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THIS WEEK'S MOST PROVOCATIVE POVS

Winning the long game: Sustaining sea power as our enduring advantage

"America does not want a fair fight — we want a fleet so capable, so ready and so forward that the fight never begins," CNO Adm. Daryl Caudle argues. Read More

A drone ‘war is more silent and more deadly’ — and America is behind

In the early days of the war, the U.S. supplied many high-tech, expensive but powerful systems that radically improved Ukraine’s battlefield fortunes. As the war has ground on, however, developing a quantity of cheap systems has become far more important. Read More

How wargaming can help us prepare for modern crises

Researchers are indeed calling for a new research agenda for experimental design for war games, applied to modern scenarios. Read More

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A combat infantryman stood in the gap. Made the calculation. Pulled the trigger. But at what cost?

"There is a profound, sickening duality in being thanked for your service by people who would be horrified if they ... saw what that service required." Read More

If chaplains are ‘officers second,’ which staff corps officers are next?

Opinion: Removing rank insignia from chaplains sets a precedent for treating staff officers differently than others, the author of this op-ed argues. Read More

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How chest-thumping rhetoric erodes service member safety

Opinion: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's brash rhetoric is profoundly destabilizing for actively-serving military families, this military spouse argues. Read More

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