/tags/department-of-defense Department of Defense en-US Copyright Fri, 22 Jan 2021 22:31:54 GMT /podcast/tested-podcast/2021-01-22/uneven-battlefield Retired Four-Star Army Gen. Lloyd Austin will be the first Black U.S. secretary of defense. Host Leoneda Inge talks about what this historic appointment… Fri, 22 Jan 2021 22:31:54 GMT /podcast/tested-podcast/2021-01-22/uneven-battlefield Leoneda Inge, Rebecca Martinez /show/the-state-of-things/2020-04-01/bombs-beavers-and-butterfly-biologists-what-fort-bragg-teaches-us-about-saving-a-species Of all federal agencies, the Department of Defense manages the highest density of threatened and endangered species, more than even the National Park… Wed, 01 Apr 2020 15:45:00 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-04-01/bombs-beavers-and-butterfly-biologists-what-fort-bragg-teaches-us-about-saving-a-species Grant Holub-Moorman, Anita Rao /science-technology/2020-04-01/bombs-beavers-and-butterfly-biologists-what-fort-bragg-teaches-us-about-saving-a-species Of all federal agencies, the Department of Defense manages the highest density of threatened and endangered species, more than even the National Park… Wed, 01 Apr 2020 15:45:00 GMT /science-technology/2020-04-01/bombs-beavers-and-butterfly-biologists-what-fort-bragg-teaches-us-about-saving-a-species Grant Holub-Moorman, Anita Rao /environment/2020-01-06/the-pentagon-says-wildfires-driven-by-climate-change-are-a-growing-national-security-threat A 2019 Department of Defense report concluded that the effects of a changing climate, including wildfires, threaten dozens of military bases. Mon, 06 Jan 2020 18:07:52 GMT /environment/2020-01-06/the-pentagon-says-wildfires-driven-by-climate-change-are-a-growing-national-security-threat Jacob Margolis /show/the-state-of-things/2017-09-25/writing-through-wars-invisible-wounds-meet-thomas-j-brennan Thomas J. Brennan first started writing about war through letters home to his wife when he was deployed in a remote village in Afghanistan’s Helmand… Mon, 25 Sep 2017 16:02:35 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2017-09-25/writing-through-wars-invisible-wounds-meet-thomas-j-brennan Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2017-09-25/writing-through-wars-invisible-wounds-meet-thomas-j-brennan Thomas J. Brennan first started writing about war through letters home to his wife when he was deployed in a remote village in Afghanistan’s Helmand… Mon, 25 Sep 2017 16:02:35 GMT /arts-culture/2017-09-25/writing-through-wars-invisible-wounds-meet-thomas-j-brennan Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2014-12-10/the-militarization-of-north-carolinas-police Police departments across the state of North Carolina are arming themselves with the same weapons and gear as the U.S. military. This is thanks to the… Wed, 10 Dec 2014 17:08:25 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2014-12-10/the-militarization-of-north-carolinas-police Hady Mawajdeh, Frank Stasio /law/2014-12-10/the-militarization-of-north-carolinas-police Police departments across the state of North Carolina are arming themselves with the same weapons and gear as the U.S. military. This is thanks to the… Wed, 10 Dec 2014 17:08:25 GMT /law/2014-12-10/the-militarization-of-north-carolinas-police Hady Mawajdeh, Frank Stasio /military/2014-09-01/peta-steps-up-opposition-of-military-training-using-live-animals People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals activists say they will ramp up their efforts to halt military training they say harms and even kills animals.… Mon, 01 Sep 2014 20:42:26 GMT /military/2014-09-01/peta-steps-up-opposition-of-military-training-using-live-animals Gurnal Scott