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CNAS Releases New Report “Generations of War: The Rise of the Warrior Caste and the All-Volunteer Force”aThe Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Military, Veterans, and Society Program today released a new report examining the increasingly small subset of the U.S. populatio...
By Amy Schafer
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National Security Human Capital
CNAS Releases New Report “Generations of War: The Rise of the Warrior Caste and the All-Volunteer Force”Washington, May 8 – The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Military, Veterans, and Society Program today released a new report examining the increasingly small subset o...
By Amy Schafer
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National Security Human Capital
Every Marine a rifleman no more?Former Defense Secretary Ash Carter shocked the military last summer when he called for boosting the military’s high-tech force by finding civilians who already have those vit...
By Katherine Kidder
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National Security Human Capital
Solutions for the all-volunteer militaryKatherine Kidder, a fellow at the Center for a New American Security, and Amy Schafer a research associate for the military, veterans and society program there, tell Federal D...
By Amy Schafer & Katherine Kidder
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Defense / National Security Human Capital
Trump nominates two new DOD officialsPresident Trump will nominate Robert Story Karem for assistant secretary of Defense for international security affairs and Kari Bingen for principal deputy under secretary of ...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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National Security Human Capital
Where diversity initiatives are still falling short in national security jobsWhen it comes to eliminating barriers to women serving in national security positions within the U.S. government, there’s plenty of data to show progress. Women now make up 45...
By Katherine Kidder
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Defense / National Security Human Capital
US Drops Most Powerful Non-Nuclear Bomb in AfghanistanThe U.S. military on Thursday dropped the most powerful non-nuclear bomb in its arsenal against the Islamic State in Afghanistan, marking the first ever combat use of the mass...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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National Security Human Capital
It’s uncertain who will be on the DoD chopping block with new government reformsThe Trump administration’s April 11 directive to cut the federal workforce and improve performance runs parallel to initiatives the Defense Department and Congress have been w...
By Amy Schafer
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National Security Human Capital
Trump makes little headway filling out Pentagon jobsThe hearing this week for President Trump’s Air Force secretary nominee was a rare sight for those monitoring Trump’s progress filling Pentagon positions. Former Rep. Heather...
By Katherine Kidder
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National Security Human Capital
VA Urged To Take Advantage Of Momentum And Keep Reforming ItselfThe combination of a GOP controlled government and a secretary held over from the Obama administration may have created an opportunity for progress at the troubled Department ...
By Phillip Carter
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National Security Human Capital
Watchdog Criticizes Veterans Affairs’ Suicide HotlineThe Department of Veterans Affairs’ suicide crisis hotline is understaffed, poorly supervised and sometimes leaves veterans on hold so long that they simply hang up, according...
By Phillip Carter
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National Security Human Capital
The 'old Corps' under siege. The photo scandal and the big changes coming soon.The Marine Corps has always struggled with change. A decade ago, when the Corps adopted new desert boots and the digital-pattern, wash-and-wear camouflage uniforms, many old...
By Amy Schafer
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National Security Human Capital
Still Fighting, and Dying, in the Forever WarIn November 2016, Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Scott Dayton became the first member of the United States military to die in the continuing conflict in Syria. Chief Dayton w...
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National Security Human Capital
Trump Weighs Paying for His Wall by Gutting National SecurityBeyond his fantastical claim that Mexico would pay for his promised border wall, Donald Trump has never provided a satisfying explanation for how he would fund its constructio...
By Katherine Kidder
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National Security Human Capital
Trump plan pays for immigration crackdown with cuts to coastal, air securityThe Trump administration wants to gut the Coast Guard and make deep cuts in airport and rail security to help pay for its crackdown on illegal immigration, according to intern...
By Katherine Kidder
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National Security Human Capital
Trump's Pentagon plans in flux after Navy secretary nominee withdrawsHaving now lost two of his three picks to become the military's next service secretaries, it appears increasingly likely that President Donald Trump won't have his top team in...
By Phillip Carter
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National Security Human Capital
Twitter and Facebook are politicizing the militarySocial media’s angry partisan divides are seeping into the U.S. military, raising fears that the tradition of political neutrality in the armed services is eroding on sites li...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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National Security Human Capital
Trump's new warrior-scholarPresident Donald Trump has picked one of the military’s leading warrior-scholars to restore order to the National Security Council — but also one who has staked out a decidedl...
By Phillip Carter
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National Security Human Capital
Not Much Has Changed Since the Revolutionary WarJackie Kilby, an archives technician at the National Archives, was parsing old letters to the US State Department when a name caught her eye: Caleb Brewster, a key member of G...
By Amy Schafer
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National Security Human Capital
What really caused that F-35 price dropRonald Reagan famously said, there is no limit to the good you can do if you don’t care who gets the credit. So who gets the credit for a price breakthrough in the next order ...
By Amy Schafer