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Veterans
The Longest March Is the Paperwork
The Marine Corps can teach an 18-year-old to field-strip a rifle blindfolded. The federal government needs three to six months to send that same...

Military Personnel
The Uniform Doesn't Come With a First Amendment Waiver
Picture the scene. A U.

Military Personnel
Let Them Carry: Twin Falls Proved the Case for Trusting the Trained
On August 1, a gunman walked up to the drive-through window of an In-N-Out Burger in Twin Falls, Idaho, and opened fire. By the time it ended, three...

Military Personnel
Freedom Haulers: A Real Readiness Fix Hiding Inside a Jobs Program
My youngest brother spent his career as a Green Beret weapons sergeant, and men like him get the movies, the recruiting posters, and the glory they...

U.S. Army
The Army's Drone Bet Is Rational. The Timing Isn't.
My oldest son was commissioned out of West Point and is now a Second Lieutenant working on the UH-60 Black Hawk platform. This isn't an abstraction...

Veterans
The Pentagon's Hidden Housing Scandal: Outsourcing Duty of Care
Sen. Jon Ossoff released a report on July 8 documenting lead exposure in a newborn, mold-related emergency room visits, and a cockroach infestation...

Veterans
Congress Wants to Fix One Broken Promise to Veterans by Breaking Another
Last Thursday morning, the House of Representatives did something it almost never does, it blinked. Republican leadership pulled the Take Care of...

Military Personnel
Readiness Is a Fiduciary Duty Too
The Pentagon is asking, out loud and in public this week, a question my own research already tested weeks ago. The Department of Defense Education...

Military Personnel
Fit to Fight
Why the Military Has Always Said No to Those Who Can't The United States Army turned away Erik Holmstrom on Reception Day at West Point in 1995. He...

Military Personnel
Civilian Judges Playing General: Activist Courts vs. Military Readiness
This week, a divided D. C.

Innovation Alone Won’t Prepare the U.S. for the Future Battlefield
By Joshua Segal • RealClearDefenseThe sUAS Tactical Trifecta
By Bryan T. Woody • RealClearDefense
The Revolutionary War: When Strategic Options Share the Same Weakness
By Henry Yep • RealClearDefense
The Houthis Are Testing the Limits of Collective Defense
By Saima Afzal • RealClearDefense
Radio Frequencies in the Intelligence Ecosystem
By Craig Brower • RealClearDefense

Who Shoots Down the Drone Over the Shipyard?
By John Ferrari & Dillon Prochnicki • RealClearDefense
Northrop Grumman Breaks Out the Big Guns at AUSA
By Daniel Terrill, Defense News
Army Pursuing Diverse Array of New Anti-Air Interceptors
By Trevithick, The WarZone
Who Shoots Down the Drone Over the Shipyard?
By John Ferrari & Dillon Prochnicki, RCD
F-35C Lands for the First Time on a Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier
By The Aviationist
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