Iraq’s Political Fissures Widen as March Vote Nears
With all attention on Afghanistan as violence and U.S. troop commitment there surges, the occupation in Iraq has received…
The Indypendent
With all attention on Afghanistan as violence and U.S. troop commitment there surges, the occupation in Iraq has received…
Army Files Charges Against Single Mother
The Army has filed charges for a special court-martial against Spc. Alexis Hutchinson, a single mother of a one-year-old…
Army Imprisons Soldier for Singing Against Stop-Loss Policy
Army Specialist and Iraq war veteran Marc Hall was incarcerated by the U.S. Army on December 11, 2009, in…
Veterans Group Calls On Soldiers to Refuse Orders to Deploy to Afghanistan and Iraq
In response to President Barack Obama’s announcement on Dec. 1 to deploy 30,000 additional troops to the occupation of…
Soldiers Forced to Go AWOL for PTSD Care
With a military health care system over-stretched by two ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, more soldiers are deciding…
Army Sends Mom to Afghanistan, Infant to Protective Services
U.S. Army Specialist Alexis Hutchinson, a single mother, was threatened with a military court-martial if she did not agree…
U.S. Army Underreporting Suicides, Says GI Advocacy Group
According to a soldiers’ advocacy group at Fort Hood, the U.S. base where an army psychiatrist has been charged with…
A Morally Bankrupt Military: When Soldiers and Their Families Become Expendable
The military operates through indoctrination. Soldiers are programmed to develop a mindset that resists any acknowledgment of injury and…
“War Comes Home” with Fort Hood Shootings
While investigators probe for a motive behind the mass shooting at the Fort Hood military base in Texas Thursday,…
Mass Shooting Indicates Breakdown of Military
At approximately 1:30 p.m. CST today, a soldier went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas,…