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Biden sparks debate with Marine backdrop to combative address
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President 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 Vietnam
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America 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 Time
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Between 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 THC
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Marijuana 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 Military
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The 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 Slowdown
Katherine 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?
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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 says
Since 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?
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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?
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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 says
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Among 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
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"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 options
The 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 separations
Potentially 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
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Why it’s suddenly so much harder to get promoted in the Air Force
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It was a tough Tuesday for many Air Force staff sergeants hoping for a promotion to technical sergeant, a role that would give them more responsibilities as well as a bigger p...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Army’s education waiver reversal stuns applicants, splits experts on impact
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Aiden, a housing- and food-insecure teenager living in Miami, remembers the excitement he felt when the Army recruiter gave him the news late last month: the service was begin...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Tens of thousands of part-time soldiers face discharge for missing COVID vax deadline
The Army’s deadline for its part-time soldiers in the Army Reserve and Army National Guard to receive the COVID-19 vaccine passed last week, and tens of thousands of members f...
By Nathalie Grogan
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Abortion disinformation is growing and dangerously divisive, experts say
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Twitter account struck an urgent tone the Sunday after the Supreme Court’s historic abortion ruling. She implored her 968,000 followers to have t...
By Dr. Kyleanne Hunter
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New rules make it easier to kick out airmen, guardians guilty of sexual assault
Airmen and guardians who commit sexual assault will automatically face military discharge unless they qualify for an exception to that rule, the Air Force said in a recent upd...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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The hidden costs for US troops after the downfall of Roe v. Wade
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It’s “impossible” to look at the Supreme Court’s decision without also considering the “serious problem of sexual violence in the military,” said Nathalie Grogan, a research a...
By Nathalie Grogan
