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Grieving Families Trusted an Army Financial Adviser. They Lost Fortunes.As the families seek to recoup their losses through litigation, their cases have alarmed observers and financial experts who say the episode appears to have exposed glaring ov...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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The National Guard has patrolled the southwest border for years. Has the mission gone on too long?The last four presidential administrations have sent National Guard troops to the southwest border. About 2,400 of them are now watching the border and helping the Department ...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Army Reserve Officers Are Bailing Out, This General Has a Plan“If someone doesn’t have time to complete [professional military education] or isn’t making time to complete [it], that’s telling you something about the role of the Reserve i...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Veteran Cyclist Rides 1,689 Miles to Honor Fallen Soldiers"Like most of us who have served in the military, I have memories that are never far away. In 2007, I led a group of 800 paratroopers on a perilous tour in Afghanistan. They m...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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Army Brings Back ‘Be All You Can Be’ SloganKatherine Kuzminski, with the Center for a New American Security said while previous generations may have been drawn to service by financial incentives and the opportunity to ...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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New Parental Leave Policy Could Help Retention, RecruitingBefore the change, the length of leave granted was dependent on whether the service member was the birth parent or “primary caregiver,” or the “secondary caregiver.” Now there...
By Dr. Kyleanne Hunter
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The Air Force Is Changing the Way It Measures Body Fat for Airmen and GuardiansWhile it may sound similar to the “tape test” that the service ditched in 2020, experts say that the new waist-to-height ratio may be more forgiving than its predecessor. “Fro...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Get Ready for Fort Liberty: The Pentagon Begins Changing Confederate Base NamesKatherine Kuzminski, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security think tank who researches military culture, told Military.com on Friday that the DoD has dealt w...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Can the Army Fill Its Ranks?It’s not clear how the continuing decline in manning will impact operations, though service officials insist that the Army will be able to meet all of its requirements with fe...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Have Soldiers Forgotten How to Use a Map and Compass?As of now, passing isn't required to graduate. But the high failure rate is a troubling sign as the service gears up for conventional warfare, with future conflicts expected t...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Nearly Two Dozen Air Force Honor Guardsmen Are Sporting Beards Following Policy ChangeJoining the Honor Guard is a voluntary special duty role. Katherine L. Kuzminski, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security think tank who researches military ...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Congress Faces Deadline for Keeping Government FundedThe annual National Defense Authorization Act would increase America’s total national security budget for fiscal year 2023 to $857.9 billion. House lawmakers passed the NDAA b...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Army Football Alums Make General More Often than Other Officers—Why?Woodruff highlighted that football players have “an even closer group that…[they’ve] struggled and bonded with,” adding that “those closer ties in a broader network do matter....
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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US Military Braces for Impact of COVID Vaccine Mandate RepealExperts also raised questions about the precedent it would set to roll back a lawful military order after so many refused to follow it. “If I’m a commander, what concerns do I...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Rollback of COVID Vaccine Mandate Met with Furor at PentagonKatherine L. Kuzminski, a military policy expert at the Center for a New American Security in Washington, said disciplinary problems can arise when rank-and-file troops see th...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Agencies Still Lack the Full, Flexible CX Funding Needed to Modernize Federal ITThe report recommends using root cause analysis as opposed to focusing on symptoms of the issues when determining customer’s problems and possible solutions. Accenture Federal...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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The Military Still Has No Good Way to Spot Extremist Recruits and Troops on Social MediaThe military has struggled to address the problem, saying the numbers of extremists in the ranks are relatively small. Austin ordered an extremism working group in the months ...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Why Has America’s Army Recruitment Plummeted?The fallout from covid-19 is a big part of the problem. Lockdowns reduced eligibility by degrading academic performance and contributing to higher levels of obesity and mental...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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The Air Force’s Admin Software Is So Bad That the Top Enlisted Airman Is Trolling ItKelly explained that the system was also meant to help the Air Force switch to a cloud-based evaluation system grounded in Airman Leadership Qualities, which lay out new perfo...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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New CNAS Report: "Greater San Antonio Military & Veteran Family Needs Assessment"Washington, November 10, 2022—Today, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a new report, "Greater San Antonio Military & Veteran Family Needs Assessment,"...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski, Nathalie Grogan & Celina Pouchet
