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The Sentinels of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
The Sentinels of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier stand guard day and night, rain or shine, at@ArlingtonNatl. Here are five facts about this elite...
05/26/25Read it on XThe 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....
10h 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...
10h 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...
10h 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...
10h 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....
10h 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...
3d 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...
3d 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...
5d 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.
8 Places the CIA and Military Took Me That You Should Visit
One of the benefits of having served in the military and the CIA is that I have been paid to travel to some pretty incredible places....
1w agoRead it on Sandboxx News
After the Midterms, the Right Strategy Against Iran
By Lance Gordon • RealClearDefense
The Color Revolution Came Home
By Emzari Gelashvili • RealClearDefense
When Access Becomes the Fight
By Richard Byno • RealClearDefense
What the 2026 Midterm Results Mean for U.S. Strategic Competition with Rivals
By Dean Chen • RealClearDefense
Measurable by Design: Project Meridian
By Alex Willard • RealClearDefense
New USAF Force Design Bets on Technology
By Stephen Losey, Air & Space Forces
DoD Pushes $450M in Loans To Bolster U.S. Space Companies
By Hitchens, BrDefense
The U.S. Navy Needs a New Battlecruiser. Will It Get One?
By Sadler & Ouellette, NatInt
U.S. Army Rehearses Rapid HIMARS Rocket Launcher Deployment
By Global Defense N.
Coding Commander's Intent into Unmanned Systems
By Thomas Baumstark, Proceedings