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February 28, 2017
Jeet Heer
Trump: The buck does not stop here!
January 11, 2017
Demi Lee
Rex Tillerson isn’t sweating climate change.
November 18, 2016
MagazineThe New Republic Staff
The Rise of Russia’s Patriotic Summer Camps
Last year, the Kremlin called for an increase in patriotic youth—children who would grow up to be soldiers—by sending them to camp.
August 2, 2016
Tom A. Peter
Finally, a Realistic Iraq War Novel
Roy Scranton's 'War Porn' bucks the trends of recent fiction about soldiers.
June 15, 2016
Michelle Legro
Get ready for a debate about women and the draft that will surely not become sexist in any way.
April 22, 2016
MagazineMikaela Lefrak
How to Start a New Life in the French Foreign Legion
Men from around the world transform themselves as Legionnaires.
January 28, 2016
Gwyneth Kelly
The Pentagon is cutting paid maternity leave in the Navy and Marines in order to give more leave to the Army and Air Force.
December 22, 2015
Dennis Jett
Donald Trump and Ben Carson Would Be Historically Inexperienced Presidents
Neither major party has ever nominated a candidate without government or military experience.
December 3, 2015
Elspeth Reeve
The Pentagon will open all combat jobs to women, despite much handwringing over their ability to do pull-ups.
July 24, 2015
E.J. Graff
Inside the Fight to End Trans Discrimination in the Military
July 15, 2015
Elspeth Reeve
Meet the Manliest Journalist in America: Me
February 12, 2015
Joel Gillin
Obama Isn't Ready to Give Up His Broad War Powers
February 9, 2015
Joel Gillin
This Is What Happens When the U.S. Arms Unstable Regimes
Where are all the weapons we gave Yemen?
February 6, 2015
Rebecca Leber
The U.S. Military Worries About Climate Change, So Why Don't Republicans?
November 24, 2014
Danny Vinik
Chuck Hagel Was Supposed to Fix the Pentagon's Budget. Now It's His Successor's Problem.
November 10, 2014
Danny Vinik
Obama Is Still Making Promises About ISIS That He Won't Be Able to Keep
October 30, 2014
Jessica Schulberg
Want to Know How the U.S. Taxpayer-Funded Afghan Army Is Performing? That's Classified.
October 24, 2014
Sean McFate
The Blackwater Verdict Signals America's Growing Dependence on Wall Street to Wage War
October 7, 2014
Danny Vinik
Leon Panetta's Dumb Reasoning for Blaming Defense Cuts on Obama
September 30, 2014
Jessica Schulberg
The War Against the Islamic State Is About to Hit $1 Billion

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