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Kelly has widened the gap between the military and the rest of us
When White House Chief of Staff and retired Marine General John Kelly participated in a press conference on Thursday, he delivered an emotional, moving, and ultimately divisiv...
By Amy Schafer
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Those Serving In The US Military Don’t Actually Represent The Country As A Whole
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Under the Trump administration, the likelihood that the nation goes to war seems to be at an all-time high. But is it really “the nation” that goes to war these days? The mili...
By Amy Schafer
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Trump wants to kick trans troops out. “Deployability” might keep them in.
President Donald Trump’s order banning transgender troops from serving in the military alarmed top military and civilian defense officials. But a little-known provision may gi...
By Amy Schafer
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Mattis’ transgender policy review is just ‘following orders’
Defense Secretary James Mattis is doing exactly what President Donald Trump asked of him in ordering a review of the transgender troop ban in the military, analysts say. Tuesd...
By Amy Schafer
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Investigators Repeatedly Warned Navy Ahead of Deadly Collisions
Congressional investigators and military officials warned repeatedly about overworked sailors, shortened training schedules and budget cuts in the years leading up to two fata...
By Amy Schafer
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Trump’s Cabinet of Generals Is Testing the U.S. Military’s Political Neutrality
In this week’s Trend Lines podcast, WPR’s editor-in-chief, Judah Grunstein, and senior editor, Frederick Deknatel, discuss the Manchester bombing and U.S. President Donald Tru...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey & Amy Schafer
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CNAS Releases New Report “Generations of War: The Rise of the Warrior Caste and the All-Volunteer Force”a
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Military, Veterans, and Society Program today released a new report examining the increasingly small subset of the U.S. populatio...
By Amy Schafer
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Solutions for the all-volunteer military
Katherine Kidder, a fellow at the Center for a New American Security, and Amy Schafer a research associate for the military, veterans and society program there, tell Federal D...
By Amy Schafer & Katherine Kidder
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It’s uncertain who will be on the DoD chopping block with new government reforms
The Trump administration’s April 11 directive to cut the federal workforce and improve performance runs parallel to initiatives the Defense Department and Congress have been w...
By Amy Schafer
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The 'old Corps' under siege. The photo scandal and the big changes coming soon.
The Marine Corps has always struggled with change. A decade ago, when the Corps adopted new desert boots and the digital-pattern, wash-and-wear camouflage uniforms, many ol...
By Amy Schafer
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Not Much Has Changed Since the Revolutionary War
Jackie Kilby, an archives technician at the National Archives, was parsing old letters to the US State Department when a name caught her eye: Caleb Brewster, a key member of G...
By Amy Schafer
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What really caused that F-35 price drop
Ronald Reagan famously said, there is no limit to the good you can do if you don’t care who gets the credit. So who gets the credit for a price breakthrough in the next order ...
By Amy Schafer
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Sequestration putting Marine Corps lives in danger (Audio)
Amy Schafer joined Federal News Radio's Eric White on Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss how budget constraints affect Marine pilots. Listen to the interview at Federal N...
By Amy Schafer
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Bob McDonald’s legacy: Trying to fix the VA amid constant conflict
One late night in August, Gulf War veteran Ron Brown was awake – restless - at his home in Roanoke, Va., when he received a call from a familiar number: (513) 509-8454. It’s B...
By Amy Schafer
