President-elect Barack Obama will not move for months, and perhaps not until 2010, to ask Congress to end the military's decades-old ban on open homos...
Salon | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics
Last month, Salon ran an article that featured video of an American tank appearing to fire on American troops, despite the army's denials regarding th...
Sean Gilfillan | Posted 11.11.2008 | Entertainment
Just as our artists have given us great music to listen to since my return from Iraq, we are now using this music to help the hundreds of thousands of troops who face a host of struggles upon returning home.
VetVoice | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics
Well that didn't take long. Polls across America had been closed for less than 24 hours and Army Career Counselors were already exploiting Barack Oba...
Sean Gilfillan | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics
The one thing that all US Army personnel have in common is their choice to wear the uniform and volunteer to serve the nation, regardless of who is in charge and regardless of if they agree.
Brandon Friedman | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics
Polls across America had been closed for less than 24 hours and Army Career Counselors were already exploiting Obama's victory in an effort to recruit former soldiers back into units.
Matt Mendelsohn | Posted 10.24.2008 | Entertainment
Remember the war in Iraq? Sadly, I didn't think so. Between all the truly grave dangers facing our country -- the economic crisis, the election, Sara...
Vivian Gembara | Posted 10.22.2008 | Politics
The ugly issue of the misconduct of some U.S. troops in a war zone must be addressed before sending more soldiers and Marines into Afghanistan.
Luis Carlos Montalván and Gene Dewey | Posted 10.21.2008 | Politics
To fill the vacuum of meaningful statecraft, the Department of Defense now finds itself both war-fighter and diplomat.
Michael Markarian | Posted 10.20.2008 | Living
While serving in Iraq, Army Sgt. Beberg adopted a stray puppy named Ratchet. But the military snatched the pup before he could reach the Baghdad Airport to catch a flight bound for the US.
AP | FREDERIC J. FROMMER | Posted 10.14.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — More than 10,000 people have signed an online petition urging the Army to let an Iraqi puppy come home with a Minnesota soldier, wh...
Wired | Noah Shachtman | Posted 10.07.2008 | Green
The Army says it wants to build what could be the world's most powerful solar power plant, as part of a far-reaching effort to cut back on the service...
James Sample | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics
Former Montana State Representative Kevin Furey (photo) , a First Lieutenant in the Army Reserves, is presently in New Jersey preparing to return to I...
R. B. Stuart | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics
Recently, the Chaplains at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in DC who houses 800 ill and recovering soldiers at a time, has begun weekly tributes at...
MOMocrats | Posted 08.08.2008 | Home
Make no mistake. Michelle gets it. In a way I don't think that Senator McCain, or Cindy McCain the heiress, could get it in a million years.
Shaun Alan Jakob | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics
In the US, race, creed, and ethnicity are often times matters of great contention. But to the Iraqis that we deal with, there is no race or creed among Americans. We are our own ethnicity.
Chris Weigant | Posted 07.28.2008 | Politics
Being gay should be no more of a barrier to serving the United States military than being black now is. My guess is that sixty years from now, people will wonder what took us so long.
Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics
Our military officials felt brave enough to send our troops into battle, and yet not one of them has the strength of character to look Pat's mother, Mary Tillman, in the face, and say they are sorry.
Steve Ralls | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics
"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" has cast a shadow over the careers, lives and families of the service members I have come to know and respect, many of whom are LGBT.
Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics
At the very time the Pentagon is actively recruiting to keep its numbers up, soldiers who happen to be openly gay are being treated as though they are convicted felons and unceremoniously booted out.
Lt. General Robert G. Gard Jr. (USA, Ret.) | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics
As a retired military officer and a soldier, I can tell you that there's nothing in what Wes Clark said about McCain with which I disagree. He has not only stated the facts, he knows something about them.
AP | RICHARD LARDNER | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The Army's march to overhaul its tarnished contracting system has been slowed by an unlikely foe: the White House. The Office of M...
The New York Times | James Risen | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON -- The Army official who managed the Pentagon's largest contract in Iraq says he was ousted from his job when he refused to approve paying ...
Ray Kimball | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics
Too often, leaders (both officer and NCO) forget that they need "maintenance" just as much as the complex machines that power their fighting skills. Is this an attempt to deny one's own humanity?
Paige Donner | Posted 06.03.2008 | Politics
(No, this is NOT an Indiana Jones Sequel) Yes, you read that correctly. American taxpayers have paid out $15 Billion U.S. dollars in unaccounted for...
Tina Fey graces the cover of the January issue of Vanity Fair, and in an...
UPDATE 12/2: Marc Ambinder is reporting that Jeb Bush is considering a run for the Senate to...
President Bush let it all out today during an interview with ABC News' Charlie...
this just in: Governor Palin Neglects Alaska Duties for Partisan Stumping on...
The following is Part I of Sean Penn's piece, Mountain of Snakes (Read Part II here) The
Pardon the metaphor, but Obama is trying to put lipstick on the pig that is US...
Reuters has a Q&A with John Travolta to promote his animated film "Bolt." At the end, they ask him...
President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden met in Philadelphia...
After a 12-day hiatus, Sarah Palin stepped back into the spotlight on Monday to...
NEW YORK — Rush Limbaugh has seldom been a fan of...
Now that Americans have footed the bill for more than a...
CHICAGO — Almost one in five young American adults has a personality disorder that interferes...
Dear President-elect and Mrs. Obama: I know that the greening of the White House...
Washington Times | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics