Author: Michael

In 2022, Kathleen J. McInnis, Benjamin Jensen, and Jaron Wharton wrote, “Why Dictators are Afraid of Girls: Rethinking Gender and National Security,” where they analyzed how gender can break or bolster authoritarian regimes. We asked Kathleen and Benjamin to revisit their article to see how the relationship between government and gender has evolved since then. Read more below: Image: Photo from Paval Hadzinski Catholic Belarus, CC BY-SA 4.

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The Marines are gearing up to integrate more generative artificial intelligence tools into the force, but the service’s top officer doesn’t want to have to spend a lot of money to develop them.
The Corps, like the Defense Department writ large, is keen on tapping into emerging genAI capabilities for various military purposes.
Last month, Lt. Gen. Melvin “Jerry” Carter, the deputy commandant for information, issued new guidance on the technology, writing that these types of tools present “unique and exciting opportunities” for the Marines.

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FORT MEADE, Md. — Following a new framework signed in September 2024, the Pentagon’s network defense command is looking to change how it fights to better protect Department of Defense networks from increasing adversary intrusions.
Gen. Timothy Haugh, commander of U.S. Cyber Command, signed the DOD Information Network (DODIN) command operation framework execution order last year, which oriented the battlespace and now aligns DODIN areas of operation to commanders and directors.

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Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Eric Smith has some bad news for any Marines who want to grow beards.
When asked on Wednesday if he could foresee any circumstances in the coming years under which Marines would be allowed to grow beards, Smith replied with a definitive “No.”
“Because we’re Marines and we’re different,” Smith told reporters at a Defense Writers Group event, which is based at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
“The Marine Corps has a brand, and we’re making our recruiting mission,” Smith continued.

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