds of communism, another world war, and today’s confrontation with China were already taking root....
2d agoRead it on The American SpectatorYou’re Closer to a Veteran Than You Think
The numbers we hear most often on Veterans Day tend to emphasize a stark military-civilian divide in American life. We’re reminded that less than one...
2d agoRead it on RealClearHistoryVeterans Suicide Risk Can Persist Decades After Military Service
New Duke University research found that half of the deaths by suicide among veterans studied occurred more than 23 years after they left the...
2d agoRead it on abc11.comDoD Sued Over Failures To Make Military Review Boards’ Decisions Accessible
A nonprofit legal advocacy group representing service members and veterans is suing the Defense Department and President Donald Trump, saying the...
2d agoRead it on Federal News NetworkHouse Passes Sweeping TCAVA Veterans Benefits Bill
The House passed a sweeping veterans benefits bill on Veterans Day, advancing expanded benefits despite concerns over future disability payments....
2d agoRead it on Military.comAI Should Speed Veterans’ Benefits, Not Decide Them
For a Veteran, waiting for a benefits decision is not simply a frustrating encounter with government bureaucracy. It can mean waiting to know whether...
5d agoRead it on RealClearDefense‘Honor of a Lifetime’: National Veterans Parade
For 79-year-old Marine Corps veteran Robert Kiyosaki, the National Veterans Parade in the heart of Washington, D.C., represented nothing less than...
5d agoRead it on Stars and StripesAI Should Speed Veterans’ Benefits, Not Decide Them
For a Veteran, waiting for a benefits decision is not simply a frustrating encounter with government bureaucracy. It can mean waiting to know whether...
1w agoRead it on RealClearDefense
AI Should Speed Veterans’ Benefits, Not Decide Them
For a Veteran, waiting for a benefits decision is not simply a frustrating encounter with government bureaucracy. It can mean waiting to know whether they can afford a home, enroll in school, support their family, or begin the next chapter of their life.
I left the Marine Corps in 2013, and, like others leaving uniform, sought the benefits I had earned. Thirteen years later, I see that the systems Veterans depend on still create unnecessary distance between earning benefits and receiving them.
Iran’s Nuclear and Chemical Weapons Threat
By Ben Ollerenshaw • RealClearDefense
Europe’s Rearmament Paradox
By Daniel Darling • RealClearDefense
Pentagon’s Pursuit of Faster Acquisition
By Ben Harris • RealClearDefense
The Army’s AI Cyber Defenders Need a Proven Stand-Down Order
By Gleb Tsipursky • RealClearDefense
After the Silence
By Chase Skylar DeMayo • RealClearDefense
The First Surface Drone-v-Drone Fight
By CDR Salamander, CDR Salamander
Air Force Strengthens F-22 Raptor Combat Readiness in the Pacific
By Global DefenseAfter the Silence
By Chase Skylar DeMayo • RealClearDefense
Underwater Arms Race Puts U.S. Naval Supremacy at Risk
By Tom O'Connor, Newsweek
New Facilities To Pump Out Upgraded F/A-18E/F Super Hornets
By Trevithick, WarZone