Afghan Shooting Spree Raises Questions About Stresses of War
Many details about the 38-year-old American solider who allegedly killed 16 Afghan civilians in a shooting spree are still unknown. However, the picture that is emerging is one of a career soldier...
View ArticleFirst Lady Seeks More Help for Military Families
Michelle Obama has been everywhere from a West Point mess hall to a NASCAR speedway in the past year to drum up support for military families through her "joining forces" campaign. On Wednesday, she...
View ArticleThat's My Issue: Draft Ambivalence
(see my badge in the slideshow and make your own)I officially became subject to the draft near the end of the Vietnam War. There was no chance that I would actually wind up on the front lines since I...
View Article30 Issues: Troops and Veterans
30 Issues in 30 Days is our election year series on the important issues facing the country this election year. Today: What's wrong — and right — with the current government treatment of active and...
View ArticleGen. Stanley McChrystal Looks Back
Stanley McChrystal, former Commander of US Forces in Afghanistan, looks back on his decorated military career and talks about his new memoir, My Share of the Task: A Memoir.
View ArticleWomen in Combat
Anna Mulrine, staff writer for The Christian Science Monitor, explains the Pentagon's decision to open up combat roles to women in the military.
View ArticleFirst Lady Seeks More Help for Military Families
Michelle Obama has been everywhere from a West Point mess hall to a NASCAR speedway in the past year to drum up support for military families through her "joining forces" campaign. On Wednesday, she...
View ArticleColumn: Why we need to extend economic empowerment to military spouses
The military must do a better job of addressing the alarmingly high rates of underemployment and unemployment among military spouses, write guest columnists Douglas P. McCormick and Kathy Roth-Douquet....
View ArticleDoes Critical Race Theory Have a Role in the Military?
Gen. Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, set off a firestorm last week when he said, "On the issue of critical race theory, etcetera, I’ll obviously have to get much smarter on what the...
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