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Retired Brigadier General: Those Who Approved Torture "Must Be Held Accountable"

Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 06.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Guantanamo Torture, Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, Waterboarding, US Army, Torture, Abu Ghraib, Harsh Interrogation Methods, Ee, Politics News
Marlene H. Phillips

Says Adams: "I have never known anyone in a leadership position in the military who would condone torture. They would never do it... which is to uphold the Constitution and the rule of law."

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Investigating Bush-Cheney Torture Policies "By the Book"

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Geneva Conventions, White House, Al-Qa'eda, John McCain, Bush, Terrorism, Bataan Death March, International Law, Obama, Justice Department, Guantanamo. Detainees, Prisoners-of-War, Abu Ghraib, War Crimes, Pows, Cheney, Afghanistan, Japan, US Army, World War II, Torture, Allies, Politics News
Hoyt Hilsman

It would be betrayal of the sacrifices of Americans like my grandfather to selectively prosecute the low-level offenders at Abu Ghraib and ignore the policy makers who set the violations of the Geneva Convention in motion.

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Show Me the Money

Jerry Zezima | Posted 05.09.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Law, Attorney, Africa, Police, Money, Humor, Economy, United States, Iraq, Journalism, Home, United Arab Emirates, Resort, Wealth, Bungee Jumping, College, Middle East, Affair, Russia, Banks, Vacation, U.S. Army, Spam, Wtf, Comedy News
Jerry Zezima

Please write back to fill me in on the scandalous details and to arrange to send all of your money to my bank account here in the United States

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Army Fired 11 Soldiers In January For Being Openly Gay

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gays Military, US Soldiers, Army, US Army, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Army fired 11 soldiers in January for violating the military's policy that gay service members must keep their sexuality hidden...

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For Veterans, "Happiness is a warm puppy"

Luis Carlos Montalván | Posted 04.09.2009 | Style

Read More: Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense, Veterans PTSD, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, 9/11, Obama Health Care, Tbi, Veterans, Iraq War, Iraq Veterans, Marines, Dogs and Relationships, US Marines, US Army, Gallery, Iraq, Ptsd, Obama Iraq, Style News
Luis Carlos Montalván

Recently, I learned that the comic-strip writer Charles Schulz was a decorated veteran of WWII and experienced severe forms of the shock and melancholy that often results from combat.

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Google Earth Reveals History Of US Base In Pakistan

The Times | Jeremy Page | Posted 03.22.2009 | World

Read More: Us and Pakistan, Google Earth, Us Airbase in Pakistan, Us Pakistan Base, Shamsi Airbase, US Army, Google, Baluchistan Air Base, Baluchistan, World News

The US was secretly flying unmanned drones from the Shamsi airbase in Pakistan's southwestern province of Baluchistan as early as 2006, according to a...

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No Gays, Please, We're Americans

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Pentagon, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Economic Crisis, New York Times, Admiral Mike Mullen, Obama, Immigration, Immigrants, US Army, Military Recruiting, Video Games, Defense Department, Afghanistan War, Politics News
Aubrey Sarvis

I marvel at the contortions our government goes through to avoid welcoming gays and lesbians openly into the armed services, whether they be skilled, highly skilled, or not skilled at all.

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Army Suicide Rates Hit Record High

AP | PAULINE JELINEK and KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: US Army, Army Suicides, Army Suicide, Army Suicides Increase, Iraq War, War in Afghanistan, West Point, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Stressed by war and long overseas tours, U.S. soldiers killed themselves last year at the highest rate on record, the toll rising f...

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George W. Bush's Inaugural Gift: Blackhawk Down-Redux: Obama's First Crisis, and the Legacy of Losing Somalia

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Somalia Pirates, Tanker Pirates, United Nations, George W. Bush, Un Somalia Peacekeepers, Oil Companies, Barack Obama, George H.W. Bush, Somalia Ethiopia, Pirates, Somalia, US Army, Bill Clinton Ethiopia, Burden of the Presidency, US Navy, Politics News
Reese Schonfeld

Lest you have forgotten, it was George H.W. Bush who left President-elect Bill Clinton with the Inauguration Day present of a crisis in Somalia.

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A Greener Army: Eco-Friendly "War Machines," Recycled Mock Iraqi Villages

GreenBiz | GLOBE | Posted 01.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, US Army, Money Saving, Green News

The Army wants to manufacture more environmentally friendly "war machines." The Stryker armored combat vehicle, for instance, was designed with fewer ...

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To Hell And Back Again

Angela Peacock | Posted 12.25.2008 | Living

Read More: In Their Boots, Angela Peacock, US Army, Rape in the Army, Sexual Assualt, Ptsd, Brave New Foundation, Living News
Angela Peacock

I was an 18-year old, fresh out of high school, with an M16 and camouflage paint smeared on my face. No one told me that eleven years later, I'd be tired, very broken, isolated, and damaged goods.

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Beating of Jewish Soldier at Fort Benning Turns Allies Into Foes

Chris Rodda | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Military Religious Freedom Foundation, Religion and the Military, Anti-Semitism, Religion, Anti-Defamation League, Fort Benning, U.S. Army, Naacp, Sgt. Kresge, Adl, Jews in Green, Mikey Weinstein, Ethnic Slurs, Michael Handman, Discrimination, Neil Block, JAG Officers, Politics News
Chris Rodda

The Military Religious Freedom Foundation believes the prior harassment of Jewish soldier Handman, the subsequent reprimanding by drill sergeants, and Handman's beating were related.

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First Female Four-Star General Promoted

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Ann Dunwoody, US Army, Women's Advancement, First Female Four-Star General, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Call it breaking the brass ceiling. Ann E. Dunwoody, after 33 years in the Army, ascended Friday to a peak never before reached by ...

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Maybe We Are Maturing

R.T. Eby | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Racial Relations, US Army, Barack Obama, American Society, Racial Prejudice, Politics News
R.T. Eby

In my early basic and advanced individual training I remember some of the young men from the south having a hard time living with, sleeping next to, and interacting with other young men who were not white. You see, unlike those southern men, the Army had been integrated for quite some time.

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Army Social Scientist In Afghanistan Lit On Fire, Taliban Takes Credit

Wired | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Human Terrain, Afghanistan, War Wire, Paula Lloyd, Taliban, Foreign Affairs, US Army, Politics News

A social scientist in the Army's controversial "Human Terrain" program is being raced to Brooke Army Medical Center after being lit on fire in Afghani...

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Cindy McCain's Attack On Obama's Record Offends Military Spouses

Diane Tucker | Posted 11.12.2008 | Home

Read More: USS George Washington, Halloween, John McCain, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Troops, Cindy McCain, Joe Biden, Diane Tucker, Iraq War Funding, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, US Air Force, Iraq War, Disabled American Veterans, Traumatic Brain Injury, US Marines, 2008 Presidential Race, Brandon Friedman, US Army, USS Comstock, Blue Star Families for Obama, US Marines Afghanistan, Offthebus, US Navy, Cindy Mccain Attack on Obama's Record Offends Military Spouses, Cindy Mccain War Wives, Diane Tucker Cindy Mccain, Cindy McCain Obama, Obama, Mccain Military Vote, Home News
Diane Tucker

"It ruffles our feathers when someone claims that Barack Obama doesn't support the troops, because the Obamas have gone out of their way to understand the military, its families, and its veterans."

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US Missiles Strike Pakistan, Killing Six, Pakistani Spies Say

AP | NAHAL TOOSI | Posted 10.18.2008 | Home

Read More: Pakistan, US Army, Al Qaeda, Al Qaeda Pakistan, Al Qaida, Pakistan Al Qaida, War Wire, Home News

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Air-fired missiles hit a militant compound near the Afghan border and killed at least six people Wednesday evening, offici...

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Documentary Goes Behind The Scenes Of US Army Reenactments In "Virtual Iraq"

Huffington Post | Staff | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Virtual Iraq, Real War, Full Battle Rattle, US Army, Fake Town, Iraq, Politics News

In 2006 filmmakers Tony Gerber and Jesse Moss were granted access into the US Army's Iraq Simulation training center. Two years later, they are shari...

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US Army Starting Its Own Air Unit, Relationship With Air Force Strained

New York Times | THOM SHANKER | Posted 06.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: US Army, US Military, Air Force, Military, US Army Air Unit, Politics News

Ever since the Army lost its warplanes to a newly independent Air Force after World War II, soldiers have depended on the sister service for help from...

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Senior Army Officials: US Readiness Dangerously Low

Washington Post | Ann Scott Tyson | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Army Officials, US Army, US Troop Deployments, US Military, Warwire, US Military Readiness, Politics News

Senior Army and Marine Corps leaders said yesterday that the increase of more than 30,000 troops in Iraq and Afghanistan has put unsustainable levels ...

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Army Receives A "Stinging Indictment" Of Its Management Of Wartime Contractors

New York Times | ERIC SCHMITT | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: US Army, Private Contractors, Politics News

An independent panel has sharply criticized the Army for failing to train enough experienced contracting officers, deploy them quickly to war zones li...

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Iraq Troop: "I Don't Think This Place Is Worth Another Soldier's Life"

Washington Post | Joshua Partlow | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Iraq War, US Army, Sectarian Violence, Home News

BAGHDAD, Oct. 26 Their line of tan Humvees and Bradley Fighting Vehicles creeps through another Baghdad afternoon. At this pace, an excruciating slown...

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Young Army Scholars Increasingly Critical Of Iraq War

New York Times | ELISABETH BUMILLER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Donald Rumsfeld, Iraq War, U.S. Army, Politics News

Here at the intellectual center of the United States Army, two elite officers were deep in debate at lunch on a recent day over who bore more responsi...

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Army Offering $35,000 Cash Bonuses To Keep Officers

Washington Post | Ann Scott Tyson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Army Bonuses, Army Recruiting, U.S. Army, Home News

The Army is offering cash bonuses of up to $35,000 to retain young officers serving in key specialties -- including military intelligence, infantry an...

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9 US Soldiers Killed In Iraq

CBS | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: U.S. Casualties, Iraq, U.S. Soldiers, War on Terror, U.S. Army, Home News

Nine U.S. soldiers died in Iraq, the military said Monday, including seven in a vehicle accident during a prisoner transport in Baghdad, the U.S. comm...

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