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The New Debate About The Combat Endurance Test And Women In The Marine Infantry
Last week, the Marine Corps announced that starting this October, it will allow company-grade female Marine officers to attend the...
Whistleblowers Reveal “Lies, Damned Lies, And Statistics” Within The VA
Dr. Katherine Mitchell has worked at the Phoenix Veterans Affairs hospital for 16 years and there’s one memory that still...
UPDATE: DeAngelo Williams Gave His First Class Ticket To A REAL Marine
Update, July 23: WNCN News in North Carolina tracked down the family of the man who received a first-class plane ticket...
After Karzai Who Will Lead Afghanistan?
The U.S military has just a matter of months to figure out its post-2014 presence will look like in Afghanistan....
Here’s Why We Failed To Adequately Train Iraq’s Army
The news on Iraq and its security forces poor performance against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant is...
The New VA Secretary’s Nearly Impossible Mission
As President Barack Obama was taking office back in 2008, I wrote an article on my Facebook page entitled “General...
Here’s How Leaders Are Reacting To Obama’s Surprise VA Pick
It’s unusual for a former CEO troubleshooter to be picked by the Obama administration to lead this post, and former...
McDonald Confirmed By Senate As New VA Secretary In Unanimous Vote
In a pick that surprised much of Washington last month, President Barack Obama tapped former Procter & Gamble executive Robert...
11 Hard Questions For The Chairman Of The House Committee On Veterans Affairs
Veterans Affairs is embroiled in an existential crisis, and Congress is faced with the aftermath of a scandal that grows...
The Sinclair Case And What It Means For Military Justice
The end result of one of the latest sexual assault scandals to hit the Army came during a tumultuous time...
Don’t Shackle Your Life To This Mess In Iraq
For every veteran of the Iraq War, this is a rough time. I know it is for me, and a...
The Interim VA Secretary’s Dangerous War On Whistleblowers
When Dr. Sam Foote blew the lid off of the corruption and wait lists at the Veterans Affairs hospital in...
See The Moment The President Told Kyle Carpenter He Would Receive The Medal Of Honor
Medically retired Marine Cpl. Kyle Carpenter is set to become just the second living Marine to receive the Medal of...
Our Troops Didn’t Die For Iraq’s Future — They Died For Yours
Was the Iraq War worth it? That’s the wrong question. It isn’t easy watching Iraq fall apart at the seams....
We Didn’t Finish The Job In Iraq
As an Iraq War veteran, watching the events unfolding in Iraq over the last few weeks has been interesting to...
Congressional Leaders May Prosecute VA Officials
Hours before handing his resignation to President Barack Obama, former Veterans Affairs secretary Eric Shinseki tried to explain the reasons...
Nobody Expects The Iraqi Inquisition
It hasn’t been a great week in the world, so I’ve gone on a rant. Recently, insurgents overran a couple...
Here’s Why I Support The Bowe Bergdahl Deal
In a recent piece imploring veterans to stop using the uniform to make political points, I mentioned that I supported...
Poison Pill Amendments And VA Reform In Washington
Editor's Note: This article was updated from its original form on Wednesday at 6:18 pm to reflect the Senate vote...
5 Things The Military Trains You To Do If You’re Captured By The Taliban
Editor’s note: The following thoughts are from a U.S. military veteran, a combat veteran of the war in Afghanistan, and...
Bowe Bergdahl And The Disillusionment Of War
“The future is too good to waste on lies,” Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl wrote his father in an email shortly...
The Air Force Should Divest the A-10 Jet Aircraft, But Not For The Reasons It’s Proposing
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on the Council on Foreign Relations’ Defense in Depth blog on May 20. One...
We Live By A Strict Code Of Military Ethos And Values — How Does The Bergdahl Deal Square With That?
I was in my small fire base’s tactical operations center on June 16, 2006 when two soldiers were captured from...
5 Ridiculous Ideas On Who Could Next Run The VA
Editor’s note: Following Brian Adam Jones’ list of 12 people who could replace Secretary Shinseki, Task & Purpose contributor Jason...
Here’s Why The Osprey Is The Future Of The US Military
In late 2001, I lifted off the USS Bataan in a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter toward Afghanistan as part of...
