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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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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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Sharper: Women Who Serve
Commentary
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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Closing the Gaps Between Servicemembers and the American Public
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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Ignoring the National Guard is dangerous
Commentary
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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The Way Ahead for the Next Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
Commentary
There are few things in the Pentagon more consequential than military personnel policy...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski & Nathalie Grogan
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A Military Child Learns What It Means to Be an American. By Leaving
Commentary
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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The Trans Ban Is Gone but More Needs To Be Done
Commentary
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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Sharper: Civil-Military Relations
Commentary
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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Enough Is Enough: It's Time for National Guard Members to Go Home
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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Sharper: 2020
Commentary
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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Schools, Communities Need to Make Sure Military Children Don’t Get Lost During COVID-19
Commentary
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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The All-Volunteer Force: Civil-Military Relations Hit Home—and Abroad
Commentary
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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The National Guard Interstate Transfer Process Hurts Retention
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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The Pandemic and the Protests: Necessity and Perception of the National Guard
COVID-19 has demonstrated the flexibility and dedication of guardsmen and the necessity of adequate funding....
By Nathalie Grogan
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Banning COVID-19 survivors from military service is a recruiting mess waiting to happen
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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Veteran Benefits for Members of the National Guard and Reserves
Commentary
The reserve component of the armed forces is often overlooked in terms of federal benefits and recognition....
By Nathalie Grogan
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Into the unknown: Military families struggle with Family Care Plans
Commentary
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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Veteran Benefits in the Tri-State Area
Commentary
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
