I am not a veteran and I am not a military family member. But I have had the honor and privilege of knowing many military families over the last seven years. My father served in the Navy during WWII long before I was born. He …
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Battleland Diary, April 28-May 4
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures from the front lines and home.
Battleland Diary, April 21-27
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures from the front lines and home.
Battleland Diary, April 14-20
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures from the front lines and home.
Sexual Assault Awareness Month…Revisited
Last week I wrote about the Navy’s plan for a stand-down to “communicate the service’s policy of zero tolerance for sexual assault while encouraging sailors to work harder to prevent attacks.” I had indicated a bit of skepticism about the leadership’s buy-in of the program…
The day after my blog was published I was invited …
Battleland Diary, April 7-15
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures from the front lines and home.
Battleland Diary, March 31-April 6
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures from the front lines and home.
Battleland Diary, March 24-30
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures from the front lines and home.
Battleland Diary, March 17-23
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures from the front lines and home.
A New Kind of PT: Female Vets Running…for Congress
Four female veterans are making history by running for Congress this year. While women make up more than 50% of the population, they are severely underrepresented in public office. It’s about time that started changing.
A few weeks ago, I received an email from Colonel Martha McSally (USAF, ret) announcing her intention to run for …
Battleland Diary, March 10-16
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures from the front lines and home.
Army Policy: Deferring Mental-Health Diagnoses in War Zones
Some Army mental-health professionals say official instructions urging them to avoid declaring a soldier mentally ill in war zones keeps too many such ailing troops in combat. It’s part of a stretched Army’s quest to keep …
Women’s History Month: You Go, Girls!
I have been thinking about Women’s History Month since March began. Then, I saw that March 8 was International Women’s Day, an event that has taken place worldwide since the early 1900s. According to its website, it began amid the turbulence of the industrial age when women started realizing their oppressed and subordinate …