Defense One

Air Force servicemembers do their part to raise awareness for ALS with the Ice Bucket Challenge in 2014.

Commentary Personnel

1 in 6 ALS Patients Served in the Military. We Need a Cure.

A new organization aims to fight a neurodegenerative disease that appears to target former servicemembers.

Sailors line the bow of the destroyer USS Cole as it glides past One World Trade Center and the lower Manhattan skyline, Wednesday, May 21, 2014 in New York.

Terrorism

America Still Doesn’t Know What to Do With Terrorism Suspects

Some pre-9/11 plotters have not yet been brought to justice, even as a new generation of suspects is taking their place.

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Commentary Acquisition Pentagon

Don’t Play Mob Ball: What Acquisition Pros Can Learn from Kids Soccer

PEOs tend to grab onto a hot new contract approach like elementary schoolers chasing a ball.

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The D Brief

Trump ups demands on S. Korea; ODNI sets new strategy; More shutdown problems; Drones disrupt Newark airport; And a bit more.

President Trump wants South Korea to pay the U.S. 50 percent more for American protection — more formally referred to as the “Special Measures Agreement” to pay the cost of U.S. troops on the …

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Personnel Homeland White House

FBI Agents Detail Shutdown’s Toll

The FBI Agents Association is documenting the harms that the funding freeze have inflicted on investigations, travel, training, payments to confidential sources and employee benefits.

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Passengers board subway trains at the Naval Yard-Ballpark Metro Station, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018, part of the public transit network for Washington.

Commentary Industry China

China Might Be Bugging US Subways — But There’s a Bigger Problem

Years of neglecting public infrastructure has undercut the U.S. manufacturing base.

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Assuring Resilient Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT)

In an age of high-speed internet, on-demand entertainment, and same-day package delivery, we’ve come to expect constant, seamless technological performance and stability. “We need to communicate - we pick up a phone, and it just works.” Kevin Coggins, vice president and lead of Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) at Booz Allen Hamilton and former multi-office team leader for PNT across the U.S. Army, says. But what if it didn’t?

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The D Brief

Taliban kill dozens of Afghan troops; Shutdown, Day 31; 2nd Trump-Kim summit set; Zap: SEALs try new PTSD therapy; And a bit more.

Taliban fighters killed at least 65 Afghan security forces during a complex attack Monday morning on an Afghan spy training base west of Kabul, Reuters reports. One defense ministry official put …

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