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Op-eds, Opinion

Commentary: The Pentagon needs more civilian control over the military now, not less

by Rosa Brooks Special to The Washington Post December 10, 2020December 9, 2020

Retired Gen. Lloyd Austin is Biden’s pick to head the Pentagon. Can Austin do what Jim Mattis couldn’t?

Editorials, Opinion

Another View: Call President Trump’s bluff on renaming military bases

by Bloomberg Opinion December 9, 2020December 8, 2020

Republicans in Congress should join in defeating the chief executive’s veto threat against a crucial defense bill.

Nation & World

Army to reconsider less-than honorable discharges to veterans with PTSD

by Associated Press November 18, 2020November 18, 2020

Because of their discharge status, the veterans say they were prevented from receiving military-funded health care services and other benefits.

Nation & World, Politics

U.S. military wary that Trump’s shakeup could upend its apolitical nature

by LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press November 12, 2020November 12, 2020

Abrupt changes in the Pentagon’s top leadership have raised fears about what President Trump may try to do in his final 2 months in office.

Editorials, Opinion

Another View: A better way to end America’s ‘endless wars’

by Bloomberg Opinion September 26, 2020September 25, 2020

Focus on safeguarding U.S. interests in Iraq and Afghanistan, not on getting troop levels to zero.

Community

Military Notes

September 22, 2020September 18, 2020

AUGUSTA Family, friends and fellow soldiers gathered to remember the late Staff Sgt. Harold Gray on Sept. 13 as a commissioned portrait of him was unveiled. Gray passed away in February, ultimately due to wounds he received in 2004 while serving in Iraq with Company A, 133rd Engineer Battalion. “Today is a somber occasion, but […]

Op-eds, Opinion

The Maine Millennial: Trump doesn’t get military families’ sense of duty

by Victoria Hugo-Vidal September 20, 2020September 19, 2020

People who make a commitment to serve something bigger than themselves are not ‘suckers’ or ‘losers.’

Nation & World, Politics

Biden slams Trump over alleged comments mocking U.S. war dead

by ZEKE MILLER and ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press September 4, 2020September 4, 2020

A report in The Atlantic, dismissed by the president as a ‘fake story,’ opens a new political vulnerability for the incumbent less than two months from Election Day.