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The Use and Abuse of War Games

process over outcomes, for once, is desired...

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Talent Ecosystems: Building a Scalable National Security STEM Workforce

Payuna Uday • RealClearDefense • October 22, 2026

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.

Payuna Uday • RealClearDefense

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...

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Laura Heckmann • National Defense Magazine

Pentagon 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...

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Adam Gramegna • Military.com

DoD 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...

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Mike Brest • Washington Examiner

U.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...

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Cristina Stassis • Marine Corps Times

Dakota 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....

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Austin Campbell • Task and Purpose

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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Rachel Bedard • The New Yorker

Is 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....

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Ryan Kane • RealClearDefense

Putin, 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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