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Women Will Be Placed In More Combat Jobs According To Military Plans

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 06.18.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON — Women may be able to start training as Army Rangers by mid-2015 and as Navy SEALs a year later under plans set to be announced by t...

Pentagon Should Get Only One Year To Fix Sexual Assault Problem

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.12.2013 | Politics
Chris Weigant

The claim from every head of the armed services that the military can solve this problem and leave intact the chain of command issues is about to be tested. Issue your orders to your subordinates. Let it be known that the "look the other way" and "boys will be boys" culture is over.

Three Hundred Million Dollars of Junk

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 06.03.2013 | Politics
Reese Schonfeld

The message we should take from all this is that weapons being built for particular needs may be obsolete before they are finished.

How To Fundraise Using Half Truths And Lies: Lessons From The Family Research Council

Tom Carpenter | Posted 06.03.2013 | Religion
Tom Carpenter

Apparently, the biblical admonition that "you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free" has been cast aside by the FRC. As a Christian, I am indignant and embarrassed.

Here Lies Specialist Willie Gilbert

Brian Rooney | Posted 06.03.2013 | Politics
Brian Rooney

We've sent soldiers like Willie to die for 12 years. Americans don't have to conserve food or gasoline, or give up shopping while the Willie Gilberts fight. If we don't know or love someone away at war, it doesn't affect our lives one bit.

The Yanks Are Coming

Daniel N. Nelson | Posted 05.28.2013 | Politics
Daniel N. Nelson

As we mourn yet more war dead and grievously injured from the last decade of warfare, let's promise ourselves no more. This is a time to heal while defending, to wonder both what we have done and to repair our wounds.

Veterans Day 2013

Joe Peyronnin | Posted 05.27.2013 | Politics
Joe Peyronnin

Let us remember not only America's war dead. Let us redouble our efforts to care for those veterans who have returned home in the hopes of having productive and meaningful lives.

Memorial Day: It's What We Do When the Bagpipes End

Jacob Wood | Posted 05.27.2013 | Impact
Jacob Wood

Over the course of four years in the Marine Corps, two combat tours, nearly forty comrades killed in action, and eight dead by their own hand, I have heard "Amazing Grace" emotionally played on bagpipes too many times for a man who has only just turned thirty.

In the Name of Freedom

Cheryl Saban Ph.D. | Posted 05.26.2013 | World
Cheryl Saban Ph.D.

As we all do our thing -- resting and relaxing, getting ready to officially open up the 'summer' season -- I hope we spend more than just a moment or two reflecting on the reason this federal holiday exists in the first place.

Suspect In Cop Killing Found Dead

AP | PAUL FOY | Posted 05.24.2013 | Crime

OGDEN, Utah — A Utah Army veteran was found hanging dead Friday in his jail cell as he awaited trial on charges of killing a police officer and ...

A Memorial Day Tribute to Dad for his Service in Vietnam

Megan Smolenyak | Posted 05.23.2013 | Impact
Megan Smolenyak

My dad is the understated, modest type who's reluctant to talk about his service in Vietnam. In fact, he will likely be irritated with me when he s...

Army Commander Suspended On Adultery, Physical Altercation Charges

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 05.22.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The Army says the commanding general of Fort Jackson, S.C., has been suspended in connection with charges of adultery and involvement in...

Serious Claim Levied Against Army General Facing Sex Charges

AP | MICHAEL BIESECKER | Posted 05.15.2013 | Politics

FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- An expert in Afghan culture testified Wednesday that pornography found on the computer of a U.S. Army general then deployed to the...

Army Generals Ordered To Testify In Sex Case

AP | MICHAEL BIESECKER | Posted 05.15.2013 | Politics

FORT BRAGG, N.C. — A military judge on Tuesday ordered two U.S. Army generals to testify about whether they were pressured by superiors to charg...

Army Sexual Assault Prevention Office Coordinator Accused Of 'Abusive Sexual Contact'

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 05.15.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON — A soldier assigned to coordinate a sexual assault prevention program in Texas is under investigation for "abusive sexual contact" a...

Soldier Says She Faced Harassment Over Muslim Name

AP | MICHAEL BIESECKER | Posted 05.09.2013 | Politics

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Sgt. 1st Class Naida Hosan is not a Muslim – she's a Catholic. But her name sounded Islamic to fellow U.S. soldiers in Iraq, an...

Not Cool, Mr. Secretary, Not Cool

Allyson D. Robinson | Posted 05.03.2013 | Gay Voices
Allyson D. Robinson

Why would our nation's military leaders be complicit as these patriots' detractors seek to discredit their identities, their families, and their service and sacrifice to our nation?

Dem Senator Awards Veteran With Incredible Honor

AP | DIRK LAMMERS | Posted 05.02.2013 | Politics

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- As Army soldier Charles Bledsoe was being loaded onto a Jeep with a gunshot wound to the abdomen nearly 70 years ago, he heard so...

Soldier Pleads Guilty To Desertion

AP | Posted 04.30.2013 | Politics

FORT CARSON, Colo. -- A female soldier in the U.S. Army pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of desertion after fleeing to Canada to avoid a second tou...

Congress Pushes Weapons Army Says It Doesn't Need

AP | RICHARD LARDNER | Posted 04.29.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Built to dominate the enemy in combat, the Army's hulking Abrams tank is proving equally hard to beat in a budget battle. Lawmakers fro...

Sisters Launch Fashion Startup, One Deploys to Afghanistan

Guy Cimbalo | Posted 06.16.2013 | Small Business
Guy Cimbalo

Sword and Plough Transforms Army Surplus into High Fashion From epaulettes in the 18th century to Adam Ant's glam-admiral look in the 80's, the fashi...

Open Transgender Military Service: It's Time To Get Started

Allyson D. Robinson | Posted 06.05.2013 | Gay Voices
Allyson D. Robinson

As the combat exclusion for women comes to an end and open service for gay, lesbian and bisexual Americans edges closer to truly equal service, it becomes more and more obvious that there is no rational basis on which to bar qualified transgender people from serving in our armed forces.

Officials: General Fired Over Alcohol, Sex Charges

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 06.04.2013 | World

WASHINGTON — An Army major general with U.S. Africa Command has been relieved of his post in connection with alcohol and sexual misconduct charg...

War Tourism: A Moral Dilemma

Dinouk Colombage | Posted 06.01.2013 | World
Dinouk Colombage

"History is written by the victors" is a phrase that can often be associated to a post-conflict country. As such, nations must be careful when promoting war tourism, ensuring that they do not blur the line dividing facts and propaganda.

The Road to Damascus Is Fraught With Pitfalls -- for the U.S.

Claude Salhani | Posted 05.29.2013 | World
Claude Salhani

U.S. troops to help stop a civil war in an Arab and/or Muslim country? Hold on just a minute! Rewind the tape. The last two Muslim nations in which the U.S. intervened militarily -- Afghanistan and Iraq -- actually helped ignite and perpetuate a civil war.