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Thousands Of Sailors Are Spending Way More Time Away From Home Than The Navy Wants

Brock Vergakis, The Virginian-Pilot
Analysis

Investigation Finds Disturbing Connection Between Defense Cuts And Deadly Military Aviation Accidents
Analysis

The Pentagon’s Readiness Crisis Threatens To Worsen In 2018

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The Problem With ‘Let Marines Be Marines’

Jared Keller

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

Dave Majumdar, the national interest

WATERS NEAR GUAM (March 27, 2015) U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships are underway in formation during Multi-Sail 2015. Multi-Sail is an annual Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15 exercise designed to assess combat systems, improve teamwork and increase warfighting capabilities in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility.

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

Joe Ruzicka

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The Air Force Is Sending More Fighter Jets And Tankers To Afghanistan

ORIANA PAWLYK, MILITARY.COM

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US Troops Keep Dying Far From Combat. Mattis And McCain Think They Have A Solution

Jared Keller

Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) Robert F. Hale testifies concerning the fiscal 2013 budget before the Senate Committee on Appropriations defense subcommittee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., June 13, 2012.

Military Readiness Crisis Is Probably Overstated, Former Comptroller Says

The former comptroller says that the department has plenty of problems, but they are not as bad as the service chiefs are painting them.

Travis J. Tritten, Stars and Stripes

Soldiers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, conducted practice of their combined arms live fire exercise (CALFX) on Nov. 14. They ran through the exercise firing blanks before the live fire on Nov. 15.

The Army And Navy Are Not Ready To Fight, According To The Service Chiefs

The chiefs are asking Congress to repeal the 2011 Budget Control Act, more commonly known as “sequestration.”

Richard Sisk, Military.com

Retired aircraft sit in the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., June 2.

The Air Force Needs Its Old Planes To Last A Lot Longer

The Air Force is flying the smallest, oldest fleet of aircraft in its history.

Barrie Barber, Dayton Daily News