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Hegseth’s Plan To Restore Confederate Memorial at Arlington
The Army confirmed that Hegseth directed the restoration, but his office declined to answer questions about its potential impact on military morale...
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Talent Ecosystems: Building a Scalable National Security STEM Workforce
The high speed growth of advanced technologies creates a major advantage for the United States, but it places great pressure on workforce development. Despite heavy U.S. investment in STEM talent, too much falls through the cracks. The problem is not a lack of STEM programming. Across the country, high schools, community colleges, universities, community organizations, government agencies, and industry engage in STEM training, education, internships, scholarships, and certificate programs.
Despite their widespread reach, these talent development efforts do not add up to a coherent system that can meet demand. Too often, they operate in isolation. Some may succeed individually, but the connections among them are often weak, informal, or dependent on individual relationships.
Building a Scalable National Security STEM Workforce
The high speed growth of advanced technologies creates a major advantage for the United States, but it places great pressure on workforce development...
Read it on RealClearDefensePentagon Competition Seeks to Revolutionize Military Bases
The Next Great American Base initiative, announced in late September, is a project to build a “premier, world-class power projection platform from...
Read it on National Defense MagazineDoD Memo Greenlights DHS Use of Military ‘Heat Ray’
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has reportedly loaned the military's so-called "heat ray" to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), handing...
Read it on Military.comU.S. Military Looking To Expand Greenland Base Presence Next Year
The U.S. military is still in the early phases of developing what its military footprint will look long term in Greenland but the department is...
21h agoRead it on Washington ExaminerDakota Meyer Tapped As Barracks Task Force Senior Advisor
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appointed Medal of Honor recipient and U.S. Marine Corps reservist Dakota Meyer to the Pentagon’s Barracks Task Force....
21h agoRead it on Marine Corps TimesThe Use and Abuse of War Games
process over outcomes, for once, is desired...
21h agoRead it on CDR SalamanderIs the Military Low-T?
New data suggest that a quarter of American servicemen may have low testosterone. That doesn’t mean what Pete Hegseth thinks it does....
21h agoRead it on The New YorkerPutin, Plague, and the America’s Biodefense Gap
Biological weapons are back in Russia. Congress must pay attention, correct America’s biological preparedness shortcomings, and act to stave off this...
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The U.S. Nuclear Deterrent Umbrella
By Peter Huessy • RealClearDefense
The Islamic Republic Can Lose the War and Still Win
By Nima Gholam Ali Pour • RealClearDefense
Talent Ecosystems: Building a Scalable National Security STEM Workforce
By Payuna Uday • RealClearDefense
The Underground Cloud
By Ben Poulin • RealClearDefense
Trump's Disrupt First, Negotiate Second: Greenland in Focus
By Meda Parameswara Reddy • RealClearDefense
U.S. Navy to Begin Testing for USS Lyndon B Johnson (DDG 1002)
By Naval-Technology
Marine Corps Moves To Expand Maven Smart System Account Access
By DefScoop
Navy F/A-18 Spotted With New AIM-174B And AIM-260 Long-Range Missiles
By TWZ
Pentagon’s 6th Generation Stealth Fighter Will Control Drone Swarms
By Warrior M.
Air Force Needs 1,509 Combat-Ready Jets by 2035
By Michael Marrow, Breaking Defense