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Waging and preventing war are the foundations of national security. Innovative companies across the country are working on products for tomorrow’s fight. Here’s Battleland’s continuing look at what looms on technology’s …
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Waging and preventing war are the foundations of national security. Innovative companies across the country are working on products for tomorrow’s fight. Here is Battleland’s continuing look at what looms on technology’s …
Dodge the Draft, America
America is worried about her civic health.
The steady hum of discontent over our individualistic culture has grown louder recently, from retired Lieutenant General Karl Eikenberry’s forceful argument in favor of a military …
How Vets and Military Technology Are Helping at Home
MOORE, Okla. — William Gauntner quickly walks around a home hit by one of the tornados that recently devastated central Oklahoma. A Navy-vet-turned-firefighter with training in structural assessment, Gauntner records the …
Fighting Men, Then and Now: Part 3
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I could not believe my good luck when I discovered an opinion editorial written by my grandfather during the height of the Vietnam War. His arguments, informed by years of hardship, outline a practical guide for …
III. Paying War’s Price
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America will soon be at peace.
The long, silent wars of Iraq, launched a decade ago this week, and Afghanistan have already begun their transition from the mainstream media to the history books. Domestic and …
II. War By Any Other Name
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Once upon a time — like 10 years ago today, when we invaded Iraq — Americans knew when they were fighting a war. This may be hard to imagine from the vantage point of 2013, but citizens in long-ago conflicts …
I. Wars Without Suffering
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America’s wars are ending: the invasion of Iraq, launched 10 years ago Tuesday, is but a memory, Afghanistan is winding down, and will soon join her sister in the trash bin of forgotten wars.
Only the occasional …