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Pics Or It Didn’t Happen: Warfighting In The Age Of Videotaped Atrocities

By Adam Linehan

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Military Life

3 Reasons You Should Join A Veteran Service Organization

By Sarah Maples

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The Problem With ‘Let Marines Be Marines’

By Jared Keller

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It’s 2018 And SFC Alwyn Cashe Still Hasn’t Been Awarded The Medal Of Honor. Why?

By Adam Linehan

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How The Marine Corps Prepared Me To Run Across The Country In 100 Days

By Maggie Seymour

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What It Means To Be An Ally To Women In The Military

By Roger Misso

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Having Trouble With The VA? You Might Consider Calling Congress

By Rep. Susan Davis

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I Live In The Suburbs Now. All I Want Is The Thrill Of Deployment Again

By Richard White

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The US Military Has Always Been A Social Experiment

By Jared Keller

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The United States’ Unwavering Commitment To Afghanistan Is Undermining Our Moral Code

By A U.S. Combat Advisor

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The Army Needs To Grow A Pair Already And Say No To Beards

By Carl Forsling

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To Be Effective, The Corps’ New Toxic Leadership Test Will Have To Be Marine-Proof

By Carl Forsling

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Dual-Military Families Need Help From The Service That They Aren’t Getting

By Task & Purpose

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I Didn’t Know She Was Being Sexually Harassed, But I Should Have

By Angry Staff Officer

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Why Doing Away With Stateside DoDEA Schools Will Hurt Military Families

By Meg Flanagan

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Military Life

5 Things Women Veterans Want Everyone To Know

By Andrea N. Goldstein

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Changing VA’s Motto Could Hurt The Actual Needs Of Women Veterans

By Kayda Keleher

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Why Was Bergdahl In The Army In First Place?

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It’s Time To Address The Staggering Rate Of Suicide Among Servicewomen And Female Vets

By Kate Hendricks Thomas and Kyleanne Hunter

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It’s 2017. The Military Still Requires Officers To Have College Degrees. Why?

By Carl Forsling

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To Protect Veterans, Keep The VA Ban On Employees Working With For-Profit Colleges

By Robert Shireman

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2 USMA Combat Vets. 2 Sides Of The NFL Kneeling Debate. This Is America’s Strength

By Adam Weinstein

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Does The New ‘Punisher’ Trailer Take Frank Castle’s Mission One Step Too Far?

By James Clark

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Exhausted Navy Fleet Faces A Dilemma: How To Hit ‘Reset’ While Staying On Watch

By Joe Ruzicka

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Military Life

Hazardous Baggage: Facing My PTSD On An Indian Train Car

By Ben Feibleman

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Looking For A Gender Gap In The Army? Try The Army Chief Of Staff’s Reading List

By Meg K. Guliford and Erik J. Leklem

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The Military Doesn’t Make People Racist: A Response To The Guy Who Thinks Otherwise

By Carl Forsling

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The USS McCain Tragedy Has A Dire Impact On US Missile Defenses

By Aaron Barruga

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The Military Has A Toxic Leadership Problem

By Carl Forsling

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Here’s What Mattis Sees As The Biggest Single Problem With Military Leadership In The Information Age

By Raymond M. Kethledge and Michael S. Erwin

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Banning Confederate-Named Bases Is Only A Solution For Sensitive Snowflakes

By Matthew L. Magreta

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Military Life

Sometimes The Best Medicine For A Veteran Is The Company Of Another Veteran

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9 Leadership Lessons I Learned As A Company Commander

By Robert Deppa

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It’s Time To Change The Names Of Bases That Honor Confederate Traitors

By Derek Coy

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Reminder: You Can’t Be Both A Service Member And An Extremist

By Sarah Sicard

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Why Are So Many Marines Dying Far From The Battlefields?

By Adam Weinstein

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The Navy Needs To Stop Buying Big Ships To Do All Its Small Jobs

By James Seddon

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SOCOM Is In A Prison Of Its Own Making

By Adam Linehan

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Vet Filmmaker: You Can’t Honor The Troops If You’re Dumping On Millennials

By Adam Weinstein

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This Keyboard Warrior’s Rant About An Iwo Jima Parody Photo Is Unhinged Anti-American Nonsense

By Jack Mandaville

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This Afghan War Plan By The Guy Who Founded Blackwater Should Scare The Hell Out Of You

By Adam Weinstein

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The United States Should Offer Millennials 1-Year Enlistments To Test Out Military Service

By Carl Forsling

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How A Forward-Looking Approach To Gender Will Make The Marines Stronger

By Lt. Col. Jeannette Gaudry Haynie and Lt. Col. Edward W. Powers

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Tech & Tactics

5 Mothballed Military Weapons We’d like To See Brought Back ASAP

By Francis Horton

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Military Life

How War Makes Legends Out Of Ordinary Men

By Sarah Sicard

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Why I Cheated When I Deployed

By Sarah Sicard

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Culture

Conflicts Justified Under the 2001 AUMF, Ranked

By Adam Weinstein

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To Improve Awareness, We Must Call PTSD What It Is: A Disorder

By Elana Duffy

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Culture

Why Wonder Woman Is The Hero World War I Always Needed

By Angry Staff Officer

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Military Life

I Called The New White House Veterans’ Complaint Line. Here’s How It Went

By James Clark

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How Did President Trump’s First Trip To Honor Arlington’s War Dead Go?

By Adam Weinstein

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What Do You Think Of Budweiser’s Latest Memorial Day-Inspired Marketing Campaign?

By Task & Purpose

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How An Expert Action Badge Will Only Hurt Force Readiness

By Harlan Kefalas

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No, Not Every Veteran Is Damaged By Their Military Service

By Brian Adam Jones

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5 Reasons Why Public Events Bring Together The Military Community

By Steven Weintraub

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It’s Time To Expand VA Support To All Military Caregivers

By Sherman Gillums Jr.

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Sending More US Troops To Afghanistan Shows How Little We Learned From Vietnam

By Stephen Carlson

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6 Things I Wish I Knew When I Left The Marines

By James Clark

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When Drill Instructors Go Off-Script, The Consequences Can Be Fatal

By Kate Germano

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It’s Been 10 Years Since Travis Manion Gave His Life, But He Is Still Very Much Alive

By Ryan Manion

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When Should You Wear Camouflage In The Office? An Investigation

By Task & Purpose

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Trump Needs To Stop Treating The Purple Heart Like A Game Show Prize

By Lauren Katzenberg

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Here Are The 5 Best States For Surviving The Zombie Apocalypse

By Sarah Sicard

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I Stopped Drinking After I Left The Military. You Should Too

By Eric Burleson

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