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    Editorial: A budget blow to troops

    When Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel recently floated the broad outlines of his Strategic Choices Management Review, the section on military pay and benefits included now-familiar proposals to shrink future annual military pay raises and make changes in the

    • Aug. 12, 2013
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    Editorial: Hagel delivers the details; Congress must act on them

    For two years, senior Pentagon leaders have repeatedly told Congress that piling on another $500 billion in automatic, inflexible cuts over the next decade — on top of $487 million in cuts already made to the 10-year plan — would devastate military capabi

    • Aug. 5, 2013
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    Dorr: Air power too risky in Syria

    The nasty, 2-year-old civil war in Syria has taken 93,000 lives, according to the Associated Press. Once expected to quickly oust President Bashar Assad, the war now seems likely to partition the country and, according to a U.S.

    • Jul. 31, 2013
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    Editorial: Justice can't be secret

    The Navy posted six months' worth of court-martial verdicts to its homepage July 22 and the Marine Corps followed suit two days later. Both pledge to update their lists regularly.

    • Jul. 31, 2013
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    Editorial: Preserve JIEDDO

    After a dozen years of war and months before the final pullout from Afghanistan, the Pentagon is debating the fate of the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization, created to combat the roadside bombs that still are the leading killer of U.S. and allied troops.

    • Jul. 23, 2013
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    Dorr: Global Hawk is no prize

    'When I heard that the Air Force chief of staff presented an award to the Global Hawk 'industry team,' I said, 'This is a joke. This has got to be a joke.''

    • Jul. 23, 2013
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    Editorial: Hagel: Cuts start at top

    Critics have long called for the Pentagon to slash headquarters staffs that have grown dramatically, especially since 9/11.

    • Jul. 22, 2013
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    Editorial: Time to share sacrifice

    The Pentagon's top civilian and top military leader recently sounded warnings that the nation risks a steep decline in military readiness if spending priorities are not rapidly reset for a postwar era.

    • Jul. 15, 2013
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    Tell us about your timeshare experiences

    Military Times is working on a story about the pros and cons of owning timeshares.

    • Jul. 12, 2013
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    Opinion: Ensuring another 40 years for the all-volunteer force

    Forty years ago last week, our nation instituted the all-volunteer force. For 39 of those years, I've witnessed the dedication of our men and women in uniform.

    • Jul. 11, 2013
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    Dorr: Why no new AF Secretary?

    When Americans complain about a breakdown of government in Washington, they're usually venting at our dysfunctional Congress.

    • Jul. 8, 2013
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    Editorial: Cut costs, not readiness

    Two targets for budget cuts now under close review are the commissary system and permanent change-of-station moves.

    • Jul. 8, 2013
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    Dorr: Back to basics with ABUs

    For the past dozen years, each service branch has developed its own combat attire.

    • Jul. 3, 2013
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    Editorial: Wasteful NCO retraining

    The Air Force recently announced nearly 1,000 noncommissioned officers must retrain next year out of their overmanned specialties and into jobs that are undermanned.

    • Jul. 3, 2013
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    Editorial: Check the 'married' box

    Regardless of how you feel about the June 26 Supreme Court ruling barring discrimination against legally married same-sex couples, the military's mission now is clear: Quickly and seamlessly make this work.

    • Jul. 3, 2013
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    Dorr: Conran should receive Medal of Honor for Laotian mission

    They nominated Phil Conran for the Medal of Honor.

    • Jun. 25, 2013
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    Editorial: Dumb, dumber, dumbest

    It may come as no surprise that three of the Air Force's dumbest rules concern uniforms.

    • Jun. 25, 2013
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    Dorr: New UH-72 Lakotas could better protect missile sites

    An Army helicopter may be the solution to the Air Force's need for security at the nation's intercontinental ballistic missile sites.

    • Jun. 18, 2013
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    Spencer: Every airman deserves dignity and respect

    While at Andrews Air Force Base a couple of weeks ago to recognize some of the airmen from the 11th Logistics Readiness Squadron for their contribution to the 'Airmen Powered by Innovation' campaign, I took the opportunity to speak to the squadron about s

    • Jun. 18, 2013
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    Editorial: Let go of unwanted C-130s

    The all-but-obsolete C-130H is a symbol of the ridiculous situation lawmakers put Air Force leaders in. Those leaders, under intense pressure to slash $10.8 billion this year under sequestration, have cut thousands of airmen and grounded squadrons because they don’t have enough money for flying hours.

    • Jun. 18, 2013
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    Dorr: 747-400 tragedy at Bagram raises questions about plane's payload

    A disturbing video — now viral — shows the April 29 crash of a Boeing 747-400 freighter at Afghanistan's Bagram airfield.

    • Jun. 11, 2013
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    Editorial: Camo envy is big waste

    The services have spent billions over the past decade to develop and field at least 10 camouflage designs for the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines.

    • Jun. 10, 2013
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    Editorial: Reward 1st shirts better

    First sergeant duty is 24/7. Though it can be rewarding, it's hard. It's driving across town after hours to get one of your airmen out of trouble; it's motivating others to excel in their jobs, on promotion exams, PT tests and beyond.

    • Jun. 9, 2013
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    Editorial: Misguided sex law

    A May 23 split ruling by the Court of Military Appeals for the Armed Forces raises questions about the reach and application of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and points again to the need to align the UCMJ with current legal and social norms.

    • Jun. 6, 2013
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    Dorr: Air Force works its way to zero tolerance for sexual assault

    Sex. Keep it out of the workplace. Keep it off the flight line and out of the back shops.

    • Jun. 6, 2013

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