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MEDAL: All eligible Army specialists and sergeants to go before promotion boards
The new rule will help the Army retain and maximize talent, and also ensure fewer leadership positions remain empty.
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MEDAL: Review of valor awards proved totally justified
The military-wide review of more than 1,300 valor decorations awarded since 9/11 continues to pay dividends by recognizing the nation’s heroes for their incredible courage on the battlefield.
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MEDAL: In Taliban urination case, the military court was right
Pissing on dead Taliban was wrong. But the commandant’s heavy-handed treatment of those Marines was worse.
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MISFIRE: Abandoning DoD-run schools is a terrible idea
The Pentagon’s proposal to turn over stateside military schools to local school districts amounts to a cut in benefits for military children.
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MEDAL: Making good use of tech experts, in and out of uniform
If the military wants to recruit and retain tech experts, career paths might need to change.
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MISFIRE: Trump should let John Kelly’s son rest in peace
Rarely do we hear a remark from a commander-in-chief that is as off-key and seemingly thoughtless as President Trumps comment on Tuesday morning about combat death of his chief of staff’s son.
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MISFIRE: The military should help troops fend off Russian social media bots
DoD owes troops some basic guidance in battling trolls, bots online.
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MEDAL: Demanding details on Afghanistan strategy
Republican Sen. John McCain says President Trump and the Pentagon should offer more details on the new “strategy” in Afghanistan.
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MEDAL: Mattis vs Petraeus and the new Rules of Engagement
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis loosens the Rules of Engagement in Afghanistan. That’s good news — and a big change after years of counterinsurgency doctrine that tightened up those rules too much.
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MEDAL: All eligible Army specialists and sergeants to go before promotion boards
The new rule will help the Army retain and maximize talent, and also ensure fewer leadership positions remain empty.
-
MEDAL: Review of valor awards proved totally justified
The military-wide review of more than 1,300 valor decorations awarded since 9/11 continues to pay dividends by recognizing the nation’s heroes for their incredible courage on the battlefield.
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MEDAL: In Taliban urination case, the military court was right
Pissing on dead Taliban was wrong. But the commandant’s heavy-handed treatment of those Marines was worse.
-
MISFIRE: Abandoning DoD-run schools is a terrible idea
The Pentagon’s proposal to turn over stateside military schools to local school districts amounts to a cut in benefits for military children.
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MEDAL: Making good use of tech experts, in and out of uniform
If the military wants to recruit and retain tech experts, career paths might need to change.
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MISFIRE: Trump should let John Kelly’s son rest in peace
Rarely do we hear a remark from a commander-in-chief that is as off-key and seemingly thoughtless as President Trumps comment on Tuesday morning about combat death of his chief of staff’s son.
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MISFIRE: The military should help troops fend off Russian social media bots
DoD owes troops some basic guidance in battling trolls, bots online.
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MEDAL: Demanding details on Afghanistan strategy
Republican Sen. John McCain says President Trump and the Pentagon should offer more details on the new “strategy” in Afghanistan.
-
MEDAL: Mattis vs Petraeus and the new Rules of Engagement
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis loosens the Rules of Engagement in Afghanistan. That’s good news — and a big change after years of counterinsurgency doctrine that tightened up those rules too much.
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MEDAL: All eligible Army specialists and sergeants to go before promotion boards
The new rule will help the Army retain and maximize talent, and also ensure fewer leadership positions remain empty.
-
MEDAL: Review of valor awards proved totally justified
The military-wide review of more than 1,300 valor decorations awarded since 9/11 continues to pay dividends by recognizing the nation’s heroes for their incredible courage on the battlefield.
-
MEDAL: In Taliban urination case, the military court was right
Pissing on dead Taliban was wrong. But the commandant’s heavy-handed treatment of those Marines was worse.
-
MISFIRE: Abandoning DoD-run schools is a terrible idea
The Pentagon’s proposal to turn over stateside military schools to local school districts amounts to a cut in benefits for military children.
-
MEDAL: Making good use of tech experts, in and out of uniform
If the military wants to recruit and retain tech experts, career paths might need to change.
-
MISFIRE: Trump should let John Kelly’s son rest in peace
Rarely do we hear a remark from a commander-in-chief that is as off-key and seemingly thoughtless as President Trumps comment on Tuesday morning about combat death of his chief of staff’s son.
-
MISFIRE: The military should help troops fend off Russian social media bots
DoD owes troops some basic guidance in battling trolls, bots online.
-
MEDAL: Demanding details on Afghanistan strategy
Republican Sen. John McCain says President Trump and the Pentagon should offer more details on the new “strategy” in Afghanistan.
-
MEDAL: Mattis vs Petraeus and the new Rules of Engagement
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis loosens the Rules of Engagement in Afghanistan. That’s good news — and a big change after years of counterinsurgency doctrine that tightened up those rules too much.














