@DeptofDefense "should .. embrace a more rapid, experimental, and technology-focused culture .. just like a business faced with technological disruption .. the US military struggles to change direction." https://t.co/aeHzVG21Dp @WIRED
This is something @IAVA and others have advocated for publicly for over a decade. A welcomed investment and smart way to get resources to groups at the tip of the spear nationwide. We need all the reinforcements we can get.
1. "More than 30,000 service members have taken their own lives since 9/11 — 4x the number of those who died on the battlefield — and @DeptVetAffairs has struggled to address the crisis." https://t.co/z0HuBIeTu7
Col. Keith Nightingale, Army (Ret.) served two tours in Vietnam and has some uplifting words for those who served in Afghanistan. Read and share with those who need them: https://t.co/oCQoFEH9FD
📸: Julie A. Kelemen
#IAVA's @JeremyButler01 & @TomPorterDC, along with IAVA board member @TrueBoots, weighed in on how veterans are feeling over how the war in Afghanistan is ending and the urgent need to safely evacuate our Afghan allies. #SaveOurAllies
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The Taliban have captured half of the provincial capitals of Afghanistan as of Friday in their quest to take control of the country. Newest updates here.
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"For Afghan war veterans, mixed emotions as troops withdraw from longest war," writes @JennaLZucker & @BeeLockwood for @Reuters. Afghan War Veterans share their perspectives, reflecting on their time in country as the #LongestWar comes to a close: https://t.co/w6zTaHhGCj #IAVA
All four roles within a M1 A2 Abrams Tank are critical for any successful mission.
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📸: Kim Kook
#ArmyTeam | #Ready2Fight
Starting on #VeteransDay, admission to all National Parks, wildlife refuges, and other federal lands will be FREE for #veterans and Gold Star family members. https://t.co/szgk95TCdd
"GE wants to scan the brains of 120 service members, in hopes of developing a sort of mild TBI blueprint that can help doctors diagnose these injuries more easily." via @MilitaryTimes Read more here: https://t.co/cX1mUE0izn #veterans
On this date in 1983, a truck bomb exploded outside a Marine compound in Beirut, killing 241 U.S. service personnel and 58 French military personnel. We remember those who gave their lives and #HonorThem on this day.
"We do not need to physically fly to be Airborne." ~ Sam Keen
The skies of northern Italy are filled with #paratroopers from the @173rdAbnBde as hundred of #Soldiers conduct a tactical airborne insertion exercise onto Juliet Drop Zone.
#ready2fight#trainedandready