Greg Jaffe
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New York Times reporter Email me at greg.jaffe@nytimes.com
Inside the Secretive Boards Deciding Trans Troops’ Fate "...a humiliation ritual," says Priya Rashid, the lawyer who had handled most of them. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...
Inside the Secretive Boards Deciding Trans Troops’ Fate (Gift Article)
The Pentagon is relying on closed-door hearings to kick out transgender service members. An Army Reserve lawyer is one of the few who have seen how they really work.
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"The Pentagon has treated the trans separation board hearings with levels of security and silence usually reserved for state secrets... In some cases, service members’ spouses and even the service members themselves are kept out." w/ Dave Philipps www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...
Inside the Secretive Boards Deciding Trans Troops’ Fate (Gift Article)
The Pentagon is relying on closed-door hearings to kick out transgender service members. An Army Reserve lawyer is one of the few who have seen how they really work.
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Rep. Jason Crow asked Pete Hegseth if Tim Parlatore, his special adviser and personal attorney, represented any officers seeking promotions from him. “He doesn’t represent anyone,” Mr. Hegseth replied. This was not true. He rep'd the future CNO. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/u...
An Admiral’s Rise Reveals the Politics Driving Hegseth’s Pentagon (Gift Article)
Before he was picked to lead the Navy, Adm. Daryl Caudle found ways to signal his support for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s anti-diversity goals.
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What does it take to get a top job in Pete Hegseth's Pentagon? Our story on the chief of naval operations campaign, which began before Sec. Hegseth was even confirmed by the Senate. w/@katekelly www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/u...
An Admiral’s Rise Reveals the Politics Driving Hegseth’s Pentagon (Gift Article)
Before he was picked to lead the Navy, Adm. Daryl Caudle found ways to signal his support for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s anti-diversity goals.
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"I’ve had a hand in killing around six people. Maybe seven. I don’t know if one man bled out on the side of the road or was taken to a doctor. I think about him often... The killing wasn’t detached; it felt deeply personal." @tmgneff.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/w...
Why I Sought Out a Taliban Commander I Had Fought
First as a Marine and then as a journalist, I spent years tied to Afghanistan. I returned one last time to speak to a former enemy in search of answers, and perhaps closure.
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Best thing you'll read this week. The Pentagon might not want to take accountability for the Afghanistan war. @tmgneff.bsky.social did it for them. Hope this circulates far and wide at the Pentagon. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/w...
Why I Sought Out a Taliban Commander I Had Fought (Gift Article)
First as a Marine and then as a journalist, I spent years tied to Afghanistan. I returned one last time to speak to a former enemy in search of answers, and perhaps closure.
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Four Iranian attacks in five days have targeted U.S. troops in Jordan, U.S. officials said, including one on Friday that killed two soldiers and left another service member missing. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/18/w...
Why Jordan Is Becoming a New Focus in the U.S.-Iran War (Gift Article)
Four Iranian attacks in five days have targeted U.S. troops in Jordan, U.S. officials said, including one on Friday that killed two soldiers and left another service member missing.
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Trump Faces the Limits of U.S. Firepower and the Lessons of Past Wars From Iraq: “Sometimes doing nothing is the best reaction.” w/ @ericschmittnytbot.mirrors.bot www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/u...
Trump Faces the Limits of U.S. Firepower and the Lessons of Past Wars
Like his predecessors, President Trump has struggled to turn battlefield successes into long-term victories.
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Hegseth Plans to Screen All Troops, Even Women, for Low Testosterone www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/u...
Hegseth Plans to Screen All Troops, Even Women, for Low Testosterone (Gift Article)
Pete Hegseth, as defense secretary, has sought to cultivate an image as a manosphere-friendly leader.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth blocked promotions for seven senior Navy officers, mostly women or people of color.
Opportunities Narrow for Women as Hegseth Blocks More Promotions
For the first time in more than a decade, no active-duty female Navy officers are likely to be promoted to admiral this year.
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Hegseth strikes 7 from promotion list: Rear Adm. Amy Bauernschmidt, the first woman to command one of the Navy’s 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, was pulled off the list. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/u...
Opportunities Narrow for Women as Hegseth Blocks More Promotions (Gift Article)
For the first time in more than a decade, no active-duty female Navy officers are likely to be promoted to admiral this year.
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Opportunities Narrow for Women as Hegseth Blocks More Promotions For the first time in more than a decade, no active-duty female Navy officers are likely to be promoted to admiral this year. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/u...
Opportunities Narrow for Women as Hegseth Blocks More Promotions (Gift Article)
For the first time in more than a decade, no active-duty female Navy officers are likely to be promoted to admiral this year.
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For the first time in more than a decade, no active-duty female Navy officers are likely to be promoted to admiral this year. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/u...
Opportunities Narrow for Women as Hegseth Blocks More Promotions (Gift Article)
For the first time in more than a decade, no active-duty female Navy officers are likely to be promoted to admiral this year.
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The Senator is alive. The Sports section is dead. Jeff Bezos killed it.
ADM McRaven: “I can tell you from experience that Generals C. Q. Brown, Randy George, Jim Mingus, J. P. McGee, Dave Hodne, Jim Slife, and Joe Berger and Admirals Lisa Franchetti and Jamie Sands were war fighters through and through.” www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Americans Deserve Answers From Hegseth
The president and the secretary of defense have a right to remove officers, but also an obligation to explain their actions.
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On May 5, military leaders asked Hegseth's office for permission to mandate flu vaccinations. On Jun 17, they finally got the OK. By that point the flu was racing through Air Force basic training. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/25/u...
Military Leaders Sought Vaccination Program Weeks Before Flu Outbreak Hit Base
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"I mean, say what you want about the tenets of Unlimited Shrimp, Dude, at least it's an ethos."
The Big Lebowski: Oh Really?
ALT: The Big Lebowski: Oh Really?
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Sky Marchini@sky.skymarchini.net · last mo....... i'm sorry, they wanted to invade greenland because red lobster nixed the unlimited shrimp promotion? www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has blocked the promotions of at least 40 senior officers to general and admiral ranks so far this year. About half of those are women or members of minority groups. Read the inside story on the process Hegseth and his team have used to halt their advancements.
Inside Hegseth’s War on Diversity and Blocked Promotions of Women and Black Officers
A Black admiral fixed one of the Navy’s worst messes. Mr. Hegseth blocked his promotion anyway.
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A Black Admiral's Promotion Seemed Like a Given. Hegseth Blocked It Anyway www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/u...
Secret Vetting and Blocked Promotions: Inside Hegseth’s War on Diversity
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Secret Vetting and Blocked Promotions: Inside Hegseth’s War on Diversity w/ Kate Kelly www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/u...
Secret Vetting and Blocked Promotions: Inside Hegseth’s War on Diversity
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Scores Fall Ill at Air Force Base After Hegseth Makes Flu Vaccine Optional. One trainees' death is under investigation. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/u...
Scores Fall Ill at Air Force Base After Hegseth Makes Flu Vaccine Optional
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Scores Fall Ill at Air Force Base After Hegseth Makes Flu Vaccine Optional In April, he disparaged the vaccine requirement as an “absurd, overreaching” mandate. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/u...
Scores Fall Ill at Air Force Base After Hegseth Makes Flu Vaccine Optional
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Update: Hegseth pulled nine officers off the Navy one-star list. The only three female and two of the three black male officers on the 22-person list.
Greg Jaffe@gregjaffe.bsky.social · 2mo agoHegseth Strikes Female and Black Navy Officers From Promotion List. The net result: a slate of 22 new one-star admiral nominees that bears little resemblance to the broader force these officers will help lead. Of special note: The list has no women. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/u...
Hegseth Strikes Female and Black Navy Officers From Promotion List. The net result: a slate of 22 new one-star admiral nominees that bears little resemblance to the broader force these officers will help lead. Of special note: The list has no women. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/u...
Hegseth Strikes Female and Black Navy Officers From Promotion List
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The Post lost > 250,000 subscribers after Bezos screwed up the editorial page, and an additional 60,000 subs after he fired around half the staff. Doesn’t seem like profit is his actual motive here.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo agoSORKIN: Why lay people off at the Post? Why fire people? BEZOS: The Post needs to be a profitable enterprise that stands on its own 2 feet S: Does it? Some people say it should be a trust BEZOS: Yes. It's a measure of its relevance. If people aren't paying for our product, it's not good enough
Adm. Cooper’s testimony suggested that he believed that the U.S. military’s record since Feb. 28 school strike had been near perfect. “Ridiculous,” said human rights group that investigates civilian casualties. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/u...
A Top U.S. Commander Dismisses Reports of Civilian Deaths in Iran
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Powerful personal essay meets fascinating science reporting in this exploration of what dementia takes from us. @jacobfeldman.bsky.social's favorite this week by @ellenbarry.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/s...
When My Father’s Canary Flew Away
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“My mind shot back a decade, to that day we had marched into Vietnam, swaggering, confident and full of idealism. We had believed we were there for a high moral purpose. But somehow our idealism was lost, our morals corrupted and the purpose forgotten.” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/b...
Philip Caputo, Who Wrote Blistering Vietnam War Memoir, Dies at 84
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