military
America’s New Defense Posture
As the United States winds down from more than a decade of war, it faces the challenge of slimming down while confronting new threats. In particular, the Pentagon must adjust its defense posture to confront the continued threat from non-state actors, like al-Qaeda. To protect its national interests and honor commitments to allies, the U.S. [...]
More Global Readiness, With Less Cash: What Minnesota’s Nordic Exchange Says About Low-Cost Defense
Pentagon planners must now aggressively hunt for mechanisms to keep America’s warfighters ready and trained for global deployment without significant overhead. We believe that they don’t need to look “out of the box” before they’ve looked within for solutions. A textbook example of such a program already resides in the longest-running troop exchange within the [...]
Huffington Post: Military Women Know How to ‘Lean In’
Truman Project Fellow Kayla Williams discusses the benefits of Army experiences in the civilian life for women. There have been dozens of op-eds and blogs circulating recently in response to Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In, and I’ve been devouring them in my limited free time. As a member of one of the key demographics her book targets [...]
PolicyMic: 5 Under-the-Radar Places American Troops Are Stationed
Truman Fellow Eli Sugarman reveals a few surprising places where the United States military has a presence. Most people know that the U.S. military has removed its forces from Iraq and is winding down its presence in Afghanistan. Yet U.S. troops are stationed across the world — and sometimes, in places that are a bit [...]
5 Under-the-Radar Places American Troops Are Stationed
Most people know that the U.S. military has removed its forces from Iraq and is winding down its presence in Afghanistan. Yet U.S. troops are stationed across the world — and sometimes, in places that are a bit off the beaten path. With the 10th anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom (the War in Iraq) approaching, [...]
