Us Soldiers

Missing US Soldier's Body Found In Afghan River

AP | Posted 11.11.2009 | World


KABUL — Military divers have found the body of a U.S. soldier who disappeared last week along with another soldier as the two tried to recover a...

Military sees increase in wounded in Afghanistan

AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Far from winding down, the numbers of wounded U.S. soldiers coming home have continued to swell. The problem is especially acute am...

Is Ft. Hood Like Columbine? By Columbine's Dave Cullen

Newsweek | Dave Cullen | Posted 11.09.2009 | Home


My brain is about to bust with all the apparent parallels to Columbine, Virginia Tech and 9/11, and the startling differences to each as well. But the...

Obama Visits Wounded US Soldiers At Walter Reed

AP | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama spent nearly two hours visiting wounded U.S. soldiers Friday afternoon. The president met with 19 soldiers ...

Obama's Dover Salute Is an Iconic Image of His Presidency

Tom Matzzie | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics


Tom Matzzie

Obama didn't have to go to Dover. Bush never went we're told. He could've stayed at the White House and kept some distance from the war. But instead he put himself firmly in front as commander in chief.

The Life And Death Of Army Spec. Kevin O. Hill

thebrooklynink.com | Posted 10.13.2009 | New York


The minute Olsen Hill saw the uniforms at his door, he knew. He had served in the military. No words were necessary. His son, Kevin O. Hill, was de...

Reflections on Suicide

Christopher Lukas | Posted 10.12.2009 | Books


Christopher Lukas

The rate of death by suicide in the armed forces is increasing at alarming rates. Death is terrible, no matter how it comes. But death by suicide leaves those left behind, asking Why? How?

Afghan War: 8th Anniversary Photo Retrospective

Huffington Post | Adam Taylor | Posted 10.07.2009 | World


Wednesday marks the eighth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan. The notable date comes as the United States fiercely debates the future of...

iPods In Iraq: Soldiers' MP3s An Instrument Of War

guardian.co.uk | Posted 09.29.2009 | Technology


Professor Pieslak is a music theorist at the City College of New York. Over the past few years he has interviewed US soldiers about the music they lis...

Mass Therapy for Depressed Soldiers

Thomas Scheff | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics


Thomas Scheff

My research proposes two basic causes of depression: Hidden emotions, and no secure bond with another person. These ideas lead to a practical therapy for depression that might be effective for the Army.

Gut Feelings: Soldiers Make Good Use Of Intuition

nytimes.com | Benedict Carey | Posted 08.29.2009 | Living


The sight was not that unusual, at least not for Mosul, Iraq, on a summer morning: a car parked on the sidewalk, facing opposite traffic, its windows ...

Gates and Trucks

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics


Reese Schonfeld

For once, American manufacturers are producing the best weapons ahead of schedule, and will save lives of men who would die without them.

US Stops Giving Militant Death Tolls In Afghanistan

AFP | Posted 08.25.2009 | World


The US military in Afghanistan has stopped releasing figures showing how many militants have been killed in fighting with US-led forces, officials sai...

Taliban Video Shows Captive US soldier: AP sources

AP | PAMELA HESS and LOLITA BALDOR | Posted 08.18.2009 | World


WASHINGTON — The American soldier who went missing June 30 from his base in eastern Afghanistan and was later confirmed to have been captured, a...

Forget Michael Jackson, Forget Mark Sanford, Remember This

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 08.01.2009 | World


Mark Goulston, M.D.

Pass this message on so that all may know the price of freedom

Refusing to Comply: The Tactics of Resistance in an All-Volunteer Military

Dahr Jamail | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics


Dahr Jamail

In addition to small numbers of outright public refusals to deploy or redeploy, troops are going absent without official leave (AWOL) between deployments, and actual desertions may once again be on the rise.

Tragedy and Compassion in Iraq

Firas Al-Atraqchi | Posted 07.31.2009 | World


Firas Al-Atraqchi

The fireworks fired into the air and the pomp and circumstance of so-called Sovereignty Day cannot mask the grief felt by hundreds of thousands of Iraqis who lost loved ones in the past six years.

Kirkuk Bomb Kills Dozens As Iraq Celebrates US Troop Withdrawal

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 07.31.2009 | World


BAGHDAD — Not a single American soldier was in sight. Gone, too, were the American helicopters whose buzz has for years defined Baghdad's backgr...

Afghanistan War: 2 US Troops Killed By Roadside Bomb

AP | NOOR KHAN | Posted 07.20.2009 | World


KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A roadside bomb blast in southern Afghanistan killed two U.S. troops Friday, the U.S. military said. The explosion occu...

Paging Team America: Who Will Save Laura & Euna?

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics


Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein

When two American journalists are sent to prison in a foreign country, shouldn't the news organization at least support them and assuage public outrage by acknowledging and covering the situation on its own site?

US Soldier In Iraq Killed By Grenade

AP | Posted 07.05.2009 | World


BAGHDAD — The U.S. military says an American soldier was killed in a grenade attack in northern Iraq. A statement says the Multi-National Divis...

Breaking News in San Diego: The Marines are Looking for A Few Good Men

Chantal Sicile-Kira | Posted 07.02.2009 | Living


Chantal Sicile-Kira

My son - who is non-verbal and severely impacted by autism - has been heavily recruited by the military.

Lessons Learned

Cheryl Saban | Posted 06.24.2009 | Living


Cheryl Saban

This weekend I'll bow my head and offer my respect, admiration, and gratitude to our service men and women, past, present, and future. And as a peacenik, I will also be praying that one day, we'll find another way to resolve our differences.

Memorial Day 2009 - A Look at Women in the Military

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 06.23.2009 | Politics


Marcia G. Yerman

Hopefully, in between the barbecues and the parades, our citizens will reflect on both the physical and emotional challenges that our service women have -- and continue -- to face.

Pentagon Telepathy Program Wants Soldiers To Communicate Through Neural Signals On Battlefield

Danger Room | Posted 06.14.2009 | World


Forget the battlefield radios, the combat PDAs, or even those infantry hand signals. When the soldiers of the future want to communicate, they're goin...