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• Commentary
  • Defense One
  • September 9, 2019
  Two Cheers for Esper’s Plan to Reassert Civilian Control of the Pentagon

  The longest-ever gap in civilian leadership atop the Department of Defense came to an end on July 23, when Mark Esper was sworn in as secretary of defense. His presence in the...

  By Loren DeJonge Schulman, Alice Hunt Friend & Mara Karlin

• Commentary
  • The Hill
  • October 2, 2018
  What should be done with report on military sexual harassment and assault?

  After multiple delays, the Pentagon finally authorized RAND to release its report with estimates of installation- and command-level risk of military sexual assault and harassm...

  By Kayla M. Williams

• • Commentary
  • October 29, 2015
  Why Military Personnel Reform Matters

  The United States is notoriously bad at predicting future conflicts and changes in the international order. From the bestselling The Coming War With Japan in the early 1990s t...

  By Amy Schafer

• • Blog
  • March 6, 2014
  The Ghosts of Armies Past

  The U.S. Army, like the nation as a whole, is facing difficult new strategic challenges.  Thirteen years of constant warfare will end in 2014, when the last U.S. combat troops...

  By Kelley Sayler, David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)

• • Video
  • July 28, 2011
  Command Post: "Is U.S. Military Personnel Policy Ready For The 21st Century?"

  Many experts say the industrial-era personnel system still in use by the Pentagon -- with its up-or-out promotions, its non-vesting pension system for the first 20 years, and ...

  By John A. Nagl, David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)