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April 1, 2010
4/01/10 Hawkins, MoJo, Another Gulf War Syndrome?
March 10, 2010
3/10/10 Redo, McClatchy, At emotional Capitol ceremony, WWII 'fly girls' finally honored
March 5, 2010
3/05/10 BBC, Anti-Afghan War Awol soldier Joe Glenton jailed
February 19, 2010
2/19/10 Barrett, McClatchy, Navy agrees to study impact of Camp Lejeune's toxic water
February 15, 2010
2/15/10 Barrett, McClatchy, Marine Base's Ex-Residents, Many Ill, Only Now Learning of Toxic Water
February 10, 2010
2/11/10 Reisinger, Cnet,
February 9, 2010
2/09/10 Flanders, GritTV, The F Word: Lifting the Veil on US Troops in Pakistan
February 7, 2010
2/07/10 Bumiller, NYT, A Well-Written War, Told in the First Person
February 5, 2010
2/05/10 Scahill, RebelReports, Pentagon Releases Names of Soldiers Killed in Pakistan
January 28, 2010
1/28/10 Barrett, McClatchy, Toxins in Camp Lejeune water 30 years ago still a problem
January 26, 2010
1/26/10 Mazelis, WSWS, Harper's Magazine exposes Guantanamo cover-up
1/26/10 Olson, News Junkie, 1/3rd of Women in US Military Raped
1/26/10 Williams, Boston Globe, From Books to Boot Camp: College Grads Increasingly Joining Military
January 25, 2010
1/25/10 Courson, CNN, Group: Lawsuit could help thousands of veterans with PTSD
January 21, 2010
1/21/10 Palmer, BBC, Magnetic activity in brain 'diagnoses stress disorder'
January 15, 2010
1/15/10 Bumiller & Shane, NYT, Pentagon Report on Fort Hood Details Failures
1/15/10 Allam, McClatchy, Rarely used flying bomb strikes new targets in Iraq
January 11, 2010
1/11/10 NYT, In Hasan Case, Superiors Ignored Their Own Worries
January 9, 2010
1/09/10 Lardner, AP, Xe Services Aiming for Afghan Police Training Deal
January 8, 2010
1/08/10 Partlow, WP, U.S. military investigates allegations of detainee abuse in Afghanistan
January 7, 2010
1/07/10 Philpott, Island Bucket, Agent Orange rule could cost VA billions
December 27, 2009
12/27/09 Townsend, Guardian, 1,500 injured soldiers could face discharge
December 25, 2009
12/25/09 CNN, U.S. military drops ban on soldiers getting pregnant
December 20, 2009
12/20/09 Recio, McClatchy, Plight of contractor raped in Iraq spurs push in Congress
12/20/09 Guardian, US general in Iraq imposes pregnancy ban
December 18, 2009
12/18/09 Levine, CNN, Military: Burn pits could cause long-term damage to troops
December 12, 2009
12/12/09 Mottern, TruthOut, Less Than Citizens (Part One): People of Fort Drum
December 4, 2009
12/04/09 Andrews, ProPublica, U.S. Turns a Blind Eye to Agent Orange
November 20, 2009
11/20/09 Drummond, Wired, Marines Use Brain Scans to Spot PTSD Before the War
November 18, 2009
11/18/09 Lee, IntelDaily, Single mother arrested for refusing deployment to Afghanistan
November 17, 2009
11/17/09 Norton-Taylor, Guardian, Last message of TA soldier shot in Afghanistan: 'Still waiting for new body armour'
11/17/09 Todd, CNN, Imam: Fort Hood suspect asked help finding wife
11/17/09 Mount, CNN, Army suicides set another yearly record
November 13, 2009
11/13/09 Drummond, Wired, Darpa: Freeze Soldiers to Save Injured Brains
11/13/09 Jamail, IPS, U.S.: Army Sends Infant to Protective Services, Mom to Afghanistan
November 11, 2009
11/11/09 AFP, Lack of Health Care Killed 2,266 US Veterans Last Year: Study
11/11/09 Glantz, New America Media, Vets Battle Unemployment and War Injuries
November 8, 2009
11/08/09 Rucker, WP, The lonely life of 'Number Nine'
November 6, 2009
11/06/09 Tyson, WP, Fort Hood has felt the strain of repeated deployments
11/06/09 Flaherty et al, WP, Suspect, devout Muslim from Va., wanted Army discharge, aunt said
11/06/09 McFadden, NYT, Suspect Was to Be Sent to Afghanistan
November 5, 2009
11/05/09 Nichols, Nation, Horror at Fort Hood Inspires Horribly Predictable Islamophobia
11/05/09 McFadden, NYT, Army Doctor Held in Fort Hood Rampage
11/05/09 Tinsley, McClatchy, Fort Hood no stranger to violent outbursts
November 4, 2009
11/04/09 Public Record, Ex-British Ambassador: CIA Brought Prisoners To Uzbekistan To Be 'Raped With Broken Bottles'
11/04/09 Shachtman, Wired, 75% of Potential Recruits Too Fat, Too Sickly, Too Dumb to Serve
October 31, 2009
10/31/09 Cave, NYT, After Combat, Anguish
October 20, 2009
10/20/09 Fangmann, WSWS, US soldier commits suicide in Indiana movie theater
October 17, 2009
10/17/09 Bannerman, TruthOut, Military Children in Crisis
October 14, 2009
10/14/09 Tyson, WP, A Historic Success In Military Recruiting
October 13, 2009
10/13/09 DOAK, FPIF, The Secret About Jobs Military Contractors Don't Want You to Know
October 11, 2009
10/11/09 Lardner, AP, Weapons failed US troops during Afghan firefight
10/11/09 BBC, Obama to end military gay policy
October 9, 2009
10/09/09 Spiegel & Dreazen, WSJ, Top Troop Request Exceeds 60,000
10/09/09 Levine, CNN, More women than men dismissed from military for being gay
October 8, 2009
10/08/09 Courson, CNN, Dog handler appeals conviction in Abu Ghraib case
October 6, 2009
10/06/09 Miller, ProPublica, Contractors in Iraq Are Hidden Casualties of War
September 30, 2009
9/30/09 Jamail, IntelDaily, Prisoners of the Army
September 26, 2009
9/26/09 Kakesako, Honolulu Star-Tib, Watada Discharged
September 25, 2009
9/25/09 Patterson, CNN, US Seeing More Female Homeless Veterans
September 13, 2009
9/13/09 Pawloski, News Tribune, Army sent e-mails about anti-war group to Olympia, accused spy
9/13/09 Kaye, TruthOut, CIA Experiments on US Soldiers Linked to Torture Program
9/13/09 Risen, NYT, Prosecutors in Iraq Case See Pattern by Guards
September 9, 2009
9/06/09 Rochman, Time, Samurai Mind Training for Modern American Warriors
September 2, 2009
9/02/09 Scahill, RebelReports, Why Doesn't Hillary Clinton Fire Blackwater?

9/02/09 Barnes, LAT, U.S. to boost combat force in Afghanistan
9/02/09 CNN, 'Deviant hazing' alleged at U.S. Embassy in Kabul
September 1, 2009
9/01/09 Fisher, IPS, RIGHTS-US: Group Charges Complicity by CIA Medics in Torture
9/01/09 Glanz, NYT, Contractors Outnumber U.S. Troops in Afghanistan
August 31, 2009
8/31/09 Jamail, TruthOut, Resisting Homophobia in the Military
8/31/09 Baker & Filkins, NYT, Groundwork Is Laid for New Troops in Afghanistan
8/31/09 Goodman, MoJo, War Games: The Army's Teen Arsenal
August 30, 2009
8/30/09 Kroll, MoJo, Fast Times at Recruitment High
August 17, 2009
8/17/09 Carey, NYT, Mental Stress Training Is Planned for U.S. Soldiers
August 14, 2009
8/14/09 Judd, Independent, The Human Timebomb: Why Was He Given Iraq Job?
August 12, 2009
8/12/09 Coleman, AlterNet, The Tragedy of Our 'Disappeared' Veterans
August 10, 2009
8/10/09 Jamail & Lazare, TomDispatch, Echo Platoon: Warehousing Soldiers in the Homeland
August 7, 2009
8/07/09 CNN, Army: 'Insufficient evidence' of crime in soldier's electrocution
August 4, 2009
8/03/09 Drummond, Wired, Military Aims for Instant Repair of Wartime Wounds
8/04/09 Shachtman, CNN, Marines ban Twitter, Facebook, other sites
July 29, 2009
7/29/09 Drummond, Wired, Total Recall: Pentagon Looks to 'Optimize' Troops' Minds
July 26, 2009
7/26/09 AP, Soldiers in Colorado slayings tell of Iraq horrors
July 24, 2009
7/24/09 IntelDaily, US struggles to battle out of control army suicide rates
July 23, 2009
7/23/09 Manichi Daily News, 52 percent of US soldiers wounded in Iraq, Afghanistan diagnosed with TBI
July 20, 2009
7/20/09 BBC, US to add 22,000 troops to army
July 16, 2009
7/16/09 AP, Army: Violence by GIs at Home Tied to Combat
7/16/09 AFP, US Considers Expanding Army: Pentagon
July 12, 2009
7/12/09 Liepold, Army Times, Army lodging heads for upgrades by Actus Lend Lease, InterContinental Hotels Group
7/12/09 Desai & Roberts, AlterNet, Young People of Color Are Rising Up Against Military Recruiters
July 10, 2009
7/10/09 AFP, Suicides in US Army Rise in First Half of 2009
7/10/09 SPLC, Southern Poverty Law Center Urges Congress to Investigate Extremism in the Military
July 6, 2009
7/06/09 AP, Taliban confirms capture of US soldier
July 1, 2009
7/01/09 Thomma et al, McClatchy, Jones: No more U.S. troops to Afghanistan this year
7/01/09 Nasaw, Guardian, US military panel recommends discharge for gay soldier
7/01/09 Starr, CNN, Defense chief giving 'don't ask, don't tell' a closer look
June 28, 2009
6/28/09 Cohen, AP, Did Toxic Chemical in Iraq Sicken GIs?
June 20, 2009
6/20/09 Miller, ProPublica, Foreign Workers for US Are Casualties Twice Over
June 19, 2009
6/19/09 ProPublica, In Their Shoes: Foreign Contractors in Iraq
June 17, 2009
6/17/09 Kennard, AlterNet, "I Hate Arabs More Than Anybody": Desperate Army Recruits Neo-Nazis
June 11, 2009
6/11/09 Mount, CNN, Army: Suicide rate among soldiers continues on record pace
June 8, 2009
6/08/09 Mears, CNN, High court rejects lawsuit over gays in military law
6/08/09 Drash, CNN, Slave soldiers honored, called 'national treasures'
June 3, 2009
6/03/09 Leopold, IntelDaily, General Taguba Said He Saw Video of Male Soldier Sodomizing Female Detainee
June 2, 2009
6/02/09 Cocks, Reuters, U.S. combat troops to leave all Iraqi cities
June 1, 2009
6/01/09 Kim, Sac Bee, Lincoln resident thought he was a U.S. citizen: Now he has to prove it
May 29, 2009
5/29/09 OneWorld, Uncle Sam Denying Soldiers Citizenship
5/29/09 Spencer, WSWS, US: Army base ordered on stand-down after multiple suicides
May 27, 2009
5/27/09 Mount, CNN, Contractors in fatal shooting say they're scapegoats
May 24, 2009
5/24/09 BBC, US Kuwait troops suffer swine flu
May 21, 2009
5/21/09 Al Jazeera, US burns Bibles in Afghanistan row
May 20, 2009
5/20/09 Scahill, Nation, KBR Got Bonuses for Work that Killed Soldiers
May 18, 2009
5/18/09 BBC, Rumsfeld 'Bible texts' criticised
5/18/09 Draper, GQ, And He Shall Be Judged: Rumsfeld ... Report covers slideshow
5/18/09 Davidson, New Yorker, Fantasies About the Vice-President
May 16, 2009
5/16/09 McGreal, Guardian, Horror and Stresses of Iraq Duty led US Sergeant to Kill Comrades
5/16/09 Reid, AP, Army fights stigma of mental care
May 15, 2009
5/15/09 Simons, CNN, Army hopes interactive videos make smarter soldiers
May 14, 2009
5/14/09 Gelzer, TruthOut, Lt. Ehren Watada Wins Victory; Legal Limbo Continues
May 13, 2009
5/13/09 Feyerick, CNN, Defense: Military missed soldier's symptoms before rape, killings
May 12, 2009
5/12/09 Rogalski, KHOU, Some US Soldiers Forced to Steal Water in Iraq
May 11, 2009
5/11/09 AP, Pentagon official: US soldier kills troops
May 9, 2009
5/09/09 Hayes, TimesOnline, Thousands join Army to escape recession
May 8, 2009
5/08/09 CNN, Ex-soldier could face death over Iraq murders, rape
May 7, 2009
5/07/09 Miller, ProPublica, Military Fails to Collect From AIG for Care to Injured Contractors
5/07/09 Scahill, RebelReports, After US Strikes, Afghans Describe 'Tractor Trailers Full of Pieces of Human Bodies;' Meanwhile, Obama Readies 21,000 More Troop
5/07/09 CNN, Blackwater era ending in Iraq
May 5, 2009
5/05/09 Scahill, Rebel Reports, Al Jazeera Strikes Back at Pentagon, Releases Unedited Footage of US Soldiers' 'Bible Study' in Afghanistan
May 4, 2009
5/04/09 Scahill, RebelReports, US Soldiers in Afghanistan Told to "hunt people for Jesus... so we get them into the kingdom"
May 1, 2009
5/01/09 White, WP, Abu Ghraib Guards Say Memos Show They Were Scapegoats
5/01/09 Reuters, U.S. says troops will not face trial over Iraq raid
5/01/09 CNN, April deadliest month this year for U.S. troops in Iraq
April 27, 2009
4/27/09 Robrahn, Reuters, Ex-soldier bragged about Iraqi rape, deaths: lawyer
April 26, 2009
4/26/09 Coburn, Independent, Torture? It Probably Killed More Americans than 9/11Torture?
April 23, 2009
4/23/09 Shanker, NYT, GI's to Fill Civilian Gap to Rebuild Afghanistan
April 22, 2009
4/22/09 Miller, ProPublica, AIG Faces Inquiry Over Medical Care for U.S. Contractors
April 16, 2009
4/16/09 Miller, ProPublica, Injured War Zone Contractors Fight to Get Care From AIG and Other Insurers...'Forgotten Warriors': Russell Skoug's Story ... Forgotten Warriors': Explanation of Analysis... 'Forgotten Warriors': Tim Newman's Story
April 15, 2009
4/15/09 Voa News, US Army Recruits Immigrants, Rewards Them With Citizenship
April 13, 2009
4/13/09 NBC, Female Vets Struggling to Get Treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
April 12, 2009
4/12/09 Murphy, LAT, Some U.S. troops tempted by reconstruction cash
April 10, 2009
4/10/09 Rani, McClatchy, New Fallujah video game infuriates some military families
March 31, 2009
3/31/09 Jones, Tom Dispatch, Death on the Home Front: Women in the Crosshairs
March 27, 2009
3/27/09 Arraf, CSM, US general: American forces may not leave key Iraqi cities
March 26, 2009
3/26/09 Dean, Army vet billed $3,000 for war wounds
3/26/09 Bourdreau & Bronstein, CNN, Shoddy wiring 'everywhere' on Iraq bases, Army inspector says
March 22, 2009
3/22/09 Watson, CNN, U.S. troop withdrawal through Turkey may get PM's OK
3/22/09 Zoroya, USA Today,
March 17, 2009
3/17/09 Goldman, McClatchy, Veterans assail proposal to have private insurance plans pay for their service ailments
March 11, 2009
3/11/09 Byrne, IntelDaily, Pentagon knowingly exposed troops to cancer-causing chemicals, document shows
March 6, 2009
3/06/09 Grey, Reuters, U.S.-led troops not protecting civilians enough: study
3/06/09 Shaughnessy & Starr, CNN, Generals share their experience with PTSD
3/06/09 Delaney, CSM, Why 10,000 Ugandans are eagerly serving in Iraq
3/06/09 BBC, US officer 'stole Iraq aid funds'
March 5, 2009
3/05/09 Levine, CNN, Army reports another month of high suspected suicides
March 4, 2009
3/04/09 Maze, Army Times, 16,000 Unopened Claims Letters Hidden at VA Offices
3/04/09 Boudreau & Bronstein, CNN, Poor wiring endangers troops in Afghanistan, contractors say
March 2, 2009
3/02/09 Reuters, U.S. government calls "waterboarding" torture
3/02/09 AP, No Justice for Victims of Agent Orange
March 1, 2009
3/01/09 Robinson, Charleston Gazette, Veterans' Families Question Cause of Deaths
3/01/09 Weiss, AP, Mom: Deployment leaves no one to care for kids
February 28, 2009
2/28/09 Perry, LAT, Marine suicide rate up, prompting more prevention training
February 24, 2009
2/24/09 Facing South, Is the Army covering up KBR's poisoning of U.S. soldiers?
February 21, 2009
2/21/09 CNN, Army medic gets life in killing of 4 Iraqis
February 17, 2009
2/17/09 Press TV, US to remove soldiers from Okinawa
February 15, 2009
2/15/09 BBC, US army 'wants more immigrants'
February 12, 2009
2/12/09 ANdrews, ProPublica, Quick Picks: Army Under Fire for PTSD Care and Troop Chemical Exposure in Iraq
February 11, 2009
2/11/09 Wheeler, ITT, GI Skinhead
February 10, 2009
2/10/09 Smith, CNN, Military recruitment surges as jobs disappear
February 9, 2009
2/09/09 Benjamin & de Yoanna, Salon, "The Death Dealers took my life!" - suicides among troops
February 6, 2009
2/06/09 Taylor, Belingham Herald, Army deserter deported from Canada, placed in Whatcom County Jail
February 1, 2009
2/01/09 Tyson, WP, Weight of Combat Gear Is Taking Toll
January 29, 2009
1/29/09 CNN, Army to report record number of suicides
1/29/09 Mulrine, US News, The Pentagon Takes Aim at Sexual Assaults
1/29/09 Mount, CNN, Army recalls 16,000 body armor sets amid testing dispute
1/29/09 CNN, Electric shocks came often at U.S. bases in Iraq, report finds
January 27, 2009
1/27/09 Boudreau, Progressive, To Kill or Not to Kill
1/27/09 Reuters, First batch of extra U.S. troops in east Afghanistan
1/27/09 BBC, Man 'finds US troop data' on MP3
January 22, 2009
1/22/09 Hefling, AP, Army: Negligence Caused GI's Death
January 21, 2009
1/21/09 Al Jazeera, US investigates Afghan deaths
1/20/09 Jackson, BBC, Cold War in paradise: how British troops faced nuclear tests
January 19, 2009
1/19/09 Alvarez, NYT, More Joining US Military as Jobs Dwindle
1/19/09 Kroll, MoJo, Will Public Education Be Militarized?
January 12, 2009
1/12/09 Zoroya, USA Today, Army Suicides Rise as Time Spent in Combat Increases
1/12/09 McClatchy/Guardian, US veterans sue CIA for alleged drug and mind control experiments
January 9, 2009
1/09/09 Hurdle, Reuters, US Army Recruiting at the Mall With Video Games
January 7, 2009
1/07/08 Mount, CNN, Army sorry for 'John Doe' letters to relatives of war dead
January 6, 2009
1/06/09 Shachtman, Wired, Air Force Releases 'Counter-Blog' Marching Orders
January 2, 2009
1/02/09 Pickard, Truthout, The Invisible Injuries of the Invisible Ranks
January 1, 2009
1/01/09 Alvarez & Frosch, NYT, A Focus on Violence by Returning G.I.'s