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Lieutenant Chad Peltier, Ph.D., USN, is a Life Sciences Researcher at Leidos and worked from 2018
to 2021 as a Research Psychologist at the Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory (NSMRL)
in Groton, Connecticut. Grace Hand is a Doctoral Student in Clinical Psychology at the University of
Connecticut and was a Research Assistant at NSMRL from 2018 to 2020. Chief Warrant Officer 3
Nathaniel Peterson, USN (Ret.), is a Shops Supervisor, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and served as a
Facilities Manager and Facilities Engineer at NSMRL from 2018 to 2021. Command Master Diver Louis
Deflice, USN (Ret.), served as the Diving Research Department Head at NSMRL. Navy Diver 1
st
Class
Kyle Smith, USN, works at the Naval Submarine Support Facility, SUBASE New London, and served as
the Diving Department Head at NSMRL. Justin Handy, Ph.D., is a Research Psychologist at NSMRL.
Cultural Change, Tuition-Free
College, and Comprehensive
Health Care
Emerging Challenges to National Defense?
By Chad Peltier, Grace Hand, Nathaniel Peterson, Louis Deflice, Kyle Smith, and Justin Handy
S
ince the inception of the all-
volunteer military in 1973,
recruiting has been an essential
task in maintaining U.S. military
staffing. Although recruiting efforts—
including social media campaigns,
television advertisements, and visits
Armed Services Vocational
Aptitude Battery examinees
from Yokota High School take
test at Yokota Air Base, Japan,
November 3, 2021 (U.S. Air
Force/Yasuo Osakabe)
