When the Pentagon was wrestling with the idea of ending the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” ban on gay men and women serving openly in the military, the Marine Corps quickly came to be seen as the service most opposed to the change. After all, General James Amos said he feared lifting the ban would be a “distraction” that could lead …
Military Personnel
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 …
Is The Army Responsible for the Afghan Massacre?
Colleague Jim Frederick is asking some tough questions over at the Time Ideas blog:
American and Afghan authorities are scrambling to ensure this tragedy does not derail the planned departure of NATO forces in 2014, and it is
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Army Suicide: Tip of the Service’s “Mental Health Iceberg”
Nearly half of the Army’s suicides may have been caused by the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, a new Army assessment of the problem says. Tracing the roots of suicide is always an inexact science, but the authors conclude:
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“Stuff” Civilians Say to Veterans
Sometimes you get the impression Berlitz or Rosetta Stone should offer U.S. civilians classes on how to speak to folks who have served in the military. Just another sign of the growing gap between U.S. society and those defending it that Battleland wrote about last Veterans Day.