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Amid recruiting woes, active duty end strength to drop again in 2024
The military is already at its lowest active-duty personnel level since 1940 and will dip even lower next year under plans to be approved by Congress.
Navy aims to reduce end strength, cut higher education funding in new budget request
But the sea service wants to significantly boost spending on mental health programs and sexual assault prevention and response.
By Diana Stancy
Pay is up, end strength is down and more from the Pentagon’s latest budget proposal
Smaller services, a healthy pay raise and more from the fiscal year 2022 budget proposal.
Book excerpt: ‘Master Negotiator: The Role of James A. Baker, III at the End of the Cold War’
A comprehensive examination of U.S. diplomacy at the end of the Cold War through the lens of Secretary of State James A. Baker III.
By Diana Villiers Negroponte
How words are used in military culture to describe strength and weakness
We should stop using words that are uniquely feminine to describe weakness, says the author of this commentary.
By Lt. Col. Francesca Graham
Afghanistan withdrawal plan could involve small troop surge
There may be more troops in Afghanistan this summer, as the drawdown gets underway.
Book excerpt: ‘The Road Less Traveled: The Secret Battle to End the Great War, 1916-1917′
"The Road Less Traveled" describes how tantalizingly close far-sighted statesmen came to ending the war near the end of 1916, saving millions of lives, and avoiding the total war that dimmed hopes for a better world.
By Philip Zelikow
Space Force is looking for a few good soldiers, sailors
Space Force is looking to recruit hundreds of young people, as well as a few dozen soldiers and sailors.
New in 2021: What will Biden’s first defense budget look like?
One area of the military budget that could see the biggest change is personnel numbers.
Here are the new grades for America’s military ― and the threats against it
President Trump will leave office with a marginally stronger military than when he entered, but he is also leaving President-elect Biden with a set of more potent threats.
By Joe Gould
Listen to the eerie moment the guns fell silent on Armistice Day, marking the end of WWI
The shelling finally stopped at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918.
By Jon Simkins