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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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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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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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With the proposed 2022 National Defense Authorization Act set to include an amendment requiring women to register for Selective Service, the role of women in the military is o...
By Nathalie Grogan & Anna Pederson
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We have been a nation at war — sort of. Due to the longest wars in American history being shouldered by a tiny percentage of the population, the vital civil-military relations...
By Nathalie Grogan
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The reliance on the National Guard to fulfill wartime personnel demands marks a transition from a strategic reserve to an operational reserve, in which the Guard meets similar...
By Nathalie Grogan
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There are few things in the Pentagon more consequential than military personnel policy...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski & Nathalie Grogan
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The ideal America that I learned about—and observed at a distance—doesn’t exist anywhere but in my mind. It’s my home because of my commitment to the ideals that we have never...
By Nathalie Grogan
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Simply lifting the ban isn’t enough to counteract the discrimination transgender service members and veterans continue to face....
By Nathalie Grogan
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The so-called “civil-military divide” has increasingly defined the relationship between America's civil society and its armed forces....
By Cole Stevens, Nathalie Grogan & Chris Estep
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The time has come for Guardsmen to return home and take up their state mission and civilian employment....
By Nathalie Grogan
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2020 featured an ever-evolving series of national security challenges....
By Sam Dorshimer, Nathalie Grogan, Emily Jin, Chris Estep & Cole Stevens
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The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has upended daily life as Americans previously knew it, with one of the most significant disruptions affecting children’s education. Closed ...
By Nathalie Grogan
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Tensions in the civil-military relationship threaten national security from conflicts abroad to cities across the United States....
By Nathalie Grogan
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Even though the National Guard constantly faces retention challenges, it has not addressed a key personnel policy that could go a long way toward solving the problem....
By Nathalie Grogan
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COVID-19 has demonstrated the flexibility and dedication of guardsmen and the necessity of adequate funding....
By Nathalie Grogan
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A 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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The reserve component of the armed forces is often overlooked in terms of federal benefits and recognition....
By Nathalie Grogan
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There 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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In 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