Army

The Sound of Veterans Day

Sean Gilfillan | Posted 11.11.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: To the Fallen Records, John McCain, Afghanistan, Veterans for America, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Veterans, Afghanistan War, Iraq War, Iraq Veterans, Marines, Army, Military, Sean Gilfillan, Bobby Muller, Sarah Palin, Iraq, US Navy, Veterans Day, Entertainment News
Sean Gilfillan

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.

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Obama's Iraq Pullout Stance Now A Planned Army Recruitment Tool

VetVoice | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Victory, Army, War Wire, Foreign Affairs, Iraq, Army Recruitment, Politics News

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...

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Re: Scott Kesterson's "The Other Side of Paradise"

Sean Gilfillan | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warwire, John McCain, US Soldiers, War on Terror, Obama Wins, Obama Muslim, Obama Election Day, HuffPost Election Analysis, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, President Obama, Joe Biden, Army Officers, War in Iraq, 2008 Election, Obama Military, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Election, Iraq War, National Guard, HuffPost Election Reaction, Military, Army, Obama Presidency, Sarah Palin, Breaking Politics News, Iraq, Election Analysis, Obama President, Presidential Election, Politics News
Sean Gilfillan

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.

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New Army Recruiting Tactic: Obama Will "Get Us Out of Iraq"

Brandon Friedman | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq, Army, Career Counselors, Recruiting, Barack Obama, Obama Afghanistan, Obama Military Recruiting, Foreign Affairs, Obama Foreign Policy, Obama Iraq, Politics News
Brandon Friedman

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.

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I am the Warrior

Matt Mendelsohn | Posted 10.24.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Iraq War, Warrior, Army, South Park, National Guard, War, Entertainment News
Matt Mendelsohn

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...

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Afghanistan: A Surge in ROE Education is the First Step

Vivian Gembara | Posted 10.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Prosecutor, Trial, US Soldiers, Military Justice, Ware Crime, Mccain, US Troops, Obama, Roe, Soldiers, Marines, Army, Troop Misconduct, Code of Conduct, Jag, Detainee Abuse, Afghanistan, Insurgents, Iraq, Rules of Engagement in Iraq, Politics News
Vivian Gembara

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.

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Afghanistan: Endless Army Mission Creep?

Luis Carlos Montalván and Gene Dewey | Posted 10.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Secretary Gates, Senator McCain, Army, u.s. Foreign Policy, Condoleezza Rice, Department of Defense, Senator Obama, UN Assistance Mission, Afghanistan, Iraq, Foreign Service, Stability Operations, State Department, Unama, Politics News
Luis Carlos Montalván and Gene Dewey

To fill the vacuum of meaningful statecraft, the Department of Defense now finds itself both war-fighter and diplomat.

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Rescue Ratchet

Michael Markarian | Posted 10.20.2008 | Living

Read More: Army, Norm Coleman, Military, Keith Ellison, Iraq, Animals, Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota, Dogs, Ratchet Dog, Department of Defense, Animal Rights, Iraqi Dogs, Uniform Code of Military Justice, Human Society Legislative Fund, Human Society of the United States, Human Society International, Department of Defense Animal Policy, Gwen Beberg, Living News
Michael Markarian

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.

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Army Nixes Iraq Puppy Returning With Soldier, Despite Petition 10,000 Strong

AP | FREDERIC J. FROMMER | Posted 10.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Animals, Iraq, War Wire, Puppy, Iraq Puppy, Army, Keith Ellison, Ratchet, Politics News

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...

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Solar Power Plant Planned By Army Could Be The World's Most Powerful

Wired | Noah Shachtman | Posted 10.07.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Solar Energy, Army, Environment, Nevada, Solar Power, Money Saving, Green News

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...

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Army Reservist Included in Montana GOP Voter Purge Effort

James Sample | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Montana, Voter Fraud, Army, 2008 Election, Politics News
James Sample

Former Montana State Representative Kevin Furey (photo) , a First Lieutenant in the Army Reserves, is presently in New Jersey preparing to return to I...

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The Disposable Military: "The Tumor of The Unknown Soldier"

R. B. Stuart | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Cancer, National Guard, SPC Gregory Anton, War Wound, Army, U. S., Camp Doha, Congress, Iraq, Depleted Uranium, Soldier, Camp Shelby, Mississippi, Politics News
R. B. Stuart

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...

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Michelle Obama Reaches Out To Military Families

MOMocrats | Posted 08.08.2008 | Home

Read More: Military Families, Virginia, US Military, Michelle Obama, Army, Glenn Nye, Gen. Claudia Kennedy, Air Force, Navy, Obama Military, Blue Star Families for Obama, Military Families Speak Out, Home News
MOMocrats

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.

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A Single Person Out of Thousands in the Iraqi Countryside

Shaun Alan Jakob | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Kurds, Army, The Real World, Racial Divides Iraq, Racism, Iraq, Iraq Soldiers, Iraq Sectarian Violence, Politics News
Shaun Alan Jakob

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.

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Sixty Years After Desegregation, Ending "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: 1948, Dewey Defeats Truman, Executive Order 9981, Homosexual, Civil Rights, Sexual Orientation, Harry Truman, Racial, Campaign, Race, 1948 Election, 9981, Dadt, Military, 2008, 2008 Campaign, Integration, Black, Democratic Convention, Dixiecrat, 2008 Elections, Gay, 08, 2008 Election, Election, 08 Election, Elections, Army, 08 Campaign, Morale, African American, Segregation, Don't Ask Don't Tell, 2008 Presidential Race, Desegregation, Elaine Donnelly, Politics News
Chris Weigant

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.

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Tillman Family Still Waiting for Answers: Will Congress Act?

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Donald Rumsfeld, Pat Tillman, Army, White House, General Richard Myers, Mary Tillman, Afghanistan, Politics News
Paul Rieckhoff

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.

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A Military Mom "Tells" Her Story

Steve Ralls | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Congress, Army, Pflag, War in Iraq, 60 Minutes, Gays in the Military, Military, Gay Parenting, Politics News
Steve Ralls

"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.

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Sergeant Manzella Comes Out, Is Kicked Out

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gays in the Military, Repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Military, Army, US Soldiers, Don't Ask Don't Tell Debate Question, Don't Ask Don't Tell 60 Minutes, Dadt, Politics News
Aubrey Sarvis

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.

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Defending Wes Clark

Lt. General Robert G. Gard Jr. (USA, Ret.) | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Military Service, Army, Wesley Clark, General Wesley Clark, Politics News
Lt. General Robert G. Gard Jr. (USA, Ret.)

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.

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White House Blocking Army's Plan To Overhaul Contracting System

AP | RICHARD LARDNER | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warwire, Iraq War, White House vs Army, Army, Army Contracting System, White House and Contractors, Politics News

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...

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Army Official Fired For Refusing To Pay Questionable Contractor

The New York Times | James Risen | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, War Contractor, Kbr, Iraq War Spending, Fired Officer, Army, Military Spending, Questionable Contracting, Halliburton, Accountability, Army Officer Fired, Contractor, Politics News

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 ...

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Leaders Who Care (Too Much)

Ray Kimball | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Suicide, Leadership, Army, War on Terror, Non-Commissioned Officers, US Military, Mental Health, Military, Iraq, Politics News
Ray Kimball

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?

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The Pentagon's Fifteen Billion Dollar Pirate Plunder

Paige Donner | Posted 06.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon Audit, Contractors, Congressional Oversight Committee, Free Government Information, Pigs at the Trough, Unaccounted for Expenditures, Rep. Henry Waxman, Halliburton, Senator Obama, U.S. Taxpayer Dollars, Institute for Policy Studies, Iraq, U.S. Army Soldiers, Clean Contracting Amendment, Federal Regulations, Fraud, Kbr, War on Iraq, Army, Fifteen Billion Dollars, CBS News, Mary Ugone, New York Times, Washington Post, Internal Controls Over Payments Made in Iraq Kuwait and Egypt, Misappropriation, American Idol, Seized Iraqi Oil Money, Indiana Jones Sequel, Kellogg Brown Root, Cash, Politics News
Paige Donner

(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...

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Army Suicides Increase Again

AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 05.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Army, Suicide, Army Suicides, Military Suicides, Army Suicides Increase, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Army soldiers committed suicide in 2007 at the highest rate on record, and the toll is climbing ever higher this year as long war d...

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Hating The War, Honoring The Warriors

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Laura Dern, Army, Memorial Day, Air Force, Iraq War, Chicago, Recount, Veterans, Politics News
Cathleen Falsani

I'd like to think that my opposition to the war would be the same no matter whose war it was. But I am certain that my feelings toward the men and women who risk their lives on our behalf would remain unchanged.

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