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  • July 2008

    • Army Pig-Shoot Angers Animal Rights Activists

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jul 18, 08 9:12 AM CDT

      Army Pig-Shoot Angers Animal Rights Activists

      The Army is butting heads with animal rights activists over a planned drill that involves shooting live pigs. As practice for battlefield medical care, soldiers will fire at the pigs, then rush to save them. "It's to teach Army personnel how to manage critically injured patients within the first few hours of their injury," said an Army spokesman. More »

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      animal rights  • PETA  • Army  • pigs  • Military  • medical training  • soldiers

    • Soldier Missing After Blaze in NC Apartment

      newser  |  Fayetteville Observer (NC)  |  Jul 11, 08 5:25 PM CDT

      Soldier Missing After Blaze in NC Apartment

      North Carolina police are searching for a female soldier who disappeared yesterday, her apartment blackened by a fire police are calling an arson, the Fayetteville Observer reports. Holley Lynn Wimunc, 24, was in divorce proceedings with her husband, against whom she'd recently gained a restraining order after a domestic-violence incident. Police found her car in the apartment's parking lot. More »

    • Iraq Films Get Army's Attention

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Jul 7, 08 1:58 PM CDT

      Iraq Films Get Army's Attention

      War films can help shape public perception, and the Army is trying to guide moviemakers away from negative portrayals of the Iraq conflict like the ones that dominated films about Vietnam. Army liaisons to Hollywood offer equipment, expertise—and script alterations that some filmmakers see as spin. The LA Times looks at an area in which, one military liaison says, "There doesn't seem to be a lot of room for nuance." More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • film  • US military  • Vietnam War  • film studio  • film director  • Army  • Iraq war movies  • Paul Haggis  • Redacted  • Brian De Palma  • anti-war movies

  • June 2008

    • Pregnant Soldier's Death Homicide: Cops

      newser  |  Fayetteville Observer (NC)  |  Jun 30, 08 4:20 PM CDT

      Pregnant Soldier's Death Homicide: Cops

      Police say the pregnant soldier whose body was found in a North Carolina motel last week was murdered, the Fayetteville Observer reports. The Observer , meanwhile, received a letter from someone claiming to be the killer, which contains a symbol sources say was also drawn in lipstick in the room where Megan Touma, 23, was found. More »

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      murder  • US military  • investigation  • North Carolina  • soldier  • Army  • pregnant  • Fort Bragg

    • Hero Soldier's Parents Accept Medal of Honor

      newser  |  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  |  Jun 2, 08 1:41 PM CDT

      Hero Soldier's Parents Accept Medal of Honor

      Ross McGinnis, a 19-year-old private who sacrificed his life in Iraq, was awarded the Medal of Honor today in a White House ceremony. Rather than fleeing a grenade an insurgent threw at his Humvee, McGinnis dived on it, saving four other soldiers, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. His son "had no thought of medals," McGinnis' father, Tom, told the Army Times. More »

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      Iraq  • US Army  • Army  • casualties  • Humvees  • Medal of Honor

  • May 2008

    • Stress Disorder Surges Among US Troops

      newser  |  Reuters  |  May 27, 08 5:00 PM CDT

      Stress Disorder Surges Among US Troops

      Post-traumatic stress disorder is surging among US troops sent to Iraq and Afghanistan. New cases rose by more than 46% to nearly 14,000 in 2007, reports Reuters. In the last five years, about 40,000 cases have been diagnosed, most of them in the Army. More »

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      Iraq war  • military  • PTSD  • Afghanistan war  • Army

  • April 2008

    • Atheist Soldier Sues Army for Harassment

      newser  |  Topeka Capital-Journal  |  Apr 26, 08 3:53 PM CDT

      Atheist Soldier Sues Army for Harassment

      An atheist soldier is suing the US military for harassment after commanders pressured him to find faith, the Topeka Capital-Journal reports. One officer broke into Jeremy Hall's atheist meeting in Iraq last year and said, “People like you are going against what the founding fathers, who were Christians, wanted for America!” according to Hall's sworn statement, the New York Times reports. More »

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      lawsuit  • religion  • Army  • faith  • atheism

  • March 2008

    • Next Prez's To-Do: Fix Military

      newser  |  Slate  |  Mar 31, 08 3:39 PM CDT

      Next Prez's To-Do: Fix Military

      Has President Bush done irreparable damage to our armed forces? Not necessarily, Phillip Carter and Fred Kaplan write in Slate, offering a to-do list for the next president to tackle as he or she begins the process of fixing a military "in strange shambles." Overhaul the budget: "We don't have the money to stay this course." More »

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      Iraq  • War on Terror  • military  • soldier  • Air Force  • Navy  • Army  • war cost

    • Repeat Combat Tours Zap Troops' Mental Health

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Mar 7, 08 3:30 AM CST

      Repeat Combat Tours Zap Troops' Mental Health

      Cutting the time soldiers have between tours of duty helped the Pentagon boost troop numbers in Iraq—but has taken a heavy toll on soldiers' mental health, Reuters reports. An Army survey found a steep rise in mental health problems among soldiers returning for their third or fourth combat tour, and experts say the troops are not getting enough time to recover . "Soldiers are not resetting entirely before they get back into theater," said the head of the Army's mental health advisory team. More »

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      Iraq  • Afghanistan  • US military  • Pentagon  • troop surge  • American troops  • mental health  • Army  • tour of duty

  • February 2008
  • January 2008

    • Uncle Sam Wants ... Anybody

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jan 23, 08 10:28 AM CST

      Uncle Sam Wants ... Anybody

      The Army is lowering standards to meet recruiting goals, with the percentage of high school-educated recruits dropping to a new low of 70.7% last year, reports the Washington Post . The Army hasn't reached its goal of 90% since 2004. A new study also shows that the number of "high quality" recruits—high school graduates who score in the upper half of a military qualification test—has dropped more than 15% since 2004. More »

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