Policy
Trump-era Efforts to Boost Military Readiness Produced Mixed Results, GAO Finds
New report adds fuel to debate over how to conceive of and measure readiness.
Threats
Pentagon Launches Post-Insurrection Extremism Review
Secretary Austin directs new steps, studies to keep extremists out of the ranks and better protect outgoing troops from being recruited into extremist groups.
Threats
Fewer Troops Are Declining the COVID Vaccine. We May Never Know Why
Defense leaders say education efforts and seeing peers get vaccinated are reducing the reluctance.
Policy
Experts Torn on Proper Role of National Cyber Director
Former officials say someone needs to coordinate government entities but weighed pros and cons to the position being located within the National Security Council.
Business
Raytheon Giving Employees Bonuses for Getting COVID-19 Vaccine
The company is not requiring employees to get the shots, but some facilities could be off-limits to the unvaccinated.
Policy
DOD Workers Want to Keep Teleworking, Despite Early Hiccups, Survey Finds
The DoD Inspector General surveyed more than 56,000 employees about telework during the pandemic.
Policy
What the Navy’s War on Sleep Deprivation Teaches Us about Cultural Change
A campaign to make ship drivers rest has lessons for larger-scale culture shifts.
Threats
One Year into the Pandemic, DoD Data Remains Incomplete
Outstanding questions include: why are civilians dying at higher rates than troops?
Ideas
Bum-Rushing Extremists From the Military Might Not Help
Interviews with a former neo-Nazi indicate that pre-discharge education and deradicalization might hinder extremist groups' recruiting efforts.
Policy
Lawmakers Slam Army CID Chief One Year after Spc. Guillen’s Death
A hearing saw bipartisan disappointment in apparent lack of reform.
Business
Better Weapons or More Soldiers? Army Chief Says He's Being Forced to Choose
“We'd like to make it bigger, but what we have to do is prioritize,” said Gen. James McConville.
Ideas
The Military Could Soon Face a Flag Officer Talent Crisis
Senior leader pay is seriously out of sync with the risks and responsibilities that come with the positions.
Policy
Pentagon Officials, Uniformed Leaders Slam Fox’s Carlson Over Female-Troop Comments
“What we absolutely won't do is take personnel advice from a talk show host,” Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Thursday.
Policy
Biden Nominates Two Women To Lead Combatant Commands
They would become just the second and third women to head up a top-level joint military command.
Ideas
Space Force Should Embrace the Natural Inclusivity of Space Nerds
It would make the nascent service better at many things, including recruiting.
Ideas
The Day Private Willie Mays Threw Out My Dad
Two lives intersect in a story of baseball, military service, and American society in the Korean War era.
Ideas
How to Teach Troops about the Constitution
We can’t assume they know enough about what they’re swearing to support and defend.
Threats
One-Third of US Troops Are Refusing the COVID Vaccine. History May Help Explain Why
After botching anthrax shots decades ago, the Pentagon’s hands are tied. Only the president can order troops to take new vaccines.
Policy
Only a Tiny Fraction of Sexual Assaults Against DoD Civilians Are Being Documented, GAO Says
Over a recent half-decade, DoD recorded 357 cases of sexual assaults that involved civilian employees. But a survey of employees indicated that thousands may have occurred.
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