Lawyers for the detainees insist that the military is still “undercounting” the number of men on hunger strike.
NEWSER: No Purple Hearts for Fort Hood Victims: Pentagon
April 2, 2013 by 1 Comment
Representative John Carter says, “The DOD position paper is dead wrong to oppose this legislation.”
AFP: US Strategy Takes Korean Crisis Into New Territory
March 31, 2013 by 1 Comment
Soaring tensions on the Korean peninsula have seen dire North Korean threats met with an unusually assertive US response that analysts warn could take a familiar game into dangerous territory.
Steubenville Will Keep Happening … Until We Change This
March 30, 2013 by 11 Comments
We can’t address rape culture without taking a long, hard look at our war culture.
NEWSER: Gitmo Hunger Strike Grows
March 20, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Attorneys for the detainees claim 100 of the 166 inmates are on a hunger strike, but a spokesman for the camp said that number and the allegations behind the strike are “outright falsehoods.”
Pentagon Announces Same-Sex Partners of Military Personnel Will be Eligible for Some Benefits
February 12, 2013 by 3 Comments
Panetta said, “It is a matter of fundamental equity that we provide similar benefits to all of those men and women in uniform who serve their country.”
Military is Considering Extending Certain Benefits to Same-Sex Spouses
February 6, 2013 by Leave a Comment
No military family, whether hetero- or homosexual should be denied benefits because of outdated regulations.
Despite the “Ban”, I’m a Woman and I Served in Combat
January 29, 2013 by 16 Comments
Andrea Chandler is angry that women in the military have been taking fire for nearly 20 years, and no one in the media seems to have noticed.
General John Allen Cleared of Wrongdoing in Tampa Socialite Case
January 23, 2013 by 3 Comments
The Pentagon’s inspector general has found nothing to point to conduct unbecoming an officer in Gen. Allen’s email communications with a Tampa socialite.
North Korea Has “New Generation of Powerful Rocket”
January 18, 2013 by 2 Comments
These new mobile missiles have caught the attention of Washington and intelligence agencies in the West, and they are worried.
U.S. Military Suicides Reach New High
January 16, 2013 by 6 Comments
Why are troops taking their own lives in steadily increasing numbers?
Open Thread: What’s Your 9/11 Memory?
September 11, 2012 by 14 Comments
We all have a 9/11 story – be it from the perspective of one who lost a loved one, or a person who fled a burning buildling, or even the perspective of the person who watched the events unfold from their own couch, on their own TV. What’s your story?
Gender War Hits Front Lines
February 9, 2012 by 42 Comments
Pentagon green lights women to serve in combat roles.
Release of Study Confirms Repealing DADT Won’t Hurt Military
November 30, 2010 by 2 Comments
As the initial report suggested, the military can safely remove the ban on gays without any widespread or longterm consequences.
“Caregiver day is a wonderful idea, becase when you love your children, every day is a day you get to be with and celebrate them.”
This is a comment by CJ on the post “What to the Child of Domestic Violence is Father’s Day?”