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US Military

With stubborn, costly conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, our armed forces are facing unprecedented pressures

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May 2008
- Military's New Recruiting Tool: Ultimate Fighting
  
  newser | New York Times | May 30, 08 8:09 AM CDT
  
  The US military is mining an unlikely new recruiting ground: the 18- to 30-year-old devotees of mixed martial arts. MMA, which John McCain once labeled human cockfighting, has surged in popularity while instituting rules to appease lawmakers. The armed forces have begun organizing ultimate fighting championships of their own, not only to appeal to the young fan base but as a training aid, reports the New York Times. More »
- Soldier Suicides Set Record
  
  newser | Reuters | May 30, 08 3:51 AM CDT
  
  The Army recorded it highest ever number of suicides last year, with 115 soldiers killing themselves, Reuters reports. The rate is staying high this year, with 38 soldier suicides so far. The military said the statistics showed no direct link between the increase in suicides and repeated deployments to combat zones—but admitted the stresses of war were taking their toll. More »
- Coaches Take Lessons From Iraq Troops
  
  newser | ESPN | May 29, 08 5:38 PM CDT
  
  Five big-name college football coaches toured the Middle East for five days, but it was they who came away star-struck by the troops—particularly the teamwork they witnessed among kids the same age as their own players. "We put signs up saying, 'Leave your egos at the door,'" Charlie Weis told ESPN. "If you get your team to live that creed the way these soldiers do, you'll be OK." More »
- Air Force Pulls Misleading Ad
  
  newser | Military Times | May 29, 08 10:09 AM CDT
  
  An Air Force commercial that shows a US communications satellite exploding and implies a single missile could knock out cell phones, GPS navigation, banking transactions, and TV broadcasts has been pulled for being misleading, the Military Times reports. The ad, part of the Air Force’s “Above All” campaign will get a new story line and be re-released. More »
- Oldest WWI Veteran, 107, Looks Back
  
  newser | MyFox Kansas City | May 26, 08 4:21 PM CDT
  
  Memorial Day observances in Kansas City this weekend had a very special guest: the last surviving American veteran of the Great War. Frank Buckles, 107, who hoodwinked a recruiter to enlist in 1917, was honored today at the World War I Museum, Fox 4 News reports. "I was gung-ho," the onetime ambulance driver told the Kansas City Star yesterday after receiving a VFW medal. More »
- Times Editorial Has White House Seeing Red
  
  newser | The Hill | May 26, 08 3:57 PM CDT
  
  The New York Times lambasted President Bush in an editorial today for opposing the new GI Bill, and the White House swiftly fired back, the Hill reports. The paper “irresponsibly distorted” Bush's opposition to the bill, said a statement from press secretary Dana Perino, who said the editorial "could not be farther from the truth about the president’s record of leadership on this issue." More »
- General on Funeral Duty: 'Grief Is the Crushing Load'
  
  newser | Washington Post | May 26, 08 12:33 PM CDT
  
  At every funeral for a soldier killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, an Army officer attends, to represent the service and oversee the military rituals involved. Maj. Gen. William Troy has drawn funeral duty 23 times, and for Memorial Day, he writes in the Washington Post about an always-wrenching experience : "You comfort where you can and bear witness to the loss." More »
- Vietnam Vets in Hog Heaven
  
  newser | Washington Post | May 26, 08 4:18 AM CDT
  
  Thousands of Harleys roared past Washington's Vietnam Veterans Memorial yesterday in what has become a Memorial Day weekend tradition: the "iron salute" of members of national veterans organization Rolling Thunder. It's a festival of engines, leather, denim and patriotism, reports the Washington Post . More »
- Busy Military Cemeteries Keep Customers Satisfied
  
  newser | Associated Press | May 25, 08 7:39 AM CDT
  
  With veterans of World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam dying at a record clip, US National Cemeteries are performing more than 100 burials a day—and often use assembly-line tactics to meet demand, AP reports. Despite the use of heavy machinery and the volume—1,800 veterans die each day—the National Cemetery Administration has the highest customer satisfaction score of any government agency or private company, a study has found. More »
- In Wartime, Soldiers' Kids Graduate Alone
  
  newser | Associated Press | May 23, 08 4:16 PM CDT
  
  Fort Campbell High’s graduation had the usual pomp and circumstance—along with a familiar pall. Many of the seniors crossing the stage did so without a mom or dad watching from the audience. Fort Campbell is the biggest military base high school in the US, and nearly every student at the Tennessee school has, or had, a parent in Iraq or Afghanistan, the AP reports. It’s a painful bond for the 116 students. More »
- Audit Shows Billions Unaccounted for in Iraq
  
  newser | New York Times | May 23, 08 11:20 AM CDT
  
  A Pentagon audit of $8.2 billion in taxpayer money spent in Iraq found that nearly all of the handouts skirted federal rules, and millions of dollars in contracts were awarded with little or no record of what they were for, reports the New York Times . Take the $320.8 million that was issued to 1,000 Iraqis for "Iraqi Salary Payment"—$320,800 a head—with no explanation of what they were compensated for. More »
- Military at War With Rising Fuel Costs
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | May 21, 08 10:12 AM CDT
  
  Fuel costs are hitting the US military harder than most, the Wall Street Journal reports, and it's moving forward with efforts to switch to synthetic, and greener, alternatives. Chugging 340,000 barrels of oil per day, the military is the nation's largest consumer; synthetic fuels and massive solar arrays are already in use, and the military is considering nuclear plants on some remote bases. More »
- Debate Swirls Over Purple Heart for PTSD
  
  newser | Military Times | May 19, 08 7:11 PM CDT
  
  Members of the US military are debating whether Purple Heart medals should go to troops with post-traumatic stress disorder, the Military Times reports. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has said, "It’s clearly something that needs to be looked at,” but foes argue it would devalue the honor for those wounded in battle. Proponents say it would reduce the stigma attached to PTSD. More »
- Apology for Shooting Koran Doesn't Close Case
  
  newser | Los Angeles Times | May 19, 08 5:15 PM CDT
  
  The US military's swift disciplining of an Army sniper who used a Koran for target practice reflects growing awareness of the need to forge bonds with the Sunni Arabs, whose cooperation is crucial to peace in Iraq, the LA Times reports. But apologies and discipline aren't enough for an influential political party that today called for "the severest of punishments," CNN reports. More »
- US Commander Apologizes for Koran Target Practice
  
  newser | CNN | May 18, 08 8:10 AM CDT
  
  A US commander has apologized to Iraqi tribal leaders after an American soldier used a Koran for target practice in Iraq, CNN reports. “The actions of one soldier were nothing more than criminal behavior,” said Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Hammond, head of US troops in Baghdad. "Please forgive me and my soldiers." The soldier, who has been sent back to the US, shot up a copy of the Muslim holy book earlier this month. More »
- 'Virtual Iraq' Helps Vets Face Stress
  
  newser | New Yorker | May 18, 08 5:14 AM CDT
  
  Therapists are plunging US war veterans back into the horrors of battle—as therapy. A virtual reality treatment is helping them cope with post-traumatic stress disorder by returning them to scarring events until their shock value wanes. "When the ground starts vibrating and you smell smoke and hear the AK-47 firing, it becomes very real," said one veteran. "When it was over, I’d go home and cry.” More »
- West Point Boss Demands Hymn Changes for Her
  
  newser | Times Herald-Record (Middletown, NY) | May 16, 08 10:25 AM CDT
  
  The head of West Point is calling for changes to the military academy's two most beloved songs to represent thousands of female graduates, the Times Herald-Record reports. References to "men" and "sons" in the Alma Mater and the 1902 hymn The Corps should be switched to something more gender-neutral, Lt. Gen. Buster Hagenbeck told a congressional committee. More »
- VA Doctor Discouraged Post-Traumatic Diagnoses
  
  newser | Washington Post | May 16, 08 9:55 AM CDT
  
  A team leader at a veterans' medical center in Texas sent staffers an email urging them to avoid diagnosing post-traumatic stress disorder, the Washington Post reports. "Given that we are having more and more compensation-seeking veterans, I'd like to suggest that you refrain from giving a diagnosis of PTSD straight out," wrote the psychologist, suggesting a milder condition be diagnosed instead. More »
- Rove Linked to Talking-Heads Scandal, Despite Denial
  
  newser | Salon | May 13, 08 8:33 PM CDT
  
  The plot thickens in the case of “military analysts” programmed by the Pentagon to give the party line on TV, Glenn Greenwald asserts in Salon: Documents show the White House—despite denials—had a hand in keeping the retired generals “on message”—and indeed that Pentagon higher-ups stood to be chewed out by Karl Rove if they didn’t plan info-gathering trips right. More »
- Italian Firm to Buy DRS Technologies
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | May 12, 08 10:30 PM CDT
  
  Italy's biggest defense contractor has agreed to buy DRS Technologies Inc. for $5.3 billion and grab a share of America's defense market, the Wall Street Journal reports. Finmeccanica will purchase the defense-electronics firm for $81 per share, a 32% premium on share price, pending approval by Washington. The deal is expected to close by year's end. More »

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This undated photo provided by the subject, shows U.S. Army Spc. Alex Horton with Company B, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, from Fort Lewis Wash., and a military... (Associated Press)

US Army Staff Sgt. Richard Wilson from Bravo 1-12 Cavalry Battalion sleeps next to a model skeleton during "Operation Wickersham 3" near the city of Baqouba, Iraq, Thursday, Sept, 6, 2007. "Operation... (Associated Press)

U.S. Army soldiers greet Iraqi children as they arrive for a reconciliation meeting between Sunni and Shiite leaders in the Radwaniyah area of southwestern Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2007. Tragedy... (Associated Press)

U.S. Army Pfc. Oscar Sauceda, right, and Staff Sgt. Walter Radick practice clearing a room as they train at Fort Riley, Kan. Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2007. Deployed to Iraq as part of President Bush's troop... (Associated Press)

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