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The Military’s Most Challenging Recruiting Year Yet
Podcast
Kate Kuzminski provides insights on recruiting issues regarding the military with Viewpoint Radio. She discusses whats feeding into less Americans signing up and how the gover...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Colonel Makes Powerful Honor Ride to His Soldiers’ Graves
Video
Chris Kolenda was featured in an AARP video honoring fallen paratroopers in Afghanistan. Chris has ridden a total of 1,700 miles from Spalding, Nebraska, to Arlington National...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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What We’re Getting Wrong about Veterans
Commentary
The memories of combat are loud bells that clang and gong in every veteran’s head unexpectedly. The emptier you feel, the more their crashing sounds echo and linger....
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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Veteran Who Biked across the U.S. to Honor Fallen Soldiers Also Finds Healing
Video
After four combat tours in Afghanistan, retired Army Col. Chris Kolenda wanted to honor his fellow soldiers. He went from not riding a bike in 20 years to riding 1,700 miles a...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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Chief of the U.S. Army Reserve Seminar: Shaping the Army Reserve for 2030 & Beyond
Video
Kate Kuzminski, Senior Fellow and Director of the Military, Veterans, and Society program at CNAS joined the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) where Chief of Army R...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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How to Improve Your Pickup Aviation Advising Game
Commentary
The United States failed in its attempts to build air forces in Iraq and Afghanistan for numerous reasons. Chief among these was policymakers’ excessive ambition: they failed ...
By Tobias Switzer & Jonathan Magill
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Irregulars
Commentary
Katherine Kuzminski joins The Signal to discuss accusations of a “woke” takeover of the United States’ military, generally considered to be America's most trusted institution,...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Incentivizing Military Service
Video
Katherine Kuzminski, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, discusses historic incentives the Navy and Air Force are now offering to new recruits with Gove...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Sharper: Climate Security
Commentary
Climate change is a force multiplier for geopolitical instability and operational readiness, the stressors of which profoundly impact national security priorities and resource...
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DVOP/CVSO: Promising Practices to Connect and Serve
Podcast
Nathalie Grogan joins NVTI Podcast Series to discuss how Disabled Veterans’ Outreach Program (DVOP) specialists and other veteran service providers can best collaborate with C...
By Nathalie Grogan
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Don’t Believe the Generals
Commentary
The outcome of America’s commitment was an Afghan government and military that couldn’t hold out long enough even for U.S. forces to leave with a semblance of dignity....
By Dr. Jason Dempsey & Gil Barndollar
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National Guard offers signing bonus amid recruitment hurdles
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Military readiness expert Kate Kuzminski speaks to NewsNation about the effects that today's recruiting challenge will have on future readiness. Watch the full interview from...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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U.S. military facing biggest recruiting shortfall in decades
Video
The U.S. military is facing a recruiting shortfall, with officials saying there are not enough people signing up to serve. Katherine Kuzminski, Senior Fellow and Director of t...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Overturning Roe: What Might This Mean for Military Culture?
Commentary
With the repeal of Roe, women stationed in states that either have a trigger law or are poised to enact more stringent abortion bans will be faced with sharp reductions in the...
By Dr. Kyleanne Hunter
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Sharper: Pride in National Security
Commentary
In order for the United States to maintain its strategic advantage, the national security community must be able to access the nation's top talent and draw from their strength...
By Anna Pederson, Nathalie Grogan & Katherine L. Kuzminski
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The USO, Enduring Family Support, and How the DoD Budget Should Change
Commentary
Family support and quality of life is a key factor for military retention....
By Lt Col Gabe S. Arrington & Nathalie Grogan
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To Appropriations and Beyond!
Podcast
When Congress created Space Force back in 2019, it looked to some like a wild idea from President Trump had just gone and become the sixth branch of the armed forces. But the ...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Military Food Insecurity- What is Going On?
Commentary
The rising cost of living and high rates of military spouse unemployment create a circumstance in which service members must survive on one income—when nearly 70 percent of Am...
By Nathalie Grogan
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U.S. Servicemembers Face Vaccine Mandate Deadlines
Video
Members of the U.S. Armed Forces are facing deadlines to get vaccinated from COVID or face dismissal. Tim Boyum talks with Kate Kuzminski, director of the Center for a New Ame...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Sharper: Global Posture
Commentary
The Department of Defense is finalizing the first global posture review of the Biden administration, an assessment of the U.S. military's global footprint. What will the admin...
By Anna Pederson
