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Mission Impossible, by Seth Harp

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We've recently updated our website to make signing in easier and more secure A soldier rests after participating in a physical-fitness contest during the celebration of the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary. All photographs from Washington, June 14, 2025, by Scott Rossi for Harper’s Magazine © Scott Rossi Listen to an audio version of this article. A fter the midair collision in January over the Potomac River between an Army helicopter and a regional jet packed with young figure skaters and their parents flying out of Wichita, Kansas, and considering the ongoing travails of the Boeing Company, which saw at least five of its airplanes crash last year, I was so concerned about the state of U.S. aviation that, when called on by this magazine to attend President Donald Trump’s military parade in Washington, on June 14, 2025, I decided to drive all the way from my home in Austin, Texas, even though it cost me two days behind the wheel and a gas bill as expensive as a plane ticket. I was no less

October 2025 Issue [Report] Mission Impossible The sad state of the American armed forces by Seth Harp , A soldier rests after participating in a physical-fitness contest during the celebration of the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary. All photographs from Washington, June 14, 2025, by Scott Rossi for Harper’s Magazine © Scott Rossi [Report] Mission Impossible The sad state of the American armed forces by Seth Harp , Adjust Share Listen to an audio version of this article. A fter the midair collision in January over the Potomac River between an Army helicopter and a regional jet packed with young

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