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By Nov 20, 2020
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US military aircraft readiness rates are in the toilet. Here’s how bad the situation is

A lot of U.S. military aircraft have fallen short of their readiness goals for the better part of a decade,...
By Apr 13, 2020
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The Harry S. Truman carrier strike group is staying at sea to avoid COVID-19 exposure

The crews of Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group will have to wait a while longer before they get back...
By Mar 29, 2020
Pentagon Run-Down

The military’s cult of readiness is sabotaging its efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19

Common sense and empathy can be deadly to maintaining readiness, the US military thinks.
By Mar 2, 2020
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Service chiefs say coronavirus has no ‘significant’ impact on military readiness

"We’re trying to mitigate it the best way we know"
By Jan 10, 2020
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The Army is tweaking its training model as soldiers feel the strain of readiness needs

"It's as much about refinement and ... perfecting it, as much as it is, yeah, if you can give them...
By Nov 3, 2019
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The Navy reportedly asked Carnival Cruise Line for help with its ongoing aircraft carrier maintenance issues

Navy officials reportedly enlisted the help of executives with the Florida-based Carnival Cruise Line to find solutions for its ongoing...
By Sep 20, 2019
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Leaked Army document reveals the whole ‘one weekend a month’ reserve thing is kinda b*llshit

The recruiting commercials for the Army Reserve proclaim "one weekend each month," but the real-life Army Reserve might as well...
By Aug 8, 2019
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The Air Force is pulling a quarter of its C-130s out of service for wing crack inspections

This is the latest body blow to the Air Force, which has been struggling to keep older aircraft flying despite...
By Jul 31, 2019
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The Air Force has just 7 B-1B Lancer bombers ready for war. It’s supposed to have 10 times as many

The Air Force's B-1B Lancer long-range bomber is supposed to be one of three critical strategic bombers in the Pentagon's...
By Jul 18, 2019
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The F-35 has a new problem that won’t be easy to solve

The U.S. military's growing fleet of F-35 stealth fighters will fall short of the 80 percent readiness goal that former...
By Apr 23, 2019
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Leaked documents reveal Army infantry squad leaders are terrible at tactical maneuvers and land navigation

The U.S. Army says it will meet its readiness goals by 2022, but young sergeants in most infantry and close-combat...
By Apr 16, 2019
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A small but critical defect has ‘crash landed’ Apache readiness, according to a top Army general

More than a year after the Army ordered the inspection of a critical safety part in every AH-64 Apache aircraft...
By Apr 9, 2019
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Marine Commandant: Border deployments aren’t hurting readiness, even though I said they would

Deploying troops to the U.S.-Mexico hasn't hurt Marine Corps readiness as much as previously reported, Commandant Gen. Robert Neller told...
By Dec 5, 2018
The Long March

It’s Time to Start Considering Suicide A Military Readiness Issue

Last Saturday, a vice admiral died in Bahrain of an apparent suicide. Officials were quoted as saying “no foul play”...
By Nov 2, 2018
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Hurricane Damage Won’t Stop Most F-22s From Flying, Air Force Secretary Says

The damage caused to F-22 Raptors that rode out Hurricane Michael at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, will not prevent...
By Aug 10, 2018
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Fort Carson Units Combine Simulators And Live-Fire Training To Prepare For War With Russia

Fort Carson’s 3rd Brigade Combat Team wrapped up a week of field training earlier this month, combining simulations and live-fire...
By May 2, 2018
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Thousands Of Sailors Are Spending Way More Time Away From Home Than The Navy Wants

About 18,000 sailors spent more than 60 percent of the year away from home during fiscal 2016, exceeding the Navy’s...
By Apr 10, 2018
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Investigation Finds Disturbing Connection Between Defense Cuts And Deadly Military Aviation Accidents

A staggering report from the Military Times concludes that accidents involving all aircraft of the U.S. military rose 40% between the 2013...
By Jan 25, 2018
Analysis

The Pentagon’s Readiness Crisis Threatens To Worsen In 2018

One year into the Trump administration, what are the most complex challenges facing the U.S. military? This is the fourth...
By Jan 4, 2018
Opinion

The Problem With ‘Let Marines Be Marines’

Proceedings, the monthly magazine of the U.S. Naval Institute founded in 1874, stands among Scientific American, The Atlantic, and Harper’s...
By Dec 15, 2017
Analysis

Navy Admits It’s Hit A Breaking Point, Searches For A Way Forward

The United States Navy has released its new Strategic Readiness Review (SRR), which was ordered by Navy Secretary Richard Spencer earlier this...
By Sep 21, 2017
Opinion

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

7th Fleet, the U.S. Navy’s Pacific forward deployed naval force, has burned itself out; the cost of this burnout is...
By Sep 20, 2017
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The Air Force Is Sending More Fighter Jets And Tankers To Afghanistan

Editor’s Note: This article by Oriana Pawlyk originally appeared on Military.com, the premier source of information for the military and veteran community....
By Sep 19, 2017
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US Troops Keep Dying Far From Combat. Mattis And McCain Think They Have A Solution

More and more U.S. military personnel are dying far from active battlefields — and Secretary of Defense James Mattis is...
By Feb 22, 2017
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Military Readiness Crisis Is Probably Overstated, Former Comptroller Says

A former Defense Department comptroller said Tuesday the public should be skeptical of the dire warnings of a readiness crisis...