“These cuts, while significant and harmful to our collective mission as an agency, would not necessarily require immediate reductions in spending…I do not expect our day-to-day operations to change dramatically on or immediately after January 2, 2013, should sequestration occur.”
In death, the first grade teacher at Sandy Hook Elementary became a hero. But before all that, she was daughter, sister and friend
Several states are considering providing guns and training to school personnel in an effort to prevent armed invasions
“We absolutely cannot know for certain that fewer numbers of weapons will make us safer.”
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It’s hardly a coincidence that this tale surfaces just before Christmas. It’s about a new book set in the European skies in 1943. Military historian Adam Makos, editor of Valor magazine, has written A Higher Call: An …
Private 1st Class Michaela Cantwell earned her way into boot camp by meeting application criteria and raising the necessary funds for a uniform and equipment. She cried after her first session. Not because it was too tough on …
A U.S. solider trains a wary eye on a water pump in Farah province, Dec. 15.
BattlelandMilitary Women
Well. It’s about time:
Washington, D.C. – Congressional conferees have approved a repeal of a policy in place since 1981 that denied women in the military coverage for abortion in cases of rape or incest. An effort led by
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BattlelandMilitary
The amount of discussion you get on various military topics depends on how many folks are “read into” – aware of, and knowledgeable (usually) about – any given program or subject.
That’s why you hear so little debate …
BattlelandWar Story
Air Force Major Ethan McKenna is one of those war-fighters in the nation’s post-9/11 wars who spends his time way above the battlefield. That’s because he’s monitoring things five miles down from inside the back of an AWACS …
Sgt. Nathan Fleshman of the 101st Airborne Division checks a cave for insurgents and weapons in Khost province, Nov. 30.
I graduated high school and entered college, and ROTC, in 1973 – the year we transitioned to the all-volunteer force (AVF).
Georgetown University was not exactly a hotbed of student activism, but as I recall ROTC was …
There have been clear signs this week that after the tragedy in Newtown, Conn., the balance of power in the debate over gun control is shifting.
