BattlelandMilitary Women
Four months back, I wrote about four female veterans running for Congress. It turns out they’re not the only ones, by a long shot.
And boy are they needed: in the 112th Congress, women only hold 16% of the 435 House seats and 17 of the 100 seats in the Senate. Amazingly, there are only 92 veterans in the House of Representatives, …
BattlelandVeterans
I know — from personal experience — that folks out there who do the hiring for their companies have no idea what the experience and work ethics are of military veterans.
Although I retired 12 years ago and opted to go to graduate school instead of looking for work right away, I too have faced a brick wall when it came to finding a …
BattlelandClose-up
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures from the front lines and home.
BattlelandClose-up
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures from the front lines and home.
BattlelandClose-up
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures from the front lines and home.
BattlelandClose-up
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures from the front lines and home.
BattlelandClose-up
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures from the front lines and home.
BattlelandClose-up
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures from the front lines and home.
BattlelandClose-up
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures from the front lines and home.
BattlelandMilitary Mental Health
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 …
BattlelandClose-up
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures from the front lines and home.
BattlelandMilitary Personnel
The Army removed Colonel Dallas Homas, commander of Madigan Army Medical Center in Washington state, on Tuesday from his post because of an investigation into whether post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnoses were reversed …
BattlelandMilitary Families
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?” …
