30. June 2021

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Marines with the Maritime Raid Force, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, board a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 162, prior to conducting a night raid operation during Realistic Urban Training at Mar(U.S. Marines photo)

On April 9, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin directed “immediate actions to counter extremism in the department,” to include a review and update of the Department of Defense’s definition of extremism. U.S. military members can’t fight as a cohesive unit if extremist views prevent different members from working together. But military leaders can’t address extremism without defining it first. “Extremism,” however, has proved difficu

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