Photographs from 1963 in Vietnam, made by LIFE’s Larry Burrows at a critical juncture in a conflict that would come to define an entire era.
BattlelandAfghanistan
Better Late Than Never
Interesting Pentagon contract buried deep in the long list it announced Friday. The Army awarded nearly $15 million to Jorge Scientific of Arlington, Va., to “provide for the modification of an existing contract to research and develop a methodology for counter insurgency operations. Work will be performed in Arlington and Afghanistan…”
BattlelandMilitary Mental Health
One Concrete Thing
Years now. Almost 11 years into the war in Afghanistan, and with Iraq mostly behind us, we’re still unable to get our hands and our minds around the military suicide rate.
July marked the highest number of suicides among …
BattlelandMilitary
Of “Green-on-Blue” Killings, and Army Suicides
Battleland was invited to be on Friday’s PBS NewsHour, but this invitation had a twist that made it different than all that had come before. Host Jeff Brown and his producer, Dan Sagalyn, wanted a two-fer: first, they wanted to …
Really Old Ironsides
After Shooting, Social Conservatives Describe a Movement Under Siege
The Aug. 15 shooting at the headquarters of the Family Research Council, a conservative advocacy group, has provoked an outpouring of concern from social conservatives.
Using Twitter to Crack Down on Bullying
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin have developed a computer program that caught 15,000 bullying-related tweets in one day.
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“Keep Your Mouth SEALed!”
So a group of former Special Forces guys is complaining that national-security leaks from the Obama Administration are harming national security. Some of the recent leaks – about the Stuxnet computer virus aimed at the heart of Iran’s nuclear program, for example – have seemed brazen to Battleland.
But it seems a tad incongruous …
10 Ways Mobile Technology Is Changing Our World
From the battle for the White House to the dynamics of a first date, our lives are being reshaped by the constant presence of our phones — and our evolving relationship with the idea of being connected to everyone and …
“For the sake of the Syrian people, the time has come for President Assad to step aside.”
‘American Photographs’ by Walker Evans
The 75th anniversary edition of Walker Evans’ American Photographs, published by the Museum of Modern Art, reinforces the power and mastery of the legendary photographer’s work.
BattlelandAfghanistan
What U.S. Troops Are Doing to Curb Insider Attacks
On Tuesday, Pentagon leaders said they’d prefer to call the rash of “green on blue attacks” – where members of the Afghan security forces kill their U.S. and allied partners – “insider attacks” instead. They …
Paul Ryan’s Grand Vision
Maybe the GOP’s vice-presidential pick has a plan for the well-off, but what about everyone else?