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Life insurance is part of your readiness, not an afterthought
USAA Life Insurance Company and USAA Life Insurance Company of New York What financial readiness actually means In the military, readiness is about preparation before conditions change. The same logic applies at home. Financial readiness is not simply a matter of having enough in checking or contributing to the TSP. It means reducing the kinds…
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A Military Family’s Journey through Separation and Healing
Traveling halfway around the world for care is a daunting event, but that’s just what the Brice family of three had to do in April 2023. The Brices were living in Grafenwoehr, Germany where Army Staff Sgt. William Brice was stationed as a cavalry scout. After noticing that their young daughter had unexplained bruises, William…
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The Next EW Fight Will Be Won at Machine Speed. Here’s How L3Harris Is Preparing.
The electromagnetic spectrum has become one of the most contested domains in modern warfare. Peer adversaries are fielding distributed sensing architectures, adaptive jamming techniques, and deception tactics that blend cyber and electronic warfare effects to defeat U.S. and allied targeting. Staying ahead requires more than incremental upgrades. It requires a fundamental shift toward distributed, software-defined,…
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Speed as a strategic advantage in border monitoring
Across Europe, border environments are becoming increasingly dynamic and complex. Activity can shift within hours—vehicles reposition, staging areas disperse, small watercraft alter routes, and nodes of activity appear and disappear with little warning. For national security organizations, ministries of interior, and supporting non-governmental partners, the challenge in border monitoring is no longer access to information…
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Courage Can Save Us as a Nation. These Ten Americans Show Us How
Since 2018, With Honor has helped elect more than one hundred military veterans and national security professionals. In Courage Can Save US, I profile ten of them in office: five Democrats and five Republicans. As of this writing, six are in the House of Representatives, two are in the Senate, and two are governors. Nine…
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Digital Engineering Is an Acquisition Weapon System. Start Treating It Like One.
While our adversaries accelerate the acquisition timeline from concept to capability, the United States continues to field weapon systems and platforms on decade-long cycles. This disparity brings great risk to our warfighters, who will be left to defend U.S. interests with exquisite platforms that are obsolete on arrival. But this is not an indictment of…
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Army vet supports her Navy sister in tough hospital journey
“I went to Japan and I was ready to spend the next 20 years there,” Kayla Saska said, a former sailor describing her first duty station. “I loved it, the people, the culture.” Kayla, a high school athlete who scored well on the military entrance exams, excelled in the Navy school for her job, fire…
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Courage Can Save Us as a Nation. These Ten Americans Show Us How
Since 2018, With Honor has helped elect more than one hundred military veterans and national security professionals. In Courage Can Save US, I profile ten of them in office: five Democrats and five Republicans. As of this writing, six are in the House of Representatives, two are in the Senate, and two are governors. Nine…
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THE EDGE IS THE NEW HIGH GROUND Own the Edge ™
For centuries, military doctrine held a simple truth: seize the high ground and you command the battle. Elevation delivered observation, engagement advantage, and defensive strength. Today, that advantage has shifted. The high ground is no longer a hilltop. It is the forward edge of the battlespace, where sensing, decision, and effects converge. The force that…
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From Attritable Drones to Enduring Capability
As unmanned systems become central to modern defense operations, the next challenge is not simply how to field more drones faster, but how to build lasting operational advantage. Robinson Unmanned President Paul Fermo discusses why drone dominance requires an ecosystem of adaptable aircraft, from small soldier-deployable systems to full-scale autonomous helicopters, supported by open architecture,…
