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When the Enemy Is Everywhere: The Rise and Fall of the 'Kill Box' in US Military Strategy
Once a hallmark of state-on-state conflict, simply finding oneself inside of an American kill box in today's counterterrorism wars is enough to be retroactively defined as guilty.
Ideas
Drone Pilots Are Breaking the Old Definitions of Valor
Traditional notions of heroism don't always leave room for those U.S. troops engaged in high-tech, cutting edge warfare.
Business
The US Military: An Alternative to the Brutalities of the Modern Economy
Millions of service members who live on military bases around the world experience a kind of economic and social security foreign to most of America’s middle class.
Ideas
Ignoring Guantanamo Won’t Make It Go Away
Fixing the mistakes of Gitmo will require Americans to step up and shoulder the burdens of war.
Ideas
Military Experience Isn't Preparing Veterans for Private Success
It may be less about training and more about ethos. You already chose honor over money.
Ideas
Does America Really Need To Be the Leader of the Free World?
An MIT professor and a war veteran discuss whether the U.S. should respond to every crisis that pops up across the globe. By Scott Beauchamp
