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MILITARY UPDATE: More rigorous screening for personality disorder (www.gazette.com)

Under pressure from Congress and following the Army's lead, the Department of Defense has imposed a more rigorous screening process on the services for separating troubled members due to "personality... More

Tags: congress,us army,department of defense,personality disorder,servicemembers,stress,911,sept 11

Submitted 17 days ago by robertharding | 2 Comments |

"People, not chess pieces" (www.theatlantic.com)

Compared to the forever-etched-in-our-minds date of 9/11, October 7 passes with barely a whisper. But the war we’ve been involved in for seven years wasn’t truly a war until America struck back,... More

Tags: us military,us soldiers,us troops,support our troops,911,us,afghanistan,war,iraq

Submitted about 1 month ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |

Bush Had No Plan to Catch Bin Laden after 9/11 (www.ipsnews.net)

New evidence from former U.S. officials reveals that the George W. Bush administration failed to adopt any plan to block the retreat of Osama bin Laden and other al Qaeda leaders from Afghanistan to... More

Tags: george w bush,osama bin laden,alqaeda,911,afghanistan,pakistan

Submitted 2 months ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |

Veterans Groups Question McCain Voting Record (washingtonindependent.com)

Though polls show that Sen. John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee, enjoys solid support from veterans, some vet organizations are sharply critical of the Arizona senator’s legislative... More

Tags: john mccain,veterans,voting record,2008 elections,gi bill,george w bush,911

Submitted 2 months ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |

McCain: Guard has risen to post-9/11 challenges - Military News - Military Times (www.militarytimes.com)

Republican presidential candidate John McCain pledged Sunday to prevent parochialism from putting the National Guard in a back seat on military issues, to expand health care benefits for Guard members... More

Tags: john mccain,national guard,iraq,sept 11,911

Submitted 2 months ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |

Army Guard Soldiers training Coast Guard Reservists for deployment (www.ngb.army.mil)

On Sept. 11, a Thursday and the seventh anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Coast Guard Reservists fired M240 machine guns, trained in convoy operations, and refined other skills they may one day need to... More

Tags: national guard,army,coast guard,deployment,iraq,911,global war on terrorism,iraq

Submitted 2 months ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |

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