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Army Disqualifies Hundreds After Sexual Assault Probe
588 were removed from ‘positions of trust’
Marines Postpone Pull-Up Requirement for Female Recruits
After more than half fail test, the Marine Corps struggles to find fair fitness test for women pursuing combat jobs
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Battleland Diary, Feb. 11-17
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures from the front lines and home.
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Survival Skills: Marines Receive Extreme Training in Thailand (Graphic Images)
U.S. Marines were introduced to some of the extreme cuisine on offer in the jungle — bugs and snake blood anyone? — during a lesson in survival with the Thai Navy. It was part of “Cobra Gold 2012,” a joint military exercise in …
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A Daughter’s Plea: “Daddy, Please Don’t Leave…”
The other day I was sitting in my office when my 3-year-old daughter came running in. She was sobbing, unable to catch her breath or tell me what was wrong. Her face flush, with red circles emanating from her swollen eyes, she was inconsolable. In tow came my wife, somber-faced and also on the verge of tears. “What’s wrong?” …
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Battleland Diary, Jan. 28-Feb. 03
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures from the front lines and home.
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Battleland Diary, Jan. 21-27
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures from the front lines and home.
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The “Strategic Pivot” to Asia Now Committed, Pentagon Can Float Allegedly Deep Cuts
Nice piece in the New York Times on Tuesday, previewing Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta’s much-anticipated announcement of almost a half-trillion in defense cuts over the next decade.As Mark Thompson just noted, not a whole lot …
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Mutual Respect and `Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
Within minutes of my blog going live yesterday, Secretary Gates made a public statement that he was not going to certify the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) before he leaves his post on June 30. To be honest, I was crushed. I don’t understand what benefit there is in delaying the process any further.
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Blackmailed
We are entering the final days of command under Sec Gates. The certification of DADT’s repeal is practically sitting at his desk, and I know more than a few of my brothers in arms who are anxiously waiting for him to sign it. If it doesn’t come before he leaves office on 30 June, I know all of us would appreciate the incoming …
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The Winter Set Up: Counter-Insurgency in Kandahar
The fighting season in Afghanistan is in full swing, and the early reports indicate this one will be tough. After last year’s surge, American units, and the Afghan Army and police they’re partnered with, will be fighting to hold the areas they paid for dearly a year ago. One of the key provinces will be Kandahar.
In the months …
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A Weekend of Remembrance
Yesterday I sat in on a promotion ceremony and something struck me. The officer being promoted restated the Oath of Office in which he swore to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States”. The United States military is unique in the way we swear to protect the document that, in a very real way, defines freedom as …