BattlelandMilitary Mental Health
This is the last in my series of posts on the ethics of treating posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (the first simply outlined ethical issues for military mental-health personnel; then I wrote about the right time to send a …
Charities are worried this may be the last season of giving.
BattlelandVeterans
Too often we tend to focus on the here-and-now costs of the wars we’re waging. Every once in awhile we need to be reminded that such costs don’t end when the wars do.
Interesting article in Site Selection: The Magazine of …
Will discussing and prescribing emergency contraception help to lower teen pregnancy in the U.S.?
The rumpus that is Black Friday shopping ensued as usual over the long holiday weekend, and in fact began early in several regions as stores opened their doors on Thanksgiving.
Battleland noted Sunday that the headline on this Pentagon photo had mis-spelled POTATOE, just as VP Dan Quayle did more than 20 years ago. Glad to see it’s fixed now.
In a “black site” at an “undisclosed location,” a CIA officer is interrogating a man suspected of having information on Osama bin Laden‘s courier. The suspect, Ammar (Reda Kateb), believes he can withstand the …
BattlelandDefense Contractors
Well, actually it’s Raytheon. But imagine if little Elroy – the youngest Jetson in that futuristic cartoon family from the 1960s, The Jetsons — had spent his career in the defense industry. He might well be starting work Monday at Raytheon’s new $75 million missile factory opening in Huntsville (“The Rocket City”), Ala. – as an …
BattlelandTroops
Laura Cannon, a 2001 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy who served in Iraq following the 2003 U.S. invasion, takes issue with the U.S. military’s General Order No. 1, prohibiting sex at West Point (“cadets engage one another …
Soldiers of the 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division’s brigade commander and command sergeant major’s personal security detachment (!) get briefed Nov. 9 at Combat Outpost Khenjakak.
Since 1953, visitors to Palisades Park in Santa Monica, Calif., would always be greeted by a biblical depiction of the birth of Jesus during the holiday season. But this year, rather than Mary, Joseph and the Three Wise Men, …
BattlelandMilitary Mental Health
Now hear this: if you’re in uniform and suffering mental pain, you need to reach out for help. “Share your concern for their well-being,” their commanders are told. “Keep them safe.”
That is, unless, it all becomes too …
News Corp.’s blockbuster deal to buy 49% of the Yankees Entertainment and Sports (YES) Network is the latest confirmation that televised sports has become one of the hottest areas in the media world.
