The nonprofit group Business for America recently held an event in Washington, D.C., “Across the aisle: How leaders find common ground in a divided era.” The event featured elected officials and staff discussing the recurring factors in finding common ground in partisan times.

After decades of sluggish procurement pipelines and suffocating bureaucratic inertia, America now has a rare opportunity to fundamentally transform our defense acquisition system thanks to President Donald Trump’s recent executive order.

Our national security depends on our ability to harness domestically sourced energy. As a local, reliable source of energy, offshore wind has a critical part to play in our all-of-the-above energy policy.

In complex systems, disaster is not the exception; it’s the destination.

Incorporating sexual harassment and suicide prevention into the leadership continuum is not just a matter of administrative efficiency — it is a moral imperative. It’s how we restore trust, improve readiness, and most importantly, save lives. 

Just months into 2025, the data tells a striking story: Military recruitment is back, and it’s booming. After years of a national security crisis, America’s warrior ethos is being revived, and young patriots are answering the call.

Amid the uncertainty about economic growth, job cuts and inflation, it will take time for shoppers to regain their confidence. Even if they do, there are some reasons why the pain for retailers and consumer goods groups may be prolonged.

Even as India and Pakistan on Saturday reached an understanding to stop all military actions against one another in a U.S.-brokered ceasefire, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ U.N. must go all-out — at once! — to finally do what it was created to do: generate a world of pressure — and finally forge true peace for the people who live in the mountain greenery of Kashmir.

The tiltrotor Future Long Range Assault Aircraft isn’t just about tomorrow’s fight — it’s about today’s readiness. When the balloon goes up — and it will — our troops must arrive with the speed, reach and protection that only a next-generation tiltrotor can deliver. Congress, DOD, Army leaders — don’t wait. Warfighters can’t afford to. Let’s get FLRAA in their hands — now.

One ever-present contribution from the military community is their service as election workers, or poll workers, a role that upholds the very democracy they risked their lives to defend.