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The Army Is Giving All Soldiers a $240 Special Pay While DeployedSoldiers will now see $240 per month in a new special duty pay when they are on deployments, Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth announced Monday. Soldiers on an “operatio...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Navy Plans Better Fitting, More Functional Uniforms for Women SailorsAs the number of female service members has increased over the years, the military branches have invested money in research and development to better tailor uniforms and body ...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Marines Surpass Enlisted Recruitment Goal by 1, Officers over a Dozen in Sharp Drop from 2023Despite the diminished numbers, the service did indeed exceed its goals, and according to Katherine Kuzminski, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security think ...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Army Meets Recruiting Goal with Soldiers Who Are Older or Need Extra PrepThe Army’s recruitment upswing comes after Wormuth’s announcement in October to overhaul and modernize the way the service recruits – realizing that the service needed to inve...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Army Activates First-of-Its-Kind Medical Command in Europe with an Eye on MoscowKatherine Kuzminski, a senior fellow and director of the Military, Veterans and Society Program at the Center for a New American Security, said one only has to look at current...
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Why 30% of Military Veterans Get Disability Benefits, Forcing Congress to ScrambleSoaring VA expenses are prompting some analysts to ask whether the VA is using its funds in a way that best helps veterans. These questions can be sensitive for public officia...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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‘We are all in disbelief’: How the New Hampshire National Guard failed to protect female soldiersNational Guard units are also led by general officers, known as TAGs or adjutant generals, such as Mikolaities, who report directly to their state’s governor but also to the P...
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Air Force Families Must Be Prepared for Catastrophic Events Amid Shift to Potential Pacific Conflict, Service Chief SaysKatherine Kuzminski, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security think tank who studies military personnel and family policy, told Military.com on Tuesday that t...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Pentagon Updates Guidance for Protecting Military Personnel from ‘Blast Overpressure’The U.S. Defense Department is going to require cognitive assessments for all new recruits as part of a broader effort to protect troops from brain injuries resulting from exp...
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New DOD Suicide Report Falls Short in Key AreasA new Congressionally mandated Pentagon study of military suicide rates broken down by career field offers a rare look at comparative risk factors facing service members, but ...
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Pentagon Data Shows High Suicide Rates Among Troops Exposed to BlastsRisk factors other than blast exposure may be contributing to higher suicide rates, said Katherine Kuzminski, an expert on the military and veterans at The Center for a New Am...
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Latest Cuts at Military Times Accelerates Decline of News Source to Airmen, GuardiansKatherine Kuzminski, Deputy Director of Studies and the Director of the Military, Veterans, and Society Program at the Center for a New American Security, a Washington, D.C.-b...
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Should Women Be Drafted? Congress Weighs the Question Yet AgainKate Kuzminski, director of the Center for New American Security’s program on Military, Veterans & Society said various members of Congress has attempted to add women to t...
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The Army's Recruiting Problem Is MaleThe alarming trends for men's economic role and health have also been weaponized in dark, misogynistic corners of the internet -- sometimes referred to as the "manosphere," wh...
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Congress Is Weighing Automatic Registration for Wartime DraftKate Kuzminski, deputy director of the Washington D.C. think tank, Center for New American Security’s program on Military, Veterans & Society said the measure could be sim...
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Air Force General in Charge of Special Operations Command Nominated to Head Service AcademyWhile Bauernfeind's tenure at AFSOC has been less than the typical two years, it's not uncommon for the Air Force to move around its limited number of three-star generals into...
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Losing a Foot Never Held Her Back, Until She Tried to Join the MilitaryThe military personnel bureaucracy is risk-averse, and no one wants to be the first to let an amputee in, said Katherine Kuzminski, who studies the military and society at the...
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Army on Track to Meet Lower Recruiting Goal, Navy May Fall ShortThe Army’s decision to lower its recruiting goal comes as the service is undergoing a massive force structure transformation, under which the total size of the force is expect...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Supreme Court Sides with Army Veteran in Overlapping GI Bill Benefits CaseKate Kuzminski, director of the Center for a New American Security, a Washington D.C. think tank’s military program said the number of impacted veterans may be smaller than th...
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NATO Doesn’t Have Enough TroopsThe biggest factor that has driven down recruitment, experts think, is the lack of an existential U.S. national security threat. “We’re victims of our own success,” said Kate ...
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