
Quil Lawrence
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Quil Lawrence
@QuilLawrence
NPR news covering veterans. Also climate and national security. Former Bureau Chief in Baghdad and Kabul. Signal: QuilNPR.10









New from TSM: Taiwan has invested in new minelayers, but its broader mine warfare posture still shows a significant gap between concept and wartime capability, particularly in a contested Taiwan Strait. The latest article in The Monitor by TSM’s Assistant Director @ethandconnell examines Taiwan’s offensive minelaying capacity, aging mine countermeasures fleet, and the operational constraints that could limit both in a cross-Strait conflict. Read it here: tsm.schar.gmu.edu/taiwans-mine-w…

A year after the military’s rocky start to a new health care contract, service members, veterans, and medical providers are still up in arms about denied care and unpaid claims thewarhorse.org/tricare-insura…



In consultation with @SecWar, we will EXTEND the A-10 “Warthog” platform to 2030. This preserves combat power as the Defense Industrial Base works to increase combat aircraft production. Thank you to @POTUS for your unwavering support of our warfighters and quick, decisive leadership as we equip our force. More to come.

In 2004 I joined VFA-137 on a Westpac deployment. The senior LT’s had all participated in the opening of OIF during the squadron’s previous deployment. My FRS classmates went to squadrons that participated in OIF and OEF. I deployed for another Westpac in 2007.







