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U.S. soldiers load aid onto a helicopter in January 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, after a devastating earthquake

What Police Can Learn From the Military About the Effectiveness of Soft Power

Amid all the long-needed national debate following the murder of George Flo...

Amid all the long-needed national debate following the murder of George Floyd, one element is emerging as particularly polarizing: the discussion over "defunding the police." The phrase has come to mean a wide variety of...

Law enforcement including Park Police, Metro Police Department and D.C. National Guard gather in Lafayette Square to face demonstrators protesting the death of George Floyd in Washington, D.C. on June 1, 2020.

I Spent My Career in the U.S. Navy. The U.S. Military Must Stand Up for Its Soul in This Moment

It is long past time to address inequality in this nation and issues like h...

It is long past time to address inequality in this nation and issues like harsh, often brutal, treatment of minorities by police – especially against African-Americans. The peaceful demonstrations that erupted after the murder of...

While Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, Admiral Stavridis dismounts a helicopter in Afghanistan outside of Khandahar in 2010.

My Family Worried for Me While I Served Overseas. Now I Worry for Them While They Serve on the Home Front

Throughout my four decades in the Navy, I sailed on my fair share of deploy...

Throughout my four decades in the Navy, I sailed on my fair share of deployments, both in peace and war. Most were at least six months long, and during most of my time at sea...

The USNS Comfort in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Nov. 10, 2017

Navy Hospital Ships Will Be Used in the Fight Against COVID-19. But There's Much More the Military Can Do in This Crisis

When I was Commander of U.S. Southern Command, in charge of all military op...

When I was Commander of U.S. Southern Command, in charge of all military operations south of the United States, I was lucky enough to break my Admiral’s Flag in USNS COMFORT, the massive U.S. Navy...

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, center, arrives with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, and U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper for a joint news conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan on Feb. 29, 2020.

We Must Make the Right Kind of Peace in Afghanistan, If We Are to Honor Our Sacrifice There.

As we take the first major, halting steps toward a peace agreement in Afgha...

As we take the first major, halting steps toward a peace agreement in Afghanistan, all I can remember is how we got there in the first place. On 9/11, I was a newly promoted one-star...

President Donald Trump makes a speech as he attends a signing ceremony at Joint Base Andrews, in Maryland, on Dec. 20, 2019. U.S.

What the Trump Defense Budget Gets Wrong About the Future of War

The massive 2021 Department of Defense budget that the White House sent to ...

The massive 2021 Department of Defense budget that the White House sent to Congress clocks in at $740.5 billion, with $705.4 billion earmarked for the Pentagon – the remainder to the Department of Energy and...

Protesters hold up a framed portrait of Qasem Soleimani, the Iranian commander killed in a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad, during a demonstration in Tehran, Iran, on Jan. 3, 2020.

A 'Forever War' With Iran Is Unlikely. But More Death and Violence Seems Inevitable

The sudden, shocking killing of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani by a U.S. d...

The sudden, shocking killing of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani by a U.S. drone at the Baghdad airport is one of those moments when a big door swings violently on a seemingly small hinge. How can...