Suicide rates climbed among both soldiers who went to Iraq and Afghanistan and those who never left the U.S.
Army
Meet General Jim Mattis, the Warrior Poet
“To think like men of action, and to act like men of thought!”
Army Disqualifies Hundreds After Sexual Assault Probe
588 were removed from ‘positions of trust’
Small Fraction of Army Women Want Combat Gigs
Army study comes as the service prepares to open new job opportunities to female soldiers
Pentagon Sources: U.S. Army to Be Shrunk to Pre-WWII Level
Military will be left incapable of carrying out protracted foreign occupations
Chelsea Manning Prepared to Take Gender Reassignment Plea to Court
Leaker formerly known as Bradley Manning wants sex-change, name-change
Shutdown Suspends Death Benefits to Families of U.S. Soldiers Killed in Combat
The partisan gridlock in Washington is even barring the Pentagon from helping military families pay for burial costs
Fort Hood Shooter Guilty On All Counts
Nidal Hasan now faces a possible death sentence for the shooting rampage that killed 13
An Army Iwo Jima
Soldiers at Fort Bragg hook up a 105mm howitzer to a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during training Feb. 8.
“Three Minutes Out”
Army Major Nathan Strohm, a logistician, has deployed four times in support of the global war on terror: to Uzbekistan for most of 2003, to Iraq for most of 2005, and twice to Afghanistan – first from February 2007 to April …
Treating PTSD and TBI…Ethically
This is the first in a series of posts on the ethical issues associated with treating post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury.
These are the two so-called “signature wounds” of our post 9/11 wars. Unlike …
Making All Our Troops Bulletproof
Shoot, move, communicate. This was the clear, succinct analysis given by an Army major when asked to describe the key components of a military mission.
In three words, the major illustrated the reality of modern war theatres …
Soldiers Write…About War, and a Woman
Every once in awhile a war book – actually written by a soldier – grabs you and won’t let go. The latest is The Yellow Birds, by Iraq war vet Kevin Powers. Nate Rawlings interviewed him here on Battleland more than a month …