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Dec 5, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Katherine L. Kuzminski |Jason Dempsey |Alex Horton
For many military officers who serve in war zones, Bronze Stars are akin to a pass or fail, said Jason Dempsey, a former Army officer who served in Iraq and Afghanistan and is now a leader in civilian-military relations. “The expectation is you’re getting one, unless you mess up,” said Dempsey, who also has two Bronze Stars dating to his wartime deployments.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Paul Scharre |Jason Dempsey |Kareen Hart |Taren Sylvester
It’s harder to get into the military than stay there—at least by the different medical standards set by the Defense Department. By making them match, the Pentagon could widen its recruiting pool without undermining the force. Here’s an example. In 2022, following advancements in medicine and treatment, defense leaders decided that current servicemembers would no longer be automatically discharged due to HIV status.
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Jan 9, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Jason Dempsey |Joshua Keating
Jason Dempsey, a military veteran and former White House staffer who is now a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, said the affair was “certainly a mistake” and should be a lesson for staffing practices going forward. He said Austin’s command background — the very thing that made his appointment somewhat controversial — also made it unlikely his reputation in the military ranks would be damaged.
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Dec 7, 2023 | 
cnas.org | Jason Dempsey |Todd South |Meghann Myers
Jason Dempsey, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, told Military Times, “the only lesson on COIN that we as Americans have to offer or should be offering, is that one, we didn’t do it very well.”Dempsey saw this first hand on two Afghanistan tours, one in 2009 when he served with the Army’s 10th Mountain Division and later led Task Force Spartan coordinating COIN operations in Wardak and Logar provinces.
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Jul 3, 2023 | 
msn.com | Jason Dempsey
Fifty years ago, one American faced Independence Day having just lost much of his personal freedom. Dwight Elliot Stone, the U.S. military’s last draftee, was inducted into the United States Army on June 30, 1973. Private Stone served not in Vietnam but in the safer yet equally humid swamps of Fort Polk, Louisiana. His 17 months in uniform brought down the curtain on the draft. Stone was the last of more than 17 million men conscripted into the U.S. military.
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Jul 3, 2023 | 
msn.com | Jason Dempsey
Back with another New York Jets mailbag are our writers Paul ‘Boy Green’ Esden Jr. and Michael Obermuller, and this week will look ahead to training camp battles and final offseason pursuits while also doubling back on a couple of Joe Douglas draft classes. It’s our 100th edition of this weekly Q&A with fans, so thank you to all the readers who have been with us from No. 1 through No. 99, as well as any new readers. A look back at our most recent mailbags:Final Jets Moves in 2023 NFL Free Agency1.
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Jul 3, 2023 | 
theatlantic.com | Jason Dempsey |Gil Barndollar
Fifty years ago, one American faced Independence Day having just lost much of his personal freedom. Dwight Elliot Stone, the U.S. military’s last draftee, was inducted into the United States Army on June 30, 1973. Private Stone served not in Vietnam but in the safer yet equally humid swamps of Fort Polk, Louisiana. His 17 months in uniform brought down the curtain on the draft. Stone was the last of more than 17 million men conscripted into the U.S. military.
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Jul 1, 2023 | 
cnas.org | Taren Sylvester |Kyleanne Hunter |Jason Dempsey
Those who joined the American military in July of 1973, and in the five decades since, have been part of what is known as America’s “all-volunteer force,” or AVF. For most Americans, the AVF is something to be celebrated, but foreign to their daily lives. The AVF gave most Americans the freedom to be indifferent to their military, shifting the burden of service to a smaller, self-selected cohort of citizens. Read the full article from The Atlantic.
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Jul 1, 2023 | 
cnas.org | Katherine L. Kuzminski |Brandon Archuleta |Taren Sylvester |Jason Dempsey
Image credit: Ken Scar via DVIDS July 01, 2023 By Katherine L. Kuzminski, Brandon J. Archuleta, Taren Sylvester, Dr. Jason Dempsey, and Ayla McBreen Today, the United States celebrates the 50th anniversary of the American All-Volunteer Force. The establishment of the All-Volunteer Force in 1973 represented a pivotal transition from the draft system to a voluntary military, ushering in a more professional and dedicated force.
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May 10, 2023 | 
cnas.org | Kyleanne Hunter |Jason Dempsey |Taren Sylvester
Despite 50 years of an All-Volunteer Force, fear of conscription remains just below the surface as Americans consider the role of the U.S. military and their relationship to it. Today, whispers of conscription ripple across social media whenever it seems that the United States might be drawn into a conflict -- after the 9/11 terrorist attacks; when Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani was assassinated; and following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
