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• Editorial: Neglected Warriors

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 901
  Far greater candor in Washington is needed about all the factors and risks that can drive soldiers to commit suicide.
  13 hours ago

• Prime Time Prez Is Proud It Took Three Months To Decide

  
  Blogger News Network — Authority: 638
  I wrote an article two months ago calling the President to task for his indecisiveness in responding to General McChrystal’s request for 40,000 reinforcements in Afghanistan. I was pretty annoyed that the alleged “leader” of our country would take so long with a decision that was costing my fellow military men ...
  20 hours ago

• Military Familes & the New Afghanistan Surge

  
  Feminists For Choice — Authority: 521
  Like most political topics, the U.S. offensive in Afghanistan is a complicated issue, despite attempts on all sides to reduce its complexity so that the situation can best be spun to suit a given ideology. As much as I would like for it to be as simple as “get us the hell out of there,” I’m just not sure ...
  1 day ago

• Obamas Afghanistan Speech: How it Sounded to Afghans

  
  Newsvine - JCAtom's Column - Articles and Seeds — Authority: 132
  "[Mr. Obama] may not be convincing the normal people or the Taliban, but by saying these things in the speech, this gives to the politicians, scholars, and spiritual leaders a free hand now.
  1 day ago

• Obama to Deploy 30,000 Troops to Afghanistan

  
  Newsvine - JCAtom's Column - Articles and Seeds — Authority: 132
  President Barack Obama is to announce that he is sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, to deploy within six months, US officials have said.More Articles
  2 days ago

• What are some of the different jobs the marine corps has to offer?

  
  http://diddy.name — Authority: 171
  Im planning on joining the marines either out of HS or through college,(still undecided) anyway, what are some jobs that the marine corps has to offer? Also, after you have left the marines what type of job could you obtain with you experience?
  2 days ago

• Grandma Mariennes Uncooked Cookies

  
  Major Knitter — Authority: 128
  My nephew Javi is in Iraq for his third tour with the Marines. Im trying to be a better aunt this time and sending him care packages every so often. He asked for oatmeal cookies - said they were his...
  2 days ago

• The Downside of Smart Power

  
  The New Republic - Health Care Feed — Authority: 724
  After ten months of waiting, USAID finally has a new chief: Rajiv Shah, currently the agriculture department’s top scientist. Directing the country’s principal agency for administering foreign aid is a heady position for someone who is all of 36. And it’s going to be a difficult one. Shah is stepping into the ...
  3 days ago

• TTP in Afghanistan

  
  The Military Observer — Authority: 112
  TTP in AfghanistanAfter six weeks in Afghanistan, those slight differences between the branches of our Armed Forces finally became noticeable. For the sake of all you deskbound strategists, and in an attempt to avoid writing something serious today, I’ve taken a few minutes to summarize these differences for ...
  3 days ago

• Divorce rate in military on upward trend

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 503
  The divorce rate in the armed forces increased slightly again in the past year as military marriages continued to bear the stress of the nations ninth year at war. In the 2009 fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, there were an estimated 27,312 divorces among the nearly 765,000 married members of the active-duty Army, Air ...
  5 days ago

• The Bougainville Invasion (Part 3): December 1943 – March 1944

  
  USNI Blog — Authority: 136
  We resume the quite comprehensive articles provided by CINCLAX as part of the ongoing Solomon Islands Campaign blog project. With the exception of some noteworthy battles at sea and on land, the Solomons campaign slogged on in near anonymity, except for those doing the fighting. We would learn much in the process ...
  6 days ago

• Tom Coburn’s Shame

  
  BartBlog — Authority: 474
  If this lunatic has any capacity for shame, that is…“Thirteen major military and veterans groups have joined forces to try to force one senator — Republican Tom Coburn of Oklahoma — to release a hold that he has placed on a major veterans benefits bill.Coburn has been identified by Senate aides as the lawmaker ...
  6 days ago

• Thanksgiving in Iraq

  
  'Round the Chuckbox — Authority: 118
  Lets not forget our loved ones whore serving the cause of freedom in Iraq and Afghanistan. The first image reminds us that these celebrations occur in a war zone. Even during a brief respite from the dangers of the war, these Marines and Sailors must remain vigilant. CAMP BAHARIA, Iraq (Nov. 27, 2008) -- U.S. ...
  1 week ago

• Muslim Soldiers See ‘Teachable Moment’ in Ft. Hood

  
  The Washington Independent — Authority: 742
  iStockphoto Jamal Baadani was driving home from work outside Washington on November 5 when a friend called to tell him a gunman had shot up the Army base at Ft. Hood, Tex. It didn’t take long for Baadani to learn that the suspect, Nidal Malik Hasan, was an Arab-American, a Muslim, and a member of the U.S. ...
  1 week ago

• Court martial tossed for prosecutors failure to disclose

  
  Suits & Sentences — Authority: 423
  Sailor Richard R. Mott arrived for duty on the U.S.S. Cape George on March 6, 2007. Two days later, with no apparent provocation, he attacked and stabbed another sailor who was eating breakfast. Mott explained his actions this way, according to a new ruling by the U.S. Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals: ...
  1 week ago

• Bringing Home A Hero

  
  TheDeeZone — Authority: 124
  Last week, November 19th, Hico, Texas said farewell to hometown hero lance corporal Shawn P. Hefner.  He died Nov. 13 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He scheduled to return to his home base at Camp Lejeune, N.C., within a week. Hefner who was a 2006 graduate of Hico High School ...
  1 week ago

• Mistral Madness: Why is France Selling To Russia:

  
  USNI Blog — Authority: 136
  Like many of you, I find it sad the US, an innovator in amphibious warfare, isn’t selling amphibs to all comers.  If the LPD-17 had been developed quickly and kept simple, the USS New Orleans would have exploded onto the world market just as amphibious platforms become the must-have item for every new (or ...
  1 week ago

• Afghanis to Marines: Don’t Leave Too Soon

  
  The Captain's Journal — Authority: 525
  As I have said before, I think too much can be made of one of the central themes or presuppositions upon which population-centric counterinsurgency is theoretically constructed.  The will of the people, it is said, is more than just critical.  It is determinative.  To be sure it does mean something even if it ...
  1 week ago

• On being a ‘true Catholic’

  
  kainos — Authority: 115
  Someone should point out to young Mr. Madera that believing you’re a true Marine doesn’t make you one, any more than Patrick Kennedy believing he’s a true Catholic makes him one. Kennedy dispute reveals divide among Catholics Nov 23, 6:41 AM (ET) EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A bitter dispute over ...
  1 week ago

• The Solomons Campaign: The Bougainville Invasion, November – December 1943(Part I)

  
  USNI Blog — Authority: 136
  The next four posts will cover the invasion of Bougainville and are provided via guest author CINCLA X. - SJS The Last Spoke in the Cartwheel Strategic Progress Before the Guadalcanal operation (Watchtower) even began in August 1942, it had been decided to neutralize the Japanese bastion of ...
  1 week ago

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