Topic: Policy

Short Changed: Military Comes with Unique Risks for Domestic Violence, Can Silence Survivors
A War Horse review of military women’s noncombat deaths since 9/11 found domestic violence often ended in death.

Veterans Who Are Food Insecure Are Less Likely to Seek Help Than Civilians
More than a million veterans are food insecure. Most at risk are younger vets with families, women, and those with mental health concerns or lower incomes.

Sergeants Major Built a Culture of Camaraderie, as Soldiers and as Black Women
Despite making up just 36% of the women of the U.S. Army, Black women soldiers make up almost half of women command sergeants major.

US Military Pledges Principled, Responsible Approach to Artificial Intelligence
The Pentagon is a lumbering bureaucracy where priorities can shift with political tides, which makes the trajectory of progress on AI unclear.

Short Changed: Military Women’s Deaths by Suicide Linked to Sexual Trauma
While men in the military have alarmingly high rates of suicide, the rates among military women are rising faster, and their reasons are different.

He Spent Years Learning Other People’s Secret Pains. I Spent Years Hiding Mine.
E.V.’s husband spent years serving military sexual trauma survivors, unaware that she, too, was one.

We Did Not Fight. This Was Our War, if You Could Call It That.
Veteran Cameron McMillan sifted through his memories as the 20th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq approached. Officially, the war is over. But is it?

Short Changed: Military Women Face Assault, Harassment, Death. Is Culture to Blame?
The history of the military's response to women’s service has led to an entrenched separate-and-unequal environment.

Short Changed: How The Army Failed Spc. Adrienne Barillas
Adrienne Barillas was found naked outside of an Army barracks. The Army ruled her death a suicide. Soldiers and family members say there's more to the story.