BattlelandMilitary Mental Health
This is a hard post to write. It is with deep sadness and conflicted feelings that I have learned about the controversy on PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) diagnoses at Madigan Army Medical Center. I want to defend my former …
BattlelandNational Security
Drones are one of the most exciting innovations to come along in warfare in the last 20 years. But as we saw when the Pentagon recently decided to ground part of its new Global Hawk fleet in favor of Eisenhower-era U-2 manned …
BattlelandClose-up
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures from the front lines and home.
BattlelandIraq
Hard to figure out what is worse: this week’s 6th Annual Iraq Aviation & Defense summit – you can seek contracts by cozying up to purported top Iraq military officials for $2,895 for the two-day event at a swank hotel (lodging not included) – or that the Pentagon is letting it happen just down the street.
The lucre being tossed …
BattlelandIraq
Last month Battleland’s Bingham C. Jamison wrote about Staff Sgt. Ahmed Kousay al-Taie, the last U.S. troop missing in action in Iraq:
There are few things in military life more frustrating than searching for a fellow Marine or soldier you are unable to find and bring home. I know, because I’ve tried, and failed…We must bring
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BattlelandAfghanistan
…according to John Wendle of Time:
“…as the sun began to set and temperatures again dropped below freezing, fears of more extreme violence and chaos have proven unfounded. Death tolls ranged from four to 12 across the …
BattlelandChina
BattlelandRussia
Our goal should be to build a fully professional army. Servicemen must have a full package of social benefits adequate to their enormous social responsibility. It’s clear there have been plenty of discussions over the amount and
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BattlelandAfghanistan
It seems every big U.S. military mission – from launching a war to killing Osama bin Laden – happens under the cover of darkness. “We own the night,” is a catchphrase often used by the U.S. military. Night-vision goggles …
BattlelandSpecial Operations
“This is a president who is shrinking our Navy, shrinking our Air Force, wants to shrink our active-duty personnel by 50-to-100,000, is cutting our military budget by roughly a trillion dollars…The right course is to add ships to our Navy, to modernize and add aircraft to our Air Force, to add 100,000 troops to our active-duty personnel and to strengthen America's military.”
“I don't want even the men to be over there.”
