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U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Paul Weme, NATO Headquarters, salutes the American flag during a Veterans Day ceremony

Veterans Can’t Sit This One Out

Veteran Services Organizations and veterans should be leading the charge to defend our constitutional system
Save Our Allies workers hand out toys in a supply tent in an Afghan refugee camp on November 4, 2021 in Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico.

US Is Finally Aiding Stranded Afghan Allies, But Congress Needs to Step Up

Crucial bipartisan legislation has been stalled for years, placing the burden of care on hardworking Americans instead.
Hand of a person in military fatigues holding a small U.S. flag in foreground, in front of servicemembers marching in blue uniforms, white hats, long blue coats on a parade route during a rainy day.

On Veterans Day, Collected Reflections on Service and National Security

In recognition of Veterans Day, a collection of thoughtful Just Security articles from the past year by veterans and/or about the role of servicemembers and military families in…
One marine does a star jump while others are in varying stages of their own jumps.

The All-Volunteer Force at 50: Civil-Military Solutions in a Time of Partisan Polarization

Civilian and military elites, as well as the general public, have work to do to combat politicization of the all-volunteer force and help it survive another 50 years.
A volunteer lifts a pot of soup from the stove at a humanitarian center in Bakhmut on February 3, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images)

Voices from the Frontlines of Democracy in Ukraine: Supporting and Protecting Civil Society

How the country's vibrant civic organizations came to the rescue in war, and how the international community can help them.
Rows of American flags in front of the U.S. Capitol building.

Why We Serve: Upholding the Democratic Process

"[D]emocracy must continuously be defended and ... our service to our community does not end but instead shifts in its form. This is something veterans have long known and appreciated."
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Paul Weme, NATO Headquarters, salutes the American flag during a Veterans Day ceremony

Reflections on Becoming a Veteran after Decades of Forever War

I wholeheartedly believe that my husband is still here with me today because of his military family, and we are terrified to be leaving it.
A Marine with the 24th Marine Expeditionary unit (MEU) passes out water to evacuees lined up against a wall during the evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport during the evacuation on August 21, 2021 in Kabul, Afghanistan.

American Society Will Not Abandon Our Afghan Allies

If we claim to honor their service, we must not leave our veterans to hold the weight of our collective national commitment on their own.
Afghan people sit and stand atop a plane as they wait at the Kabul airport in Kabul on August 16, 2021. People also stand at the foot of the plane on the ground.
A soldier stands alone in an empty concrete lot at Camp Pendleton.

Let’s Not “Fight Like Hell” Without a Strategy: At the VA, Put First Principles First

As the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) reels from scandal, President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for secretary of veterans affairs, Denis McDonough, promises to “fight like…
: Beau Depalo, 3, hugs his father, SSgt Michael Depalo of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division, during a homecoming ceremony at Campbell Army Airfield on March 21, 2015 in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. The 162 soldiers who returned to Fort Campbell are some of the last to come home from a humanitarian deployment to Liberia in West Africa to fight the spread of the Ebola virus.

Funding the Border Wall Will Diminish Quality of Life for Service Members–Here’s How

Last May, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) filed an amicus brief in the border wall litigation – El Paso v. Trump – on behalf of military service members. In…
US Marines salute during a handover ceremony at Leatherneck Camp in Lashkar Gah in the Afghan province of Helmand on April 29, 2017.

Post-9/11 Veterans Have Mixed Feelings About Trump’s War Crimes Pardons

In order to better understand how to think about this controversial decision, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) conducted a flash poll this week, with over 1,600…
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