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National Security Human Capital Program
Banning COVID-19 survivors from military service is a recruiting mess waiting to happenA 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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Commentary
National Security Human Capital Program
Veteran Benefits for Members of the National Guard and ReservesThe reserve component of the armed forces is often overlooked in terms of federal benefits and recognition....
By Nathalie Grogan
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Commentary
National Security Human Capital Program
Third order effects of coronavirus on military recruiting and retentionThe 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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Commentary
National Security Human Capital Program
Into the unknown: Military families struggle with Family Care PlansThere 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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Commentary
National Security Human Capital Program
Veteran Benefits in the Tri-State AreaIn 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, service members, their familie...
By Emma Moore & Nathalie Grogan
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Commentary
National Security Human Capital Program
US special operations forces are special — but they're not 'elite'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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Commentary
National Security Human Capital Program
How Donald Trump Ruined the NavyNo 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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Commentary
Defense / National Security Human Capital Program / Technology & National Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Sharper: America's National Security WorkforceThe 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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Commentary
National Security Human Capital Program
Legal and Advocacy Services for VeteransIn 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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Commentary
National Security Human Capital Program
All Americans: Extending Draft Registration Makes Us StrongerAs 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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National Security Human Capital Program
Plenty of Time When We Get Home with Kayla WilliamsIn 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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Commentary
National Security Human Capital Program / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Women in Combat: Five-Year Status UpdateIt 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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Commentary
National Security Human Capital Program / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
VA must improve access to high-quality care for transgender veteransNearly two years ago, I argued that then-incoming VA Secretary Robert Wilkie should expand care to transgender veterans, removing the exclusion of gender confirmation surgery ...
By Kayla M. Williams
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Commentary
National Security Human Capital Program
Veteran Benefits in the DMV Metro AreaIn 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, service members, their familie...
By Nathalie Grogan
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Commentary
National Security Human Capital Program
Coronavirus pandemic illustrates the need to maintain a strong VASchools, 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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Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
How the US military's coronavirus response may screw over the reservesThe 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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Commentary
National Security Human Capital Program
Education Benefits for VeteransIn 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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Podcast
Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program
Veterans Of Afghanistan Conflict React To Negotiations Between U.S. And TalibanAfghanistan war veterans react to the U.S.-Taliban accord signed over the weekend — one that would start an American troop withdrawal. Listen to the full conversation o...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Commentary
National Security Human Capital Program
Boosting VA funding is not enough to support veteransTrump’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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Commentary
National Security Human Capital Program
The VA has some serious problems with how it handles claims of military sexual traumaImagine 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
