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Nov 22, 2024 | 
defenseone.com | 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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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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Sep 3, 2024 | 
qoshe.com | Taren Sylvester |Evan Wright
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Sep 2, 2024 | 
asia.nikkei.com | Taren Sylvester |Evan Wright
Taren Dillon Sylvester is a researcher with the Center for a New American Security's Military, Veterans, and Society Program. Evan Wright is an Indo-Pacific analyst at the Center for a New American Security and a nonresident fellow at the Johns Hopkins SAIS Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies. In Guam, one is quickly struck by the juxtaposition of crystal-clear waters with crumbling infrastructure and abandoned cars strewn across the small Pacific island.
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Lisa Curtis |Anna Pederson |Nathaniel Schochet |Taren Sylvester
In Guam, one is quickly struck by the juxtaposition of crystal-clear waters with crumbling infrastructure and abandoned cars strewn across the small Pacific island. Following the isolation of the COVID pandemic and the destructive Typhoon Mawar of May 2023, Guam is in a precarious position. The economy has yet to recover -- hotels that have operated for decades are shutting their doors permanently as tourists are slow to return to its shores.
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Aug 8, 2024 | 
warontherocks.com | Taren Sylvester |Katherine L. Kuzminski
Conscription — a practice most Americans believe should be relegated to the dustbin of history — has returned as an uncomfortable topic of conversation among U.S. allies and adversaries alike. This has generated concern and even conspiracy theories among American voters. But a candid discussion would be healthier. The fact is, if the United States hopes to deter or defeat a Chinese attack on Taiwan, it should be prepared to effectively implement a draft.
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Aug 5, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Samantha Olson |Taren Sylvester |Katherine L. Kuzminski
This article was originally published in War on the Rocks. Conscription — a practice most Americans believe should be relegated to the dustbin of history — has returned as an uncomfortable topic of conversation among U.S. allies and adversaries alike. This has generated concern and even conspiracy theories among American voters. But a candid discussion would be healthier.
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Aug 29, 2023 | 
cnas.org | Taren Sylvester |Jeff Schogol
Hearing problems are common among U.S. troops who served in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other Global War on Terrorism battlefields in part because of their exposure to blasts from roadside bombs, said Taren Sylvester, who researches military and veterans issues for the Center for a New American Security think tank in Washington, D.C. “The explosions were much, much closer than they might have been in previous wars, and the rate of surviving these blast impacts is higher than in previous wars,”...
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Jul 25, 2023 | 
cnas.org | Stewart Latwin |Ayla McBreen |Taren Sylvester |Brandon Archuleta
From the Civil War to the global war on terrorism, Californians have a long and proud history of coming to the nation’s defense in times of conflict. Indeed, California is home to more active-duty troops and veterans than any other state in the union. Yet the Golden State is hemorrhaging military retirees, and has been for years, because California is the only state in the Union that fully taxes military pensions.
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Jul 19, 2023 | 
cnas.org | Ayla McBreen |Taren Sylvester
The Future Soldier Preparatory Course launched in August 2022 amid a recruiting struggle across all services. The course is designed to take would-be soldiers who were not qualified — either academically or physically — and put them through an intense course to meet those minimum standards of service.
