BattlelandMilitary Mental Health
Being diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder could get easier following the upcoming annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association where the group’s fifth edition of its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5) …
BattlelandMilitary Spending
Given the spate of recent stories of women allegedly assaulted by members of the U.S. military, it’s nice to see the Army moving out on plans to renovate “a Safe House which will be used as a shelter for victims of domestic …
Last autumn, I wrote a letter about the troubling ripple effect that “immoral and dissolute” commanding officers have in today’s Navy, based on my personal experience.
The Naval War College Review recently published it, …
Marines fire an M777 A2 howitzer during exercises at Twentynine Palms, Calif., April 26.
BattlelandLogistics
The Government Accountability Office is out with a briefing entitled Defense Logistics: The Department of Defense’s Report on Strategic Seaports Addressed All Congressionally Directed Elements.
Back when Battleland was just …
A Philadelphia jury on Monday convicted abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell on three counts of murder and one count of involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of three babies and one adult patient at his inner-city clinic. The case, …
The glove didn’t fit the first time, but O.J. has had a tougher time defending his innocence in the more recent Vegas memorabilia case
BattlelandSpace
For those of a certain age, David Bowie’s 1969 classic Space Oddity is a song for the ages. Now, at last, it has been performed where Bowie pretended to do it: from outer space, by International Space Station commander Chris …
BattlelandProcurement
Military bigwigs in Washington may spend all their time fretting about the F-35, Ford-class carriers and assorted Ground Combat Vehicles, but the grunts in the field are far more consumed with their uniforms. After all, unlike …
Part 3 of 3
I could not believe my good luck when I discovered an opinion editorial written by my grandfather during the height of the Vietnam War. His arguments, informed by years of hardship, outline a practical guide for …
Part 2 of 3
Editor’s note: Captain Donald Hansen served in Army Air Corps and later the Air Force as a B-24 bomber pilot during World War II and Korea, flying more than 150 combat missions. He wrote this piece sometime in 1968 …
BattlelandMilitary Families
First of three parts
Battleland has a pair of interesting posts going up here shortly.
The first was written in 1968 – at the height of the Vietnam war — by Captain Donald Hansen, who flew more than 150 combat missions …
