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• Commentary
  • July 16, 2019
  A Looming Retention Crisis

  Some of the most significant retention challenges the military faces are choices related to military families and how cultural shifts in family dynamics shape the decisions of...

  By LtCol Colin Smith

• Commentary
  • Task and Purpose
  • June 7, 2019
  Implementing new PT standards may hurt Army readiness. The service should learn from how US allies pulled it off

  After nearly two decades of grinding low-intensity conflict, the U.S. military is shifting to focus on near-peer competition — and tailoring its physical fitness requirements ...

  By Emma Moore

• Commentary
  • Military.com
  • March 21, 2019
  The Necessary Impact of Captain Marvel on the Military

  "Captain Marvel" is behind the times for the military and for superheroes; and it is the movie we deserve. It tells us what we already knew: that women serve (admirably, succe...

  By Emma Moore

• Podcast
  • March 18, 2019
  WOTR Podcast: Civil-Military Relations Gone Wild?

  Debates over civil-military relations have reached a fever pitch since the 2016 presidential campaign and the beginning of the Trump administration. Many have focused on the t...

  By Loren DeJonge Schulman, Steven Foster, Alice Hunt Friend & Ryan Evans

• Commentary
  • The Hill
  • February 11, 2019
  VA continues to fail male victims of military sexual trauma

  The problem of sexual harassment and assault in the United States military has been widely reported, often — though not always — framed as predominantly women’s issue. However...

  By Kayla M. Williams

• Commentary
  • War on the Rocks
  • February 11, 2019
  Time for the U.S. to Learn Its Lessons from Afghanistan

  The United States failed in Afghanistan. The only points of debate left for analysts and historians are by how much and who is to blame. With negotiations and withdrawal plans...

  By Dr. Jason Dempsey