Modern wars need all our soldiers

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and President Donald Trump appear to be caught in a time warp [“President calls for using cities as ‘training ground,’ ” Nation, Oct. 1]. We have learned from the war in Ukraine that wars aren’t going to be won with pushups and clean-shaven soldiers. Nor will they be won with battleships in the Pacific Ocean.

It’s clear that war in our modern time is and will be cyber warfare, drone warfare, space warfare, and in the future perhaps artificial intelligence warfare. The military tasks ahead of us will require all kinds of technology-savvy soldiers.

We will need all of our people, including females, LGBTQ people, and yes, maybe some people who aren’t in tiptop shape to win these future military conflicts. I’m hopeful that

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