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Medical cuts could cause irreversible damage
The proposed elimination of 18,000 medical billets, or about 20% of the force, could have profound and long-lasting consequences on the military health system, a former Navy surgeon general writes.
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Opinion: Smoking age hike good for the military
Smoking-related illnesses cost the Pentagon some $1.6 billion per year in direct outlays.
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Employing NCOs: Our most valuable untapped resource
Although NCOs are often referenced as “the backbone of the force,” serving as the front-line leaders who are tasked with thinking strategically while directing execution daily at the tactical level, unemployment compensation rates for this group continually outpace all other segments of the veteran population.
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TransDigm’s excess profits show weakness in supply chain management, not pricing practices
TransDigm’s decision to repay the government for its excess profits appears to be a positive resolution, but it does not address the lack of competition that led to these inflated prices.
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Veterans with addiction: Get your life back — for you and your family
In just the eight years between 2001 and 2009, the number of painkiller prescriptions written by military doctors quadrupled.
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‘To U.S. troops who served in Afghanistan: Thank you’
I wish I could talk to each of you. I would tell you that a generation of young Afghans has grown up in a civil society, which you enabled through your service and courage.
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Op-Ed: An American story, one soldier’s retirement recollections on the eve of Memorial Day weekend
The last few years of political and social upheaval have given me much to think about as I prepared for closing this chapter in my life. It is not lost on me that this important milestone comes on the eve of Memorial Day weekend.
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Why the Portable Certification of Spouses Act would increase employment success for military spouses when they PCS
Military spouses in licensed professions need not sacrifice their careers just because their spouse received a permanent change of station, this writer says.
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Victory begins with doing the right thing in garrison, this Marine master guns says
For Marines, victory comes at a different cost, and it begins with doing the right thing in garrison, this author says.
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Calling suicide shameful is the wrong call, these authors say
Should suicide be called shameful?
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Medical cuts could cause irreversible damage
The proposed elimination of 18,000 medical billets, or about 20% of the force, could have profound and long-lasting consequences on the military health system, a former Navy surgeon general writes.
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Opinion: Smoking age hike good for the military
Smoking-related illnesses cost the Pentagon some $1.6 billion per year in direct outlays.
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Employing NCOs: Our most valuable untapped resource
Although NCOs are often referenced as “the backbone of the force,” serving as the front-line leaders who are tasked with thinking strategically while directing execution daily at the tactical level, unemployment compensation rates for this group continually outpace all other segments of the veteran population.
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TransDigm’s excess profits show weakness in supply chain management, not pricing practices
TransDigm’s decision to repay the government for its excess profits appears to be a positive resolution, but it does not address the lack of competition that led to these inflated prices.
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Veterans with addiction: Get your life back — for you and your family
In just the eight years between 2001 and 2009, the number of painkiller prescriptions written by military doctors quadrupled.
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‘To U.S. troops who served in Afghanistan: Thank you’
I wish I could talk to each of you. I would tell you that a generation of young Afghans has grown up in a civil society, which you enabled through your service and courage.
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Op-Ed: An American story, one soldier’s retirement recollections on the eve of Memorial Day weekend
The last few years of political and social upheaval have given me much to think about as I prepared for closing this chapter in my life. It is not lost on me that this important milestone comes on the eve of Memorial Day weekend.
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Why the Portable Certification of Spouses Act would increase employment success for military spouses when they PCS
Military spouses in licensed professions need not sacrifice their careers just because their spouse received a permanent change of station, this writer says.
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Victory begins with doing the right thing in garrison, this Marine master guns says
For Marines, victory comes at a different cost, and it begins with doing the right thing in garrison, this author says.
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Calling suicide shameful is the wrong call, these authors say
Should suicide be called shameful?
-
Medical cuts could cause irreversible damage
The proposed elimination of 18,000 medical billets, or about 20% of the force, could have profound and long-lasting consequences on the military health system, a former Navy surgeon general writes.
-
Opinion: Smoking age hike good for the military
Smoking-related illnesses cost the Pentagon some $1.6 billion per year in direct outlays.
-
Employing NCOs: Our most valuable untapped resource
Although NCOs are often referenced as “the backbone of the force,” serving as the front-line leaders who are tasked with thinking strategically while directing execution daily at the tactical level, unemployment compensation rates for this group continually outpace all other segments of the veteran population.
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TransDigm’s excess profits show weakness in supply chain management, not pricing practices
TransDigm’s decision to repay the government for its excess profits appears to be a positive resolution, but it does not address the lack of competition that led to these inflated prices.
-
Veterans with addiction: Get your life back — for you and your family
In just the eight years between 2001 and 2009, the number of painkiller prescriptions written by military doctors quadrupled.
-
‘To U.S. troops who served in Afghanistan: Thank you’
I wish I could talk to each of you. I would tell you that a generation of young Afghans has grown up in a civil society, which you enabled through your service and courage.
-
Op-Ed: An American story, one soldier’s retirement recollections on the eve of Memorial Day weekend
The last few years of political and social upheaval have given me much to think about as I prepared for closing this chapter in my life. It is not lost on me that this important milestone comes on the eve of Memorial Day weekend.
-
Why the Portable Certification of Spouses Act would increase employment success for military spouses when they PCS
Military spouses in licensed professions need not sacrifice their careers just because their spouse received a permanent change of station, this writer says.
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Victory begins with doing the right thing in garrison, this Marine master guns says
For Marines, victory comes at a different cost, and it begins with doing the right thing in garrison, this author says.




