Analysis

'This is Trumpism manifesting itself in the state Guard.'

Lack of accountability.

America’s secret warriors—who cemented themselves as the nation’s “go-to” force—will need to find that balance in a world where the global order has changed.

The experience of Black veterans is the experience of the nation, but some are trying to remove them from the conversation.

"I feel like I let down a 20-year generation of soldiers."

The draft has been dead as a doornail for nearly 50 years.

“The course of action I’d suggest is a course of action I can’t suggest.”

The photos were ostensibly removed in order to protect Afghan civilians from Taliban reprisals, however many of the missing images show U.S. troops at war.

Sharks are the real 'pacing challenge.'

“If there’s lessons to be learned by everybody, then there’s lessons to be learned. I’d like to think that the whole industry, globally, will take those lessons on board.”

Forever War 2.0

Veterans mustered resources to swiftly bring home stranded Afghan allies and are working together to do the same for deported U.S. veterans.

No more 'great power competition.'

'Every generation needs a revolution. It is time for change.'

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'I’m not going to tip off any enemy to what the United States is going to do in an actual plan.'

The point of contention was when – not if – Afghanistan would fall.

A congressional investigation prompted by ProPublica’s reporting found Trump’s “Mar-a-Lago crowd,” wealthy civilians with no U.S. government or military experience, pursued a plan to monetize veterans’ medical data.

“The explosion created a 20-foot hole along the bottom of the ship’s hull."

'You just have to ask yourself: What is going on?'

'The Delta, of course, is pure Star Trek and everybody knows it.'

Good initiative. Bad judgment.

War is politics – and vice versa.

The U.S. military’s presence in Syria is a mission looking for a strategy.

For a time before Sept. 11, 2001, America seemed invincible.