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Mike Gallagher Breaks Down the '12 Day War,' Operation Midnight Hammer
First Breakfast sat down with Mike Gallagher, Head of Defense at Palantir, to discuss “The 12 Day War” and Operation Midnight Hammer, the American…
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Blake Seitz
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Mike Gallagher
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Independence Day
A reflection on America's first national mobilization.
Jul 3
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Shyam Sankar
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Greg Little
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Madeline Zimmerman
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Blake Seitz
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Joseph Desch, American Codebreaker
A quiet engineer in Ohio united government and industry to break the Nazi Enigma.
Jul 1
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Peter Minetos
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June 2025
Reshaping America’s Critical Materials Strategy
The Arlington Doctrine is a demand-driven approach to securing defense-critical supply chains.
Jun 27
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Hanna Tomory
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David Argyle
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Winter Is Coming: The Pentagon’s Game of Thrones
The great houses of defense must unite to defeat the White Walkers of modern warfare.
Jun 24
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Greg Little
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The Army Is ‘Transforming in Contact.’ Here’s How.
We are putting soldiers and their needs at the forefront—not requirements.
Jun 20
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Alex Miller
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The Army Is ‘Transforming in Contact.’ Here’s How.
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Announcing the American Tech Fellowship
American workers built the 20th century. They will build the 21st.
Jun 18
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Shyam Sankar
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Announcing the American Tech Fellowship
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New Dimensions of Strategic Depth
Updating an old concept for an age of satellites and small drones.
Jun 10
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Nadia Schadlow
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The DoD’s AI Auditor: Why the Time for a New Approach is Now
The AI Audit Operating System Thinks Like an Auditor, Acts like a Machine.
Jun 3
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Greg Little
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The DoD’s AI Auditor: Why the Time for a New Approach is Now
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May 2025
“Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin”: Shipbuilding Lessons From Henry Kaiser, Part II
To close the shipbuilding gap with China, we need unconventional people and approaches.
May 29
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Arthur Herman
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“Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin”: Shipbuilding Lessons From Henry Kaiser, Part II
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Weaponize Capitalism
The Pentagon’s refusal to embrace profit, speed, and commercial software is a gift to our adversaries, but that is changing
May 27
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Greg Little
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Repairing the U.S. Navy’s Repair System
Connect silos into a high-functioning whole. See and solve little problems before they get big.
May 13
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Greg Little
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Steve Spear
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Rob Morrissey
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Repairing the U.S. Navy’s Repair System
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