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On Being Raped By My Commander

By Meredith Mathis

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Is There Such A Thing As Canine Stolen Valor?

By Tom Ricks

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Back To Afghanistan: Looking At The Ghazni That Exists Now Vs. The Town I Knew

By Joanna Dasher

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Arming Teachers Is A Dangerous Back-To-School Accessory

By Peter Lucier

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Thinking About How To Draw A Line To Avoid Unwanted Sexual Advances

By Zachary Martin

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Hey! You Shouldn’t Address A Bunch of Marines As ‘Gentlemen’ When the Group Includes Female Marines

By 1st Lt. Virginia Brodie, USMC

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Military Life

Why I Fear America’s Veteran Suicide Epidemic Is Going To Get Much Worse

By Col. Angie Holbrook, U.S. Army

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History

The Dog I Brought Home From Afghanistan Actually Rescued Us

By Tessa Poppe, Council of the Former Enlisted

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LikeWar: How Social Media Became The Locus Of 21st Century War

By Crispin Burke

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We Don’t Need A Military Parade. We Need Mummers

By Jeff Schogol

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The 20 Military Phrases Civilians Should Never, Ever Use

By Tom Ricks

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Military Life

Ask A Veteran: Is ‘Thank You For Your Service’ The Right Thing To Say?

By Matt Ufford

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An Officer Reflects On Escorting Home The Body Of One Of His Marines

By Tom Ricks

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One Reason We Have Endless War: We Pay For Conflict Differently Than We Used To

By Sarah E. Kreps

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Don’t Let Erik Prince Anywhere Near The War In Afghanistan

By Jared Keller

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A Defense Of The Police, From A Marine Veteran Turned Cop

By J. Aspis

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Retired Special Ops General: The Current Approach In Afghanistan Isn’t Worth One More Body Bag

By Paul Szoldra

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How 360 Degree Evaluations Could Root Out the Military’s Toxic Leaders

By Tom Ricks

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The US Tradition Of Civilian Control Of The Military Started Here

By Tom Ricks

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So You Want A Desert Storm Memorial? Here’s What It Should Actually Look Like

By Scott Almhjell

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Military Rhymes: A Collection Of The Phrases That Capture Part Of A Culture

By Tom Ricks

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Military Life

A US Veteran Says, ‘That’s It, I’m Giving Up On The United States’

By Carlo Valle

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Culture

Why ‘Band Of Brothers’ Lasts: A Perspective From One Of Its Writers

By John Orloff

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How A Defense Secretary Works: Inside The Turbulent Mind Of Donald Rumsfeld

By Tom Ricks

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How The Media’s Narrow Portrayal Of Service Members Does The Military A Disservice

By Emma Moore

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The Future Of Information Warfare Is Here — And The Russians Are Already Doing It

By Tom Ricks

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The F-15X Is The Missile-Hauler The Air Force Needs For A Stand-Off Fight

By Brad Howard

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Book Excerpt: How The US Military Professionalized In The Early 19th Century

By Joseph T. Glatthaar

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Hey, It Was The Charlie Rich Summit!

By Tom Ricks

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Remember Ilovaisk: The Pitched Battle That Captures The Lunacy Of The Trump-Putin Summit

By Kyle Gaffney

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Things We Didn’t Know, From Elvis Presley To Civil War Porn And Paul Revere

By Tom Ricks

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An Open Letter To The Pentagon Regarding The Serious Matter Of My Beard

By Bryant Bartlett

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Why Military Service Shouldn’t Be A Political Prerequisite

By Jack Mandaville

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We Need A Cybersecurity Awareness Campaign And Civil Defense Force

By Jennifer Cruickshank and Iain J. Cruickshank

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Friday Dog: Now Those Are What I Call Canines

By Tom Ricks

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Culture

America’s 3 Most Important Independence Day Rituals, According To Jack Mandaville

By Jack Mandaville

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Opinion

CGSC: A howl of pain from the lower circle of online distance learning hell

By Babsfritchie

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It’s Time To End The Veteran War On Independence Day

By Jack Mandaville

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It’s Time For Us To Have A Real Conversation About Suicide In America

By Brian E. Kinsella

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How To Fix The Army’s Recruiting Crisis

By James Fahy and Emma Moore

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Our Top 5 Badass Fictional Warplanes, Ranked

By Brad Howard

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I Stand For The Flag, But The Flag Doesn’t Stand For This

By Zach Iscol

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We Are Never Leaving Afghanistan

By Paul Szoldra

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How to spot plastic patriotism, using ‘the troops’ for your pet cause

By Jack Mandaville

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The Hidden Moral Pitfalls Of Google, China, and Artificial Intelligence

By Mal Ware

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Congress: Here’s Why You Should Pass The Military Justice Improvement Act

By M. E. Johnson

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Consider The E-Tool

By James T. Quinlivan

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I’m A US-Born Army Vet. Why Did Border Patrol Just Try To Arrest Me And My Wife?

By Dennis White

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Political Extremes Are Ripping Us Apart — And Leaving Veterans Like Me Behind

By Carl Forsling

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George W. Bush’s Machiavellian Reshaping Of Middle Eastern Alliances

By Tom Ricks

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Why Does Everyone In The US Military Hate ‘The Hurt Locker’?

By Tom Ricks

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These 5 Military Bases Are So Bad, They Should Count As A Deployment

By Brad Howard

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Mission Command Is Swarm Intelligence

By Jamie Schwandt

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Culture

Perhaps Fighting In The Civil War Wasn’t So Great

By Jack Mandaville

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Farewell To Lt. Gen. Bernard Trainor, The Marine Who Chronicled Iraq As A Journalist

By Tom Ricks

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Arlington National Cemetery Is Running Out Of Space. Maybe We’re Asking The Wrong Question About How To Fix It

By Paul Szoldra

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President Donald Trump Should Apologize For This (But He Won’t)

By Paul Szoldra

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Pentagon Run-Down: I Am Not Muqtada al-Sadr Edition

By Jeff Schogol

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The 8 Military History Books Tom Just Recommended

By Tom Ricks

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Leaders Mentor Us To Do The Right Thing. They Don’t Mention The Costs

By Tom Ricks

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The Military Doesn’t Really Want To End The Forever War

By Bryan Baker

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Are Female Navy Commanders Fired For Behaviors That Male Commanders Practice All The Time?

By Tom Ricks

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Who Really Gives A Sh*t About The Air Force’s Dumb A-10 Tweet?

By Jared Keller

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Military Life

‘I Closed My Eyes, And When I Did, I Saw My Pistol’: The Warax On Suicide

By The Warax

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