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A Military Family’s Journey through Separation and Healing
Traveling halfway around the world for care is a daunting event, but that’s just what the Brice family of three had to do in April 2023. The Brices were living in Grafenwoehr, Germany where Army Staff Sgt. William Brice was stationed as a cavalry scout. After noticing that their young daughter had unexplained bruises, William…
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The Next EW Fight Will Be Won at Machine Speed. Here’s How L3Harris Is Preparing.
The electromagnetic spectrum has become one of the most contested domains in modern warfare. Peer adversaries are fielding distributed sensing architectures, adaptive jamming techniques, and deception tactics that blend cyber and electronic warfare effects to defeat U.S. and allied targeting. Staying ahead requires more than incremental upgrades. It requires a fundamental shift toward distributed, software-defined,…
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Speed as a strategic advantage in border monitoring
Across Europe, border environments are becoming increasingly dynamic and complex. Activity can shift within hours—vehicles reposition, staging areas disperse, small watercraft alter routes, and nodes of activity appear and disappear with little warning. For national security organizations, ministries of interior, and supporting non-governmental partners, the challenge in border monitoring is no longer access to information…
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Digital Engineering Is an Acquisition Weapon System. Start Treating It Like One.
While our adversaries accelerate the acquisition timeline from concept to capability, the United States continues to field weapon systems and platforms on decade-long cycles. This disparity brings great risk to our warfighters, who will be left to defend U.S. interests with exquisite platforms that are obsolete on arrival. But this is not an indictment of…
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Army vet supports her Navy sister in tough hospital journey
“I went to Japan and I was ready to spend the next 20 years there,” Kayla Saska said, a former sailor describing her first duty station. “I loved it, the people, the culture.” Kayla, a high school athlete who scored well on the military entrance exams, excelled in the Navy school for her job, fire…
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Courage Can Save Us as a Nation. These Ten Americans Show Us How
Since 2018, With Honor has helped elect more than one hundred military veterans and national security professionals. In Courage Can Save US, I profile ten of them in office: five Democrats and five Republicans. As of this writing, six are in the House of Representatives, two are in the Senate, and two are governors. Nine…
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THE EDGE IS THE NEW HIGH GROUND Own the Edge ™
For centuries, military doctrine held a simple truth: seize the high ground and you command the battle. Elevation delivered observation, engagement advantage, and defensive strength. Today, that advantage has shifted. The high ground is no longer a hilltop. It is the forward edge of the battlespace, where sensing, decision, and effects converge. The force that…
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From Attritable Drones to Enduring Capability
As unmanned systems become central to modern defense operations, the next challenge is not simply how to field more drones faster, but how to build lasting operational advantage. Robinson Unmanned President Paul Fermo discusses why drone dominance requires an ecosystem of adaptable aircraft, from small soldier-deployable systems to full-scale autonomous helicopters, supported by open architecture,…
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McCain Institute Sedona Forum 2026: Bipartisan Leaders Gather to Discuss Challenges to American Dominance
As global instability intensifies and political divisions deepen at home, the 2026 Sedona Forum convened some of the world’s most influential policymakers, military leaders, journalists, and business voices to address a defining question: What will it take to sustain American leadership in a rapidly changing world? Held May 1-2 in Sedona, Arizona, the McCain Institute’s…
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How Industry Is Accelerating Space-Based Missile Defense
As threats in space and the electromagnetic spectrum accelerate, defense leaders are under growing pressure to deliver faster, more integrated capabilities. Defense News recently spoke with Jeff Hanke, President, Space Systems at L3Harris Technologies, about how industry is responding across missile warning and defense, space domain awareness, and electronic warfare. Hanke outlines the shift toward…
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