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Commentary
National Security Human Capital Program
Sharper: Pride in National SecurityIn 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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Commentary
National Security Human Capital Program
The USO, Enduring Family Support, and How the DoD Budget Should ChangeFamily support and quality of life is a key factor for military retention....
By Col Gabe S. Arrington & Nathalie Grogan
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Commentary
National Security Human Capital Program
Military Food Insecurity- What is Going On?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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Commentary
National Security Human Capital Program
Sharper: Women Who ServeWith 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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National Security Human Capital Program
Closing the Gaps Between Servicemembers and the American PublicWe 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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Commentary
National Security Human Capital Program
Ignoring the National Guard is dangerousThe 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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Commentary
National Security Human Capital Program
The Way Ahead for the Next Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and ReadinessThere are few things in the Pentagon more consequential than military personnel policy...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski & Nathalie Grogan
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Commentary
National Security Human Capital Program
A Military Child Learns What It Means to Be an American. By LeavingThe 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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Commentary
National Security Human Capital Program
The Trans Ban Is Gone but More Needs To Be DoneSimply 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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Commentary
Defense / National Security Human Capital Program / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Sharper: Civil-Military RelationsThe 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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National Security Human Capital Program
Enough Is Enough: It's Time for National Guard Members to Go HomeThe time has come for Guardsmen to return home and take up their state mission and civilian employment....
By Nathalie Grogan
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Commentary
Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program / Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Sharper: 20202020 featured an ever-evolving series of national security challenges....
By Sam Dorshimer, Nathalie Grogan, Emily Jin, Chris Estep & Cole Stevens
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Commentary
National Security Human Capital Program
Schools, Communities Need to Make Sure Military Children Don’t Get Lost During COVID-19The 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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Commentary
Defense / National Security Human Capital Program
The All-Volunteer Force: Civil-Military Relations Hit Home—and AbroadTensions in the civil-military relationship threaten national security from conflicts abroad to cities across the United States....
By Nathalie Grogan
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National Security Human Capital Program
The National Guard Interstate Transfer Process Hurts RetentionEven 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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National Security Human Capital Program
The Pandemic and the Protests: Necessity and Perception of the National GuardCOVID-19 has demonstrated the flexibility and dedication of guardsmen and the necessity of adequate funding....
By Nathalie Grogan
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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
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
