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National Guard, southern borderSoldiers in the Army National Guard conduct a security search

Guard’s support of DHS adds no military value

Gen. Daniel Hokanson, the National Guard Bureau chief, says sending troops to the border detracts the Guard from building its warfighting readiness.

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Old organization helps with readiness of today’s troops

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Impacts of Tuberville’s military holds will be felt for years

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What to do about obesity among military service members

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Sgt. 1st Class Mary Katzenberger

Heavy service members need less judgement and more treatment

Federal Report

Union representing DoD civilians has big objection to next year’s budget proposal

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The military has a hard time doing its job when Congress doesn’t do its job

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Defense agencies let experience inform planning and programming

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A big appetite for armed forces around the world might be hurting military readiness

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Former HUD official faces punishment for Hatch Act violation during Trump administration

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Defense agencies need accountability, reasoning in readiness technology

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Austin creates safe haven for transgender troops as DoD solidifies policy

The Defense secretary put a halt to Trump-era actions against transgender service members.

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200610-N-ML137-1057 PHILIPPINE SEA (June 10, 2020) In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, an F/A-18E Super Hornet attached to the

When fixing Navy readiness problems, money helps. But so does data.

The Navy is using the commercially-developed concept of reliability control boards, plus data analytics and artificial intelligence to help determine the…

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Is the Pentagon spending all it can to stay competitive?

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The National Defense Strategy stresses the possibility of high intensity warfare with peer nations. But do the Defense Department’s spending priorities reflect the need to modernize its forces such that it could defeat those nations?