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Opinion
To stay competitive, US military complex must hurdle ‘Valley of Death’
The U.S. is in its decisive decade for competition with China, and technology is the primary arena for the rivalry.
By Steve Escavarage and Adam Hammer
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US could carry out its first military execution in over 60 years
An ex-Army soldier on military death row for the 2009 shooting at Fort Hood, Texas could face execution after the top military court hears the case.
Report: Feds considered using ‘heat ray’ on DC protesters
A military whistleblower says federal officials sought some unusual crowd control devices — including one that’s been called a “heat ray” — to deal with protesters outside the White House on the June day that law enforcement forcibly cleared Lafayette Square.
Active-duty troops deployed to DC region to help with unrest begin to leave
Several hundred active-duty troops brought in to help if needed with the civil unrest in the nation’s capital are leaving Washington, D.C., Thursday, just a day after their initially planned departure was abruptly delayed.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Lawmakers want must-pass defense bill to protect protesters from the military
Outraged Democrats plan to use the massive defense budget and policy bill to fight President Donald Trump’s push to use the U.S. military to quell days of riots, and they may seek defense cuts to do it.
By Joe Gould
Defense innovation experts to Congress: Put money where Pentagon’s mouth is
For the Department of Defense to embrace the leap-ahead technologies needed to compete, Congress must use its funding power to make major players out of small, disruptive tech firms.
By Joe Gould
Marine vet wants ‘Veteran’ capitalized — it’s ‘a title and we earned it’
We now have the Associated Press style guide hero we never knew we needed.
By Jon Simkins
Older vets need more than just appreciation
We need to ensure older veterans get the care and compensation they earned and deserve, says the author of this commentary.
By David Benhoff
24th MEU Marines supported the evacuation and movement of Yemen’s president, special operations forces in 2015
The 24th MEU was heavily involved in Yemen during the early outset of the country's civil war helping move special operations forces, U.S. personnel and Yemen's president.
By Shawn Snow
Opinion: Thanks long overdue for Vietnam War-era veterans
The commemoration was authorized by Congress, under DoD auspices, and launched at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in 2012. Our goal is to thank and honor America’s 6.4 million living veterans of the 9 million who served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces from Nov. 1, 1955, to May 15, 1975 — regardless of location — and the families of all who served.
By Jim Jackson
Navy football nixes ‘inappropriate’ gun motto
"The bottom line is, we missed the mark here."
By Jon Simkins