Dakota Wood

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Dakota Wood is a senior research fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Center for National Defense and editor of Heritage’s Index of U.S. Military Strength. Previously, he served for two decades in the U.S. Marine Corps.

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    Our Military Is Weak. That Should Scare You.

    Dakota Wood
    Our government isn’t serious about defending the United States and its interests. In fact, it has fallen woefully short in carrying out this sacred obligation. I know this sounds harsh, but as we’ll see, the government’s own numbers prove the point. That our military is weak is not an indictment of the men and women…
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    Pentagon’s ‘Clarification’ on Gender Pronouns? When You’re in a Hole, Quit Digging

    Cully Stimson | Dakota Wood
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    New Department of Defense Rule Neuters the Brave Men and Women Who Serve in the Armed Forces

    Cully Stimson | Dakota Wood
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    D-Day May Not Be an Official Holiday, but It Deserves Reverence Akin to That of Memorial Day

    Dakota Wood
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    In Praise of Americans Who Have Given Their All

    Dakota Wood
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    A Year After Russia Invaded Ukraine, What Does This War Teach Us?

    Dakota Wood
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    Attack of the Balloons! Inflated Peril or Real-World Danger?

    Dakota Wood
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    Marine Corps Marks 247 Years of Warfighting Innovation

    Dakota Wood
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    Why Putin’s Delusional Nuclear Gambit Can’t Be Dismissed Out of Hand

    Dakota Wood
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    Biden’s Fairy-Tale View of Land Mines Threatens the Lives of Our Armed Forces

    Dakota Wood
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    Caught Red-Handed: Critical Race Theory Taught at West Point

    Dakota Wood
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    6 More Items on Our Christmas National Defense Wish List

    Thomas Spoehr | Dakota Wood | Frederico Bartels | James Di Pane | Maiya Clark | John Venable
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    7 Items on Our Christmas National Defense Wish List

    Thomas Spoehr | Dakota Wood | Brent Sadler | Patty-Jane Geller | Peter Brookes
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    5 Questions Congress Must Ask Austin, Milley, McKenzie About Afghanistan Pullout Debacle

    Thomas Spoehr | Luke Coffey | Dakota Wood
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    Critical Race Theory Will Destroy Our Military

    Dakota Wood
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    Woke Takeover of US Military Endangers Us All

    Mike Gonzalez | Dakota Wood