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Banning COVID-19 survivors from military service is a recruiting mess waiting to happen
A recent memo from Military Entrance and Processing Command (MEPCOM) added to previously issued start-stop guidance from the Department of Defense relating to COVID-19. U...
By Nathalie Grogan & Emma Moore
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Veteran Benefits for Members of the National Guard and Reserves
Commentary
The reserve component of the armed forces is often overlooked in terms of federal benefits and recognition....
By Nathalie Grogan
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Third order effects of coronavirus on military recruiting and retention
Commentary
The COVID-19 pandemic will have yet-to-be-seen effects on military recruitment and retention in the short- and long-term. Every month during which recruiting is paused or slow...
By Emma Moore
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Into the unknown: Military families struggle with Family Care Plans
Commentary
There is an old saying around the military, “If the Army wanted you to have a family, they’d have issued you one,” implying families are extraneous to the needs of the organiz...
By COL Sarah Albrycht & Nathalie Grogan
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US special operations forces are special — but they're not 'elite'
Commentary
America's special operations forces (SOF) are in high demand and their global presence is growing. In 2019, SOF operated in 141 countries, up from only 60 just over a decade a...
By Lt Col Stewart J. Parker
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How Donald Trump Ruined the Navy
Commentary
No communications firm, pressed to design a case study on public-relations disasters, could likely top the Navy’s recent bungling of a coronavirus epidemic on the USS Theodore...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Sharper: America's National Security Workforce
Commentary
The greatest source of strength in American national security is the people who lead and serve within its institutions. The ongoing U.S. response to the global coronavirus out...
By Emma Moore, Chris Estep & Cole Stevens
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Legal and Advocacy Services for Veterans
Commentary
In the post-9/11 era, a “sea of goodwill” made up of organizations in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors has formed to support veterans, servicemembers, their families...
By Carole House
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Plenty of Time When We Get Home with Kayla Williams
In this episode of Incoming, author and Army veteran Kayla Williams talks with us about serving in Iraq as the most forward-deployed woman of the war at her time. She faced br...
By Kayla M. Williams
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All Americans: Extending Draft Registration Makes Us Stronger
Commentary
As state and local officials across the country scramble to find additional public health workers to staff their over-burdened hospitals, the need for talented public servants...
By Andrew Swick & Emma Moore
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Women in Combat: Five-Year Status Update
Commentary
It has been five years since the ban on women in combat was lifted in 2015 and women began integrating previously closed combat arms billets in January 2016. Five years is the...
By Emma Moore
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Coronavirus pandemic illustrates the need to maintain a strong VA
Commentary
Schools, offices, and other businesses are shutting down nationwide as the United States ramps up its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. As we read about the extreme strain pl...
By Kayla M. Williams
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How the US military's coronavirus response may screw over the reserves
The endless pursuit of lethality combined with perverse incentives for commanders means the U.S. military’s reserve component risks being left in the lurch by the government’s...
By Emma Moore
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Boosting VA funding is not enough to support veterans
Commentary
Trump’s proposed 2021 budget includes another significant increase for the Department of Veterans Affairs: a 13 percent increase to $90 billion for medical services, another $...
By Kayla M. Williams
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The VA has some serious problems with how it handles claims of military sexual trauma
Commentary
Imagine going to your doctor’s office for care. You walk in and go to the front desk to check in. But the front desk staff tells you that you can’t get care there. You’re not ...
By Kayla M. Williams & Samantha Kubek
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Countering Terrorists From Afghanistan to Cyberspace
Podcast
From serving as a counterterrorism analyst for the Pentagon in Afghanistan to working on security issues at Facebook, Kara Frederick has spent her entire career confronting Am...
By Kara Frederick & Ilan Goldenberg
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Veteran Benefits in U.S. Territories
Commentary
Each of the U.S. territories could do more to support veterans and make benefits more easily located....
By Emma Moore & Brent Peabody
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Episode 7: Kayla Williams
Podcast
This podcast from Military Times examines the alarming rate of military and veterans suicide, offering new insights based on research and effective clinical and peer support p...
By Kayla M. Williams
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The American Public Wants a Sustainable Middle East Policy
Commentary
After the U.S. strike on Qasem Soleimani, Americans feared the United States was on the brink of war with Iran. “World War III draft” memes circulated around the internet, and...
By Kaleigh Thomas & Emma Moore
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The Iranian Missile Strike Did Far More Damage Than Trump Admits
Commentary
Over 100 American soldiers have been treated for traumatic brain injuries following Iran’s missile strike on Al Asad Air Base in western Iraq. The strike came in retaliation f...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman & Paul Scharre
