Sikh Temple Shooting: Wisconsin Community Reacts to Shocking Attack
At least seven people were killed Sunday when a gunman opened fire at a Sikh temple near Milwaukee, authorities said. The suspected shooter was later killed in exchange of gunfire with police and is counted among the dead. …
BattlelandVeterans
“The Fight Doesn’t End When They Get Home”
Dealing with the nation’s veterans – both those who have served since 9/11, and the older ones who came before – has always been a challenge. That’s what makes the approach being championed by Soldier On in Massachusetts …
BattlelandAfghanistan
“Afghan Good Enough”
U.S. troops working with the Afghan military have long known that the American way of war – lot of manuals on how to do things, the money to make it happen, and the mindset to get it done – isn’t practical in Afghanistan. So …
Dust In The Wind
BattlelandMilitary Spending
Greener Grass Dept.
Battleland has dealt with both Andy Krepinevich and Ann Sauer while covering national-security issues in Washington for more than 30 years. On Thursday, it learned that Sauer had collected, or will collect, some $1 million as a parting gift from her decade of work at Lockheed before returning to an armed-services committee job with …
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A Young Private’s Suicide Reflects a Massive Failure of Leadership
Private Danny Chen, who committed suicide in Afghanistan last year, had been abused and taunted by his superiors. Though a sergeant involved will only face 30 days in jail, more trials will probe the environment that permitted …
BattlelandArmy
The Fort Hood Massacre Trial: Tussling Over a Beard
Major Nidal Hasan’s insistence on growing a beard as a sign of piety may influence the conduct of court martial proceedings presided over by a judge who says military discipline demands the defendant must shave.
BattlelandCongress
Sauer Grapes: Do the Lockheed and McCain Dots Connect?
Senator John McCain (R.-Ariz.) and the Lockheed Martin Corp. have been behaving in ways that parallel one another.
That could be explained by their common political objectives, or by a separate action by McCain — the rehiring …
BattlelandMilitary Spending
Sequestration Countdown: Five Months to Go
It’s almost funny the way that Congress poured gasoline into its chambers last year, with each party convinced the other side would never light the match. Yet that is what is drawing closer every day.
Ash Carter, the …
BattlelandMilitary Mental Health
Warrior Pups
The cutest and noblest golden retriever pups ever bred to be service dogs are at the Warrior Canine Connection just north of the capital. You can find them way up on on Georgia Avenue, in Brookeville, Maryland, nursing in an old …
BattlelandMilitary History
Battlefield BS’ing Just Got Tougher
The Pentagon has launched a website designed to keep track of U.S. military veterans who have earned the nation’s highest awards for valor. This has been a thorny issue since the Supreme Court ruled in June that anyone can lie about winning a Medal of Honor or other military decoration. It is going to be tougher to do now that the …
