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Equipping our warriors: The view from Capitol Hill
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Alaska's military comeback is creating jobs and opportunity
For decades, Washington underestimated Alaska's importance to America's national security and its potential to drive economic growth.
Winning the AI fight means keeping humans in command
There's no doubt AI can help our service members process enormous amounts of information, identify threats faster, improve logistics, strengthen cyber defenses and make better decisions under pressure.
Pentagon eyes energy solutions for 'power hungry' Golden Dome missile shield
The Trump administration's Golden Dome, a multilayer missile defense system designed to thwart a mass missile attack on the U.S., will need more than money and time to work. It is going to need power and lots of it.
Readiness begins before the battlefield
The next crisis will not wait for America to rebuild inventories, reopen production lines, repair installations, or strengthen supply chains. Readiness, resilience and survivability must be built before a crisis begins.
Affordable enough to fire, fast enough to evolve
A drone assembled from commercial parts crosses the line, and a six-figure missile leaves the rail to meet it. The missile works. The drone is destroyed, but the defender has just spent many times what the attacker did.
Moving the Army at the speed of relevance
In the last 18 months, the Pentagon has moved through an unusually rapid period of institutional change: new priorities and funding, faster fielding of emerging technologies and new ways of doing business with industry.
Army picks 5 companies to build, operate nuclear microreactors at military bases
The Army has selected five companies to build and operate nuclear microreactors on five military installations across the country, the service announced Wednesday.
People and communities are at the foundation of America's military might
I have the honor of representing Middle and Southwest Georgia, where military readiness is part of everyday life.
The National Guard is indispensable to the force of the future
For 250 years, America has maintained a force to defend the homeland and deter aggression from overseas.
Air dominance is America's first line of defense
Air dominance is fundamental to America's ability to defend our nation, protect our service members, support our allies and deter our adversaries.
Countering evolving threats and defending America require a whole-of-government strategy
The people of the United States enshrined in the U.S. Constitution our collective duty to "provide for the common defence."
America's longest frontline
This week, thousands of U.S. Army soldiers, industry partners, policymakers, and defense leaders will gather in our nation's capital for the Association of the United States Army's 2026 Annual Meeting.
Modernizing the Defense Production Act is essential to military readiness
If you have ever waited weeks for a car repair because a part was backordered, you know how that delay can disrupt your life.
Guardsmen made our cities safer. Now, let's thank them
On November 26, 2025, Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, a 20-year-old West Virginia National Guardsman, was ambushed and shot by an Afghan national while on patrol in Washington, D.C. She died the next day.
America can't wait to prepare for the next generation of warfare
When Americans hear "peace through strength" or "the next arms race," quantum computing is probably not the first thing that comes to mind.