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		<title>The Unfairness of the Feres Doctrine</title>
		<link>http://nation.time.com/2013/02/25/the-unfairness-of-the-feres-doctrine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 13:46:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Natelson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If the Academy Awards can be said to register the cultural pulse of the nation, America clearly retains its uneasy fascination with the politics and psychology of war. From the Paris Uprising and the U.S. Civil War, to the Iranian Revolution and the Global War on Terrorism, the ravages of armed conflict were well-represented throughout the ceremony Sunday. But for Ariana Klay, and other subjects of the Oscar-nominated documentary The Invisible War, however, the wounds of battle are unlikely to fade with the closing credits. In dismissing Klay v Panetta, a civil lawsuit that Klay brought against the Pentagon for failing to protect her and other service members from sexual violence, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson has perpetuated a baffling tradition of depriving military personnel of basic civil rights. Like countless others injured due to the negligence or misconduct of their brothers-in-arms, Klay and her co-plaintiffs have been denied a remedy for the wrongs they suffered, simply because they were harmed during their time in uniform. While Judge Jackson, like other federal judges before her, based her decision on the premise that “the constitution vests the ultimate power to decide how the military should run itself in Congress,” it was in fact the judiciary that first devised the theory responsible for barring service members from recovering for non-combatant injuries, making it all the more important for Congress to restore its authority by correcting the incursion. In 1950, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review Feres v. United States, a collection of three cases, all of which sought to hold the military accountable for acts of negligence under the Federal Tort Claims Act. While the plaintiffs were service members, the circumstances giving rise to their claims—a building fire caused by a defective heater, and two instances of botched surgical procedures—bore no relationship to actual military duties, and were effectively interchangeable with those yielding recovery for countless civilians. As such, they stood in stark contrast to the claims expressly barred by the Act: those “arising out of the combatant activities of<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nation.time.com&#038;blog=20157722&#038;post=108309&#038;subd=timemilitary&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Challenges of Raising Military Kids</title>
		<link>http://nation.time.com/2012/10/22/the-challenges-of-raising-military-kids/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:31:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maryann Makekau</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This one-time military mom enjoyed last week&#8217;s Battleland Q&#38;A with the authors of a new series of books on educating troops&#8217; children. Military children have always had to deal with the stressors of being the new kid on the block. It’s refreshing to see recognition for the affect that has had on their lives. Changing schools multiple times over, and navigating gains and losses that are inherent of military life, requires exceptional sacrifice. For more than a decade, military children have also resiliently steered their way through war’s fallout. Whether we’re talking about back-to-back deployments and reintegration, learning to cope with an injured parent or losing a parent in combat—the impact on them has sometimes been forgotten. Our nation’s military children don’t stand out the way their parent does in uniform. Yet they are serving, too. As I read this article, I celebrated the fact that creative, practical tools and ideas are now being put into place for “building better schools for our troops’ kids.” At the same time, I was saddened to think that it has taken an 11-year war to spotlight the seriousness of the gap between society and our military &#8212; perhaps even longer if we reflect honestly on other wartimes. I also found myself recollecting the day that my daughter climbed her favorite tree and refused to come down. She adamantly opposed us making her leave the place she called home, at just eight years of age. That day marked our children’s third military move. Some years later, when my husband retired after 28 years of service, our kids had weathered six military moves prior to age eighteen, and attended eight different schools. To some, it might seem like military children should be adept at moving and handling deployments. The more they do it, the better they get at it, right? The familiarity of moving does provide strength and resilience. Yet, each move presents its own set of challenges, depending on a child’s age, emotional maturity and abilities. I’ve had perplexed mothers approach me and say,<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nation.time.com&#038;blog=20157722&#038;post=89935&#038;subd=timemilitary&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Korresponts Koreedoor</title>
		<link>http://nation.time.com/2012/10/16/korresponts-koreedoor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 13:29:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We reported last month about the Defense Department taking down the sign honoring a Pentagon hallway as the "Correspondents Corridor" and replacing it with one highlighting "ASD Public Affairs." ASD is Pentagon-speak for Assistant Secretary of Defense.

It is part of a $90,000 renovation to the E-ring hallway, which will honor correspondents as well as the military's public-affairs officers, Tuesday's Washington Post reports.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nation.time.com&#038;blog=20157722&#038;post=89229&#038;subd=timemilitary&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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	<primary_category>Pentagon</primary_category><primary_category_link>http://nation.time.com/category/pentagon-2/</primary_category_link><featured_image>http://timemilitary.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/110906-f-rg147-076.jpg?w=240</featured_image>
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		<title>No More Bad Commanding Officers?</title>
		<link>http://nation.time.com/2012/10/12/no-more-bad-commanding-officers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 12:54:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darlene M Iskra</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nation.time.com/?p=85324</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The headline in the June 18 Navy Times that arrived in my mailbox screamed NO MORE BULLIES, DRUNKS, &#38; PLAYBOYS. It went on to detail Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Jonathan Greenert's “tough new rules” for screening for command.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nation.time.com&#038;blog=20157722&#038;post=85324&#038;subd=timemilitary&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Love Boats</title>
		<link>http://nation.time.com/2012/10/10/love-boats/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:27:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A retired Navy captain is sounding an alarm over women serving on warships.

“We can’t have both chastity and mixed-sex complements,” Kevin Eyer argues in October’s Proceedings, the professional naval journal published by the independent U.S. Naval Institute. “So what’s the priority—a combat-ready Fleet or gender diversity?”<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nation.time.com&#038;blog=20157722&#038;post=88454&#038;subd=timemilitary&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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	<primary_category>Military Women</primary_category><primary_category_link>http://nation.time.com/category/military-women/</primary_category_link><featured_image>http://timemilitary.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/600_us_navy_women_1010.jpg?w=240</featured_image>
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		<title>No Longer Alone&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://nation.time.com/2012/10/05/no-longer-alone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 12:15:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leslie McCaddon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I lay out the clothes and review the checklist for our trip Friday, I can't help but reflect on what TAPS -- Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors -- means to me and my children.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nation.time.com&#038;blog=20157722&#038;post=87833&#038;subd=timemilitary&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Survivors Gather</title>
		<link>http://nation.time.com/2012/10/05/the-survivors-gather/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 10:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend, relatives of many of the U.S. troops who have killed themselves in the suicide epidemic gripping the American military are gathering in San Diego. They're coming together to support one another and figure out how to move on with life.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nation.time.com&#038;blog=20157722&#038;post=87825&#038;subd=timemilitary&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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	<primary_category>Suicide</primary_category><primary_category_link>http://nation.time.com/category/suicide-2/</primary_category_link>
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		<title>Cultural Misunderstanding</title>
		<link>http://nation.time.com/2012/10/03/cultural-misunderstanding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 14:51:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate Rawlings</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the war in Afghanistan enters its twelfth year it seems there are still large cultural gaps hurting the mission. The Afghan Ministry of Defense released a pamphlet designed to do for the Afghan troops what we’ve been trying to do with our own: explain how one is supposed to behave among allies of a different culture.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nation.time.com&#038;blog=20157722&#038;post=86964&#038;subd=timemilitary&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Military Misbehavin&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 11:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Army charged a general who has served five combat tours with a lengthy roster of sexual-assault and other charges last week. Why do such high-flying senior officers sometimes crash and burn like this? Brigadier General Jeffrey Sinclair remains innocent until proven guilty on charges including forcible sodomy, wrongful sexual conduct, inappropriate relationships and a trifecta of trouble involving misuse of a government credit card and possessing booze and porn while deployed (&#8220;It sounds like he pissed somebody off,&#8221; a retired Army colonel notes of the long list of alleged crimes, for which he faces court martial). But interviews with more than a dozen military officers, both retired and active duty, offer insights into such cases. &#8220;They&#8217;re GI Joes of the generals,&#8221; says one retired Army general. &#8220;They&#8217;ve got this whole combat persona that they project and use, and the Army is not set up to look past that. They can get away with a lot.&#8221; (MORE: Sexual Assault: The Danger of Isolation) The consensus is that lower-ranking troops – think drill sergeants at the Army&#8217;s Aberdeen Proving Grounds or trainers at the Air Force&#8217;s Lackland Air Force Base – live in an insular world where their word is command. Many such non-commissioned officers stay in such assignments for years, while their superiors regularly cycle in and out, eager to punch their ticket and move on. In that kind of a situation, officers often aren&#8217;t really in command. Co-ed training can lead to problems, and the wrong assortment of NCOs can become a predatory pack. The circle-the-wagon mentality shared by those on the inside can make such rings tough to crack. It&#8217;s different, military officers speaking privately say, as you move up the ranks. First of all, such misbehavior becomes increasingly risky the higher in rank the officer – there is more to be lost. Scrutiny becomes greater with each promotion. Finally, senior officers believe there are two kinds of officers: those who would never commit such acts, and those – who for whatever reason – will, and do. Some<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nation.time.com&#038;blog=20157722&#038;post=87133&#038;subd=timemilitary&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Growing Constellation of Stars on Shoulders</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 12:34:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darlene M Iskra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in February, I noted that a second woman had been selected to wear the four stars of a General Officer. I also predicted that  a four-star Navy admiral would be a long time coming. Well! The Navy is much closer to promoting a woman to the most senior rank in the U.S. military &#8212; as the Army and Air Force already have done &#8212; now that the sea service has promoted three officers to the three-star rank of vice admiral. This brings the total Navy women at that rank to four, the most ever. Vice Admiral Carol Pottenger remains the most senior Navy woman, having served since 1977. She is currently the deputy chief of staff for Capability Development at NATO&#8217;s office for Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, in Norfolk, Va. I must admit I had to look up this command on line. It is “NATO’s leading agent for change, driving, facilitating, and advocating continuous improvement of Alliance capabilities to maintain and enhance the military relevance and effectiveness of the Alliance.”  That means her new office works with all 28 of NATO&#8217;s member nations to ensure cooperation, coordination and support, propose transformative changes in tactics and strategy, and conduct training to those ends. NATO is a huge organization, but I’m sure Vice Admiral Pottenger will make her mark there. One of the women I predicted would be promoted to three stars has done so…now-Vice Admiral Michelle Howard is serving as Deputy Commander, United States Fleet Forces Command, also in Norfolk. She&#8217;s second only to Admiral William E. Gortney, a naval aviator. Fleet Forces Command  “provides responsive, relevant, sustainable Naval forces ready-for-tasking” to combatant commanders &#8212; the actual war-fighters &#8212; worldwide. Vice Admiral Howard is a surface warfare officer who commanded USS Rushmore (LSD-47).  She also commanded Amphibious Squadron Seven where she deployed in support of tsunami relief efforts in Indonesia (2004) and maritime security operations in the north Arabian Gulf.  In 2009 she commanded Task Force 151, a multi-national counter piracy effort, when Captain Richard Phillips was rescued from Somali<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nation.time.com&#038;blog=20157722&#038;post=85325&#038;subd=timemilitary&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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