Should the Pentagon offer new recruits an option to finish post-active-duty military obligations in the Peace Corps, rather than the reserves? It was a question ready made for commentary by Colman McCarthy, former Washington Post columnist and now director of the Center for Teaching Peace. He’s 100 percent behind the idea. In an op-ed in Sunday’s Post, McCarthy even denigrates anti-military “elitists” who would bar the door to the Peace Corps ranks. Why? He thinks that the partnership will shake Peace Corps funding from the Pentagon’s “money tree.”
The Space Force is preparing for significant growth to its procurement budget in fiscal 2027, and the head of the service’s largest acquisition organization said April 14 he is asking companies to invest now in facilities and production capacity so they’re ready to execute when called upon.