Every Veterans Day, America pauses to reflect — to honor the men and women who stormed beaches, flew into combat, endured foxholes or patrolled faraway provinces. Our tributes often come wrapped in sepia tones and solemn tradition.

But while memory matters, so does imagination.

The next generation of veterans — those who will serve between now and 2050 — will look radically different from those we honor today.

According to “The Future Veteran: Who Will They Be in 2050?,” a study by the Center for a New American Security, this transformation is already underway. Fueled by technological leaps, demographic change and new forms of warfare, tomorrow’s veterans may never step foot on a traditional battlefield. Yet their service will be no less real — or consequential.

Here in Hampton Roads,

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