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Cutting the Coordination Tax: Redesign One Workflow First

Most cycle time in complex work is coordination—not the task. Agentic AI pays off when one recurring workflow is redesigned around that tax, with human judgment where accountability sits.

Agentic AIWorkflow RedesignCoordination Tax+7
Jeremy Cleland
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The Army's Best Medical AI Program Is a Bet Against the Department's AI Strategy

Fort Bragg uses analytics to reclaim training hours and spends them on tourniquet conversion — unassisted judgment. The documented effect of assistive AI is that unassisted judgment decays. The January 2026 Department of War AI Strategy pulls the other way.

Military Medical AIDeskillingAutomation Bias+9
Jeremy Cleland
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How I Evaluate Production AI Agents: Three Layers, One Public Repo

Deterministic tool tests, trajectory invariants, and outcome checks against observable state. A working three-layer evaluation stack, shown through a public MCP agent repo, including the parts that did not work.

Agent EvaluationMCPModel Context Protocol+9
Jeremy Cleland
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The Major Richard Star Act Has 218 Signatures. It Still Has No Vote.

Discharge Petition No. 22 hit 218 signatures on Sept. 15, 2026 — the threshold that forces a House floor vote on the Major Richard Star Act. The House left town the next day. What happens next, what the $78.1 billion CBO score actually means, and what to do before members return Nov. 9.

VeteransMilitary BenefitsCongress+7
Jeremy Cleland
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What Is the Major Richard Star Act? The Wounded Veteran Tax, Explained

Medically retired with a combat wound before 20 years, and every VA disability dollar is subtracted from the retirement pay you earned. This is the standing explainer on the Major Richard Star Act: what the offset is, who Chapter 61 retirees are, what it costs, and why it matters.

VeteransMilitary BenefitsCongress+6
Jeremy Cleland
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AI-Driven Medical Triage and Diagnostics: Lessons from a Special Forces Medic

MARCH is an ordering argument about what kills fastest. A 2026 review of battlefield triage AI: offline versus cloud, what the FDA has cleared, and the evidence against fast deployment.

AIMedicineSpecial Forces+13
Jeremy Cleland