Sergeant Mike MacLeod’s photographs from Afghanistan
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Help If You’re Worried About Your Military Loved One
Over at Time’s Healthland blog, Alexandra Sifferlin has a to-do list for family members who are concerned that their soldier, sailor airman or Marine might be thinking of suicide.
Obama’s Next Immigration Battle: Local, Federal Authorities on Collision Course over Detention
Last Tuesday, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel held a press conference to announce that he didn’t want his city’s law-enforcement authorities to follow federal requests to hold some undocumented immigrants, picked up on other …
The New Complacency About Schools Is Ill-Informed
Why the latest data on student performance doesn’t mean we can rest on our laurels
The Brewing Legal Battle Over Same-Sex Education
Does separating boys and girls in the classroom help learning or reinforce dangerous stereotypes?
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Military Photos: A Week Inside the Armed Forces, July 7-13
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures from the front lines from around the world, and the home front.
“The world hasn’t gotten any safer.”
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Reported Shortcomings
Last week, the Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee were upset to learn that the Pentagon had imposed a 10-page limit on most reports to Congress. Rep. Howard McKeon, R-Calif., the chairman, complained in a letter to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta that the guidance “reeks of obstructionism, a lack of transparency, and …
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Detailing What We Do – And Don’t — Know
The Institute of Medicine, the health arm of the federal National Academy of Sciences, published a new and comprehensive study on treating Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Friday
It has been all over the airwaves and electronic waves this past weekend. I was actually surprised by the extent of the media coverage, as there were few …
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Military Tick-Tock
Reconstructing how, and perhaps why, something happened is one of the most rewarding kinds of reporting. It’s called a tick-tock in the trade. Nancy Gibbs and I do it in this week’s Time, retracing the lives and military careers of Army captains Michael McCaddon and Ian Morrison to try and shine a light on what drives soldiers to …
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Airman Dilbert
The Air Force is seeking professional help in “conflict coaching.” Apparently Air University down at Maxwell Air Force Base isn’t up to the task. That’s where airmen learn air superiority (magna cum laude) and air dominance (summa cum laude).
But it seems the “conflict coaching” the service seeks has nothing to do with …
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The South China Sea: From Bad to Worse
TOKYO – Territorial disputes in the South China Sea are about to get a whole lot worse — and at the worst possible time.
Whether the U.S. can avoid being dragged into a shooting match will depend on how far Beijing and its …