This year we have lost a total of 429 soldiers, an average of 1.2 per day, every day of the year, or the equivalent of a Ford Hood every 11 days. We should all ponder that.
Following Matthew Hoh's resignation letter comes a missive from William Polk who, like Hoh, finds the only prudent course of action regarding Afghanistan to be a timely removal of troops.
On the second day she was embedded with Marines during the invasion of Iraq, journalist Mercedes Gallego was approached by several service women. They...
President Obama chose to spotlight the ultimate sacrifice that so many of America's servicemen and women have made -- and the military families who carry those sacrifices as well.
It's a sad day in America when, instead of being offered compassion and treatment, veterans struggling with substance abuse and PTSD as a result of their service are locked up for these conditions.
Rarely has a great power so willfully set itself down the path of self-destruction with so little reason as America has in Afghanistan. This is pathological behavior that cries out for diagnosis and correction.
No, the alleged killer did not have combat-induced Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. But he did treat men and women with PTSD, and that is a major issue that hardly anyone has discussed
As a repository for violence, the military is not dealing with untreated mental illness among its ranks. The fact that Hasan was a mental health professional underscores the problem.
The U.S. has agreed to pay $3 million to a former government worker who accused officials with the CIA and State Department of spying on him with a "bugged coffee table."
Fighting any war without the public sacrifice of a universal draft is an unjust misery for military personnel and their families. If war is necessary, if you want war, risk yourself or your children and grandchildren in combat.
America's support for veterans should not stop at the airport gate. How our nation treats its returning veterans says a lot about our gratitude for their service.
The way we care for our veterans is a reflection of our society. We cannot neglect them in their own time of need, as we did following the Vietnam War.
I remember him every time a street person asks for money, when a guy holds up a cardboard sign saying something like "Viet Nam vet. Will work for food," when news stories cover soldiers returned from Iraq.
Regardless of one's views on the war, it is important to appreciate the service of those in uniform. We are a fortunate country to have such brave and patriotic troops to protect our freedoms.
On this Veteran's Day, what if we began to measure our national success and power not by our military arsenal or number of recruits, but rather by the very opposite of that?
When Gorbachev came to power he, like Obama, inherited a war that was not in the interest of his nation. If the response of a Soviet dictator was to end it, might we not be justified in doing the same?
This Veterans Day, after we raise the flag, we must raise awareness about wars hidden injuries, and what's required for injured service members, families and caregivers to have safe futures.
Susan Galleymore is the author of Long Time Passing: Mothers Speak About War & Terror. She made international headlines as she traveled to Iraq to visit her son stationed in the Sunni Triangle.
Robot war. It just couldn't be cooler, could it? Especially if the only blood you spill is the other guy's, since our "pilots" are flying those planes from thousands of miles away. So why am I not excited?
The military is a world of its own, and its psychologists and psychiatrists are doing nothing less than attempting to upend an entrenched culture.
The Pakistani military has launched an offensive against the Taliban in the South Waziristan region, but it isn't working. To effectively fend off the militants, a much stronger effort is needed.
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