|
|
152 Articles Under This Category
Now Displaying Page 1, Articles 1 to 25
Next Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |
|
We Can't Win in Afghanistan -
 - John Sammon (3,475)     
John Sammon
Everybody expresses shock at the killings on the army base. Media outlets across the country ask "why?" So do soldiers at the base themselves.
Why did this happen?
I have the answer. America is a violent country. The base where the killings happened, the very base itself, represents the... ( added 1 hour 3 minutes ago.) |
Training -
- Dylan Farmer (24)   
! hour before 9/11 u.s. air force was doing training exercises they were doing hijacking exercises and all there enemy radars was false dots and the control tower told them that a plane was hijacked and the pilot was like for real or for fake[ there is an video about this on you tube] and tell me... ( added 8 days 13 hours ago.) |
For Gordon -
Ryan Stroud (3,733) 
Ryan Stroud 
It started out as a cold, rainy day in Iraq. I exited my containerized housing unit, or CHU, heading out to work with my other public affairs brothers and sisters. I'm considered a journalist, or propagandist, whichever works for you. I try to tell a story with words and pictures for the good... ( added 99 days 18 hours ago.) |
| |
|
|
| |
Where do American Soldiers come from? -
Jon Searles (2,108)  
Jon Searles
The sky is overcast, the flying insects are active and it is hot. Not just warm, but hot, sticky, underwear crawling towards your shoulder humidity and it hasnt even reached nine a.m. Then, gunfire, rapid gunfire and explosions shatter the thick humid air, smoke and the sound of armored vehicles... ( added 2 years 68 days ago.) |
My Son The Soldier -
Jon Searles (2,108)
Jon Searles
Since he was 3 years old our oldest son Jeremy wearing his authentic mini military fatiques has talked about becoming a soldier. Fueled by the stories of experiences of a great grandfather, both grandfathers and an uncle he has looked forward with eager anticipation to the day and the place where... ( added 2 years 153 days ago.) |
Life at Fort Benning -- The Study of a Boy Becoming a Man -
Nancy Daniels (1,550) 
Nancy Daniels
When I learned that my son would be stationed in Georgia for basic training in Special Forces during the months of July and August, I was more than concerned. During any other months, I would not have been as worried. An avid soccer player, Andrei suffered athletic asthma during humid weather in... ( added 86 days 1 hour ago.) |
Stories from Iraq (Oct. '06 - Nov. '07) - "You've Got Mail..." -
- Ryan Stroud (3,733)
Ryan Stroud
BAQUBAH, Iraq (Nov. 4, 2006) -- "There is nothing in the world that is better than receiving mail," said Sgt. Agustin Sanchez and he would know. As the certified mail clerk for Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, it is his mission to make sure all... ( added 198 days 1 hour ago.) |
War Begins In The Soul -
Susan Thom (12,047)   
Susan Thom
We all have a driving force that pushes us through our lives. It is a real, yet invisible whisper that tells us what is right and what is wrong. Some of us choose to listen to that inner voice, and some of us decide to turn a deaf's ear. Some revel in the insidious degradation of others, usually... ( added 225 days 10 hours ago.) |
Viruses in Space: The International Space Station Gets Hacked -
Danny Davids (19,741) 
Danny Davids
Where computers exist, so does the threat of computer viruses. All over the globe these insidious pieces of software code manage to find their way into desktops and laptops and wreak their havok. Not even outer space is immune. Recently NASA discovered that some computers on the International... ( added 1 year 67 days ago.) |
The First Casualty of War is Truth -
Joseph Collins (362) 
Joseph Collins
In the same month the White House claims to have lost millions of emails and the U.S. Attorney General is walking a tight rope for not leveling with the American people and Congress, the Army is now under fire for inflating and apparently lying about the tragedies of Ranger Pat Tillman and former... ( added 2 years 196 days ago.) |
So the US is pulling out of Iraq -
Anja Merret (962)  
Anja Merret
Does Blair know this? Of course just because the US House of Representatives have approved a bill making further funding of the war in Iraq conditional on a timetable for a US Troop pullout doesn’t mean that this will happen. So Blair can keep on snoozing and thinking that everything in Iraq is... ( added 2 years 196 days ago.) |
Donald Rumsfeld: The Last of The Old, Cold, Warriors? -
Robert Dailey (4) 
Robert Dailey
Becoming an anachronism is difficult. Being part of an anachronistic philosophy is equally as difficult.
Rumsfeld’s resignation is the demarcation line between the “big brother, big policeman," attitudes and government functionaries that have existed since the end of World War II. These... ( added 2 years 363 days ago.) |
From the Sidelines, On the Draft -
Patrice Lauren (36) 
Patrice Lauren
War begets death and destruction:
Somebody's mom, Somebody's dad
Somebody's son
Comes home in a bag.
In this war, biotoxic death,
Remains may become memories,
With nothing else left.
As the United States continues armed military conflict, this summer of 2006, a new... ( added 3 years 138 days ago.) |
Graduation at Fort Benning -- A Sight to Behold -
Nancy Daniels (1,550)
Nancy Daniels
Well it happened. After 14 long weeks, my son graduated from Infantry basic training at Fort Benning, Georgia, this past Friday. The 2-day event was incredibly rewarding for all who attended. Having been privileged to watch my stepson graduate from Marine basic training at Parris Island in 2002... ( added 27 days 22 hours ago.) |
Meditation and the Military - An Oxymoron? Or is Meditation Going Mainstream? -
- E. Raymond Rock (3,068) 
E. Raymond Rock
In the recent article: "Samurai Mind Training for Modern American Warriors" (TIME), "beefing up the brain" for both combat and for decompression (transitioning from warfare to civilian life) is beginning to make sense to the military, a lot of sense considering the problems that can arise and do... ( added 58 days 23 hours ago.) |
Don't Show People the Truth -
- John Sammon (3,475)
John Sammon
Is Robert Gates out of his mind? Do you need to be locked up in a mental asylum Robert, with a straight-jacket and an attendant with a butterfly net? The secretary of defense got mad because AP showed a picture of a dying US Marine killed in Afghanistan . What's the matter Robert, afraid the... ( added 63 days 20 hours ago.) |
Walking for the Cure -
- Ryan Stroud (3,733)
Ryan Stroud
Members of her family have battled breast cancer. And now Sgt. Maj. Deitra Floyd wants to do something to help find a cure.
She will join thousands of other people in the Breast Cancer 3 Day, a walk to raise awareness and funds for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure and the National... ( added 67 days 23 hours ago.) |
We Can Differ -
- JP Bender (9,663)  
JP Bender
Anyone who writes, lets themselves open to criticism because everything you write won't necessarily agree with others individual teachings, beliefs, education or regional norms.
I have been writing for more than 45 years; 10 years in private industry working with public relation firms and 35... ( added 69 days 9 hours ago.) |
Will History Repeat Itself? -
- JP Bender (9,663)
JP Bender
Will Americans soon sour on Afghanistan?
I can recall the days of the Vietnam War, and how this country was fractured. Back then the opposing sides weren't called Liberal or Conservative; they were call Doves or Hawks. There were massive demonstrations and acrimony prevailed on both... ( added 70 days 5 hours ago.) |
The Afghan War on facebook -
Walter Rhett (3,078)
Afghanistan is a facebook war. You can, with the click of the mouse, survey pictures of American troops in-country, in camp, and on the enemy's trail. You can read the prayers and best wishes of their families a 1000 miles away from the war theater. Or scan news from the wire services... ( added 111 days 20 hours ago.) |
Honoring Confederate Veterans -
Walter Rhett (3,078)
Lonnie Randolph, state president of South Carolina's NAACP chapters, is just flat wrong when he touted that paying tribute to Confederate soldiers is the same as honoring Hitler. The comparison made great fodder for headlines, and the South's oldest daily, Charleston's Post and Courier, stripped... ( added 129 days 22 hours ago.) |
Attack North Korea Now! -
- John Sammon (3,475)
John Sammon
Okay! It's now or never. Here's the green light. Right now the North Koreans are shipping some nuclear hardware somewhere. Next month they're going to test fire a missile over Hawaii .
They're lining up the West Coast of the US for a hit right under our noses and is anybody going to do... ( added 142 days 1 hour ago.) |
| |
|
|
| |
10 Un-Debatable Reasons Why the US is a Terrorist State -
- John Sammon (3,475)
John Sammon
We became a terrorist state under the former Bush Administration, and unless Obama can un-do some of what has been accomplished, that's what we are. The trouble with declining morality and lowering yourself so that you're little better than the supposed evil enemies you're fighting is, it's hard... ( added 150 days 12 hours ago.) |
Honoring the Wrong People on Memorial Day? -
Terry Mitchell (4,981) 
Terry Mitchell
Several weeks ago, we paused for a day to honor those who lost their lives in defense of the freedom we all enjoy as Americans. This day is called Memorial Day, and it is celebrated each year on the last Monday of May. For most of us, it is also a day off from work to spend however we wish.
I... ( added 150 days 22 hours ago.) |
I Lost Memorial Day -
- Rob Neal (8) 
Rob Neal
Standing on the Town green with a few hundred people last week I had a feeling of loss come over me. No one had died in my family in a War recently, not anyone in our town. We all stood there among the "coffin" flags that each represented a family in town who had lost someone from wars past or... ( added 157 days 13 hours ago.) |
|
|
| |
|
152 Articles Total in this category
Next Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Submit an Article!
|
|
 for
the most recent articles under Government / Military / Armed Forces ?
|
|
