Men are Being Sexually Assaulted in the Military, But Nobody is Talking About it

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Our Soldiers are being raped…by our Soldiers.

“I’m a liberal in many ways…I am a six year Army vet and have guns.”

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This comment was by Hank Vandenburgh on the post “A Liberal and a Gun Nut Walk Into a Blog.”

Military Dad Makes Camo Prom Dress for Daughter

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Mariah Herron was frustrated because, like many girls, she couldn’t find find the right prom dress. Her prerequisites: affordable and made of camouflage fabric.

“Imagine spending your day making life and death decisions for people no one has seen and then going home and trying to fit in with ‘the real world’.”

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These are comments by Lizard, Tom, and Richard Aubrey on the post “From the Office Where Soldiers Kill”.

Steubenville Will Keep Happening … Until We Change This

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We can’t address rape culture without taking a long, hard look at our war culture.

“If the football program is producing boys like these, it should be shut down right now because it’s creating monsters.”

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Should the Steubenville football program and other programs whose students commit sexual assault be shut down?

Beyond Steubenville: Why You Must Hear NPR’s Harrowing Coverage of Rape in the Military

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“I’ve never met one victim who was able to report the crime and still retain their military career,” she says. “Not one.”

The Cognitive Dissonance of Game Violence

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A new generation of first-person shooter games causes players to reconsider violence and control.

We’re Raising a Generation of Killers

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The sound of children playing—an online first person shooter game—devastates an active duty soldier and father.

Why Don’t U.S. Veterans Get the Support They Need?

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With military suicides at an all-time high, we need to ask what we can do better.

U.S. Military Suicides Reach New High

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Why are troops taking their own lives in steadily increasing numbers?

Travel Poems From My Dad: Delaware River Sunrise

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Josh Bowman is sharing his father’s poetry all week. Today, Delaware River Sunrise.

War: 1/26

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Men, tell us your war stories.

Military Judge Rules Pfc. Bradley Manning’s Confinement Was Excessive

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Bradley Manning faces charges for leaking classified military information. Charges that include aiding the enemy which carries a maximum of life behind bars.

Settlement Gives Homosexual Vets All of Their Separation Benefits

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This decision represents a long-delayed justice to these veterans.

Heroic Men in 2012

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We pause to honor the men who loved, changed lives and saved them in 2012.