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Wanted: A Joint Ethics Code For The Armed Forces

The Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), the Code of Conduct, the Oath to the Constitutionare not sufficiently explicit or effective in the ethical arena, as indicated by some of the best thinking on the subject of military ethics and some current challenges to the honor and effectiveness of the military.
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Eroding America From Within: Marketing Data Threatens Military Cohesion

The troves of intricately detailed information collected by online and social media companies were used to target disinformation campaigns (a.k.a., story weapons), and yet, much of the broader national defense strategy fails to acknowledge this actively exploited force protection vulnerability. There are currently no provisions in law or force structure to actively assess this vulnerability, nor to defend against it.
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Glimmers Of Progress In DoD/VA Electronic Health Records Integration

The departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs still have a very long way to go before they achieve the long-sought objective of a fully integrated electronic health record infrastructure. But a pair of recently released oversight reports show that the multibillion dollar EHR programs, both of which had rocky starts, have made meaningful progress in just the past year.
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