BattlelandMilitary Mental Health
Every little thing helps in the Pentagon’s and VA’s war on PTSD, depression and suicide. The latest: the Positive Activity Jackpot app for your Android smartphone (apparently folks with iPhones don’t need such help). It immerses mentally-ailing troops or vets in “pleasant event scheduling” by marrying behavioral therapy to …
BattlelandAfghanistan
A few months ago I wrote about the only American service member (at the time) to be missing in action (MIA) in Iraq. Since then, Staff Sergeant Ahmed Kousay Altaie’s remains have been found and repatriated to the United States, thereby closing a disturbing and emotionally charged chapter of the war in Iraq. Unfortunately, a …
BattlelandNational Security
…if you’re interested in a calm and reasoned assessment of the threats facing the U.S. by Foreign Affairs’ Micah Zenko. But if you prefer threat inflation, switch over to C-Span to watch the House debate the 2013 defense budget. Turn it up real loud.
BattlelandSyria
BattlelandNuclear Weapons
It’s always fascinating to watch nuclear war-fighters sheathe their sabers – especially once they’ve shucked their military uniforms for the comfort of civilian garb.
The latest nuclear turncoat is retired Marine general …
BattlelandMilitary History
President Obama presented the Medal of Honor Wednesday to Rose Sabo-Brown, widow of Specialist Leslie H. Sabo, Jr., U.S. Army, in the East Room of the White House. Sabo earned the decoration posthumously for his heroic actions in …
BattlelandMilitary Spending
Marine General John Allen, commander of forces in Afghanistan, is planning for the end – the withdrawal of U.S. forces, expecting to leave behind a small training force, but saddling the U.S. taxpayers with at least $2 billion a year to pay for the Afghan security force. Better deal than we have now, at roughly $100 billion a year, …
BattlelandMilitary Mental Health
Two separate events Wednesday put into sharp focus what is happening to the young Americans the nation has been sending off to war for more than a decade:
– At 2 p.m., scientists at Boston University and the Boston VA announced they have found chronic traumatic encephalopathy – brain damage like that suffered by boxers and football …
BattlelandMilitary Spending
Tom Cruise steps onto the tarmac – cool and confident in his flight suit and dark aviator glasses. While his co-stars still call him Maverick, this isn’t Top Gun and that’s not an F-14 fighter plane. This is Top Gun 2, and …
BattlelandNational Security
In this week’s issue of TIME, Aryn Baker and Nate Rawlings report on the attempts to win freedom for U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who has been held by the Taliban since mid-2009. His parents, Bob and Jani Bergdahl, have been …
