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The National Guard Is Having a Nightmarish Time Keeping Soldiers and Recruiting New Ones
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Retention skyrocketed during the pandemic for most components of the military, including the Guard. Last year, the Guard sought to retain nearly 33,624 soldiers who were sched...
By Nathalie Grogan
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Most Military Recruits Come from Families of People Who Served. Experts Say That’s Not Sustainable.
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Critics say the military needs to broaden its recruiting base. “Really, the time to change this reliance on the military children pipeline to the military was several years ag...
By Nathalie Grogan
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Air Force, Space Force may let in applicants who test positive for THC
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Marijuana use may no longer disqualify prospective applicants from joining the Air Force or Space Force, due to a possible policy change under consideration at the Air Force R...
By Nathalie Grogan
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Military Faces National Guard Refusals and Legal Blockade over Disobeying COVID-19 Vaccine Order
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"Readiness will be felt domestically and [problems] are going to be much more evident to the American people. It's going to be noticed," Nathalie Grogan, a researcher for the ...
By Nathalie Grogan
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Tens of thousands of part-time soldiers face discharge for missing COVID vax deadline
The Army’s deadline for its part-time soldiers in the Army Reserve and Army National Guard to receive the COVID-19 vaccine passed last week, and tens of thousands of members f...
By Nathalie Grogan
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The hidden costs for US troops after the downfall of Roe v. Wade
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It’s “impossible” to look at the Supreme Court’s decision without also considering the “serious problem of sexual violence in the military,” said Nathalie Grogan, a research a...
By Nathalie Grogan
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Most military recruits come from families of people who served. Experts say that's not sustainable.
The military is having a tough time finding new recruits, and one factor may be its heavy reliance on families of those who’ve served. The U.S. Military's new recruiting class...
By Nathalie Grogan
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Afghanistan, Politics Lead to Decline in Public Trust of Military
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Americans’ trust and confidence in the U.S. military has declined precipitously in 2021, according to the results of a survey. Experts lay the blame on increasing political po...
By Nathalie Grogan
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The National Guard Is Stuck in the Middle of Political Infighting, and It’s Getting Worse
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The governor of Oklahoma versus the Biden administration. The governor of Texas versus the Biden administration. The governor of South Dakota versus the Biden administration. ...
By Nathalie Grogan
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As veterans face heightened unemployment risk, ‘Call of Duty’ lends a hand
Over the last nine weeks, more than 38.6 million Americans have filed unemployment claims as the covid-19 pandemic continues to impact the U.S. economy. Massive layoffs due to...
By Nathalie Grogan
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Veteran unemployment up to nearly 12 percent amid coronavirus crisis
Veterans unemployment jumped to nearly 12 percent in April as the country’s total jobless rate rose to its highest levels since the Great Depression because of the ongoing cor...
By Nathalie Grogan
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ROTC at black colleges? How Pentagon aims to diversify military brass.
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As a first-generation college student in Texas, George Bolton was hooked on an Army career through the stories of the Buffalo soldiers, the black cavalry units formed in 1866 ...
By Nathalie Grogan
