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Military recruiting hit a 15-year high. How quickly do recruits become mission ready?
How quickly recruits move from accession to operational qualification can affect force generation, unit staffing and long-term readiness planning.
By Natalie Oliverio
Lawmakers introduce bill to lower drug costs for service members, veterans
The proposal would allow Tricare beneficiaries and VA patients to pay the lowest government-negotiated price for prescription drugs.
By Tanya Noury
Minesweeping technology in the Middle East is ‘a very good package,’ Caudle says
The U.S. Navy has three Independence-class littoral combat ships with a mine countermeasures mission package homeported in the Middle East.
By Riley Ceder
A war zone, minus the war: One year later, has the military really secured the US-Mexico border?
An investigation into how Trump’s emergency declaration expanded military power, blurred legal lines and helped spread the use of military-grade tech.
By Sonner Kehrt, Melissa del Bosque and David Roza, The War Horse and The Border Chronicle
The US has counter-mine ships homeported in the Middle East. Are they effective?
Some military and defense experts argue the Independence-class littoral combat ship equipped with the MCM mission package falls short of its predecessor.
By Riley Ceder