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What’s Missing from the Conversation on Air Force Recruiting?Today’s workforce is more transient than in decades past, and struggles with more student debt, the rising cost of living and a volatile housing market. And military families,...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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The National Guard Is Having a Nightmarish Time Keeping Soldiers and Recruiting New OnesRetention skyrocketed during the pandemic for most components of the military, including the Guard. Last year, the Guard sought to retain nearly 33,624 soldiers who were sched...
By Nathalie Grogan
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Most Military Recruits Come from Families of People Who Served. Experts Say That’s Not Sustainable.Critics say the military needs to broaden its recruiting base. “Really, the time to change this reliance on the military children pipeline to the military was several years ag...
By Nathalie Grogan
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Officer Promotions Still Competitive, but No Decision on 5-Year WindowLast year, then-Air Force personnel boss Lt. Gen. Brian Kelly said data from the first round of promotions to lieutenant colonel under the new system suggested that promotions...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Mold Is Consuming Fort Stewart’s Barracks as a Pattern Emerges across the ArmyMold issues are nothing new to the service and frequently draw scrutiny from Congress and lengthy complaints from junior troops online, but it is rare that garrison leaders pu...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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How the Military’s New Medical Screening Is Screwing over Army RecruitersKate Kuzminski, director of the Military, Veterans and Society Program at the Center for a New American Security, said the military is holding the new generation of soldiers t...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Biden sparks debate with Marine backdrop to combative addressPresident Biden sparked debate about his own adherence to political norms during his speech last week warning of GOP attacks on democracy, when the White House placed two Mari...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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As Putin seeks a larger army, some see echoes of US in VietnamAmerica learned from its own experience that drafts tend to cause political problems – and that conscripts generally don’t make the best soldiers. During the Vietnam War, so...
By Brandon J. Archuleta
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Why Hundreds of Airmen May Get a Pay Cut at the Worst Possible TimeBetween inflation, high gas prices, and rising housing costs around many bases, it has not been a great year on the economic front for many service members. That’s why recent ...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Air Force, Space Force may let in applicants who test positive for THCMarijuana use may no longer disqualify prospective applicants from joining the Air Force or Space Force, due to a possible policy change under consideration at the Air Force R...
By Nathalie Grogan
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Why Moldy Barracks Are a Growing Problem for the US MilitaryThe increasing reports of mold in military living quarters stem from a series of longstanding issues that have compounded over time, said Katherine Kuzminski, director of the ...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Air Force Staff Sergeant Promotions Lowest in Years, Part of Bigger SlowdownKatherine L. Kuzminski, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security think tank who researches military culture, said the Air Force was previously putting a lot o...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Are extremism and violent crime rising among veterans, or are we just seeing more of it?The fact that relatively few current and former service members have been tied to anti-government extremism does not diminish the significance of the problem, said Katherine K...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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DoD’s decentralized strategy for active shooters could be dangerous, IG saysSince 2009, there have been 11 active shooter situations on U.S. military bases. The most recent was at the Army Recruiting Station in Greensboro, North Carolina in 2020. Whil...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Could Access to Abortion Services Change Where the Military Stations Troops?It's unlikely that the Dobbs decision will cause a major shift in future bases away from the South, where some of the nation's more restrictive abortion laws and measures are ...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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‘Top Gun’ boosted recruiting and brought the tailhook scandal. So what happens after the blockbuster sequel?Katherine L. Kuzminski, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security think tank who researches military culture and family issues, pointed out that recruiting may...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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The Army has so far recruited only about half the soldiers it hoped for fiscal 2022, Army secretary saysAmong Americans surveyed by the Pentagon who were in the target age range for recruiting, only 13% had parents who had served in the military, down from about 40% in 1995. The...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Military Faces National Guard Refusals and Legal Blockade over Disobeying COVID-19 Vaccine Order"Readiness will be felt domestically and [problems] are going to be much more evident to the American people. It's going to be noticed," Nathalie Grogan, a researcher for the ...
By Nathalie Grogan
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DoD trying to educate service members about abortion optionsThe bottom line is service members must get permission from their commanding officer before taking time off to go get an abortion in another state. Otherwise, they risk crimin...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Fate of unvaccinated National Guard members and reservists sparks fears on Capitol Hill of mass military separationsPotentially adding thousands from the National Guard and the Reserve to that figure could have a sizable impact, according to experts. “The order of magnitude is very large,”...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
