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New in 2021: Are your latest housing protections in the tenant bill of rights under threat? December 31, 2020 DoD is still hammering out agreements with privatized housing companies about military tenants' bill of rights. Shown here is privatized housing at Kirtland Air Force Base. (Todd Berenger/Air Force) Military housing tenants are still waiting for four of the 18 rights promised as part of a tenant bill of rights, aimed at fixing core issues with unsafe and unhealthy conditions in their privatized housing. DoD officials gave the privatized housing companies a deadline of Dec. 15 to...

How to solve logistical challenges during a South China Sea conflict Scott Trail December 24, 2020 A CH-53K King Stallion lifts a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle during a demonstration. Using the single point hook, the helicopter hovered up to 100 feet for approximately 10 minutes while carrying the 18,870-pound vehicle. (U.S. Navy) “The line between disorder and order lies in logistics.” — Sun Tzu Throughout history, thoughtful and responsive logistics plans have played decisive roles in such dramatic victories as the D-Day invasion of Normandy. Conversely, the lack of logistics...

December 22, 2020 In September 2019, Italy’s once anti-establishment Five Star Movement (M5S) agreed to enter a governing alliance with the Democratic Party as well as the smaller centrist Italia Viva and leftist Liberi e Uguali (Free and Equal). By establishing a coalition government with what was considered its political nemesis, M5S managed to remain in office and to avoid early parliamentary elections. However, its influence has gradually weakened, as shown by its poor performance in local elections this year. M5S’s declining political fortunes and the changing composition of the gove...

USNI News Final Department of Defense Board on Diversity and Inclusion Report December 20, 2020 7:05 PM The following is the Department of Defense Board on Diversity and Inclusion Report: Recommendations to Improve Racial and Ethnic Diversity and Inclusion in the U.S. Military that was released on Dec. 18, 2020. From the report For more than 200 years, the U.S. military has fought to defend this nation and its interests, earning the reputation as the greatest military force in history. The U.S. military attracts highly qualified men and women who represent a wide variety of creeds, religions,...