Today was the second day of the All Services Social Media Conference in Washington DC organized in association with the GeorgeTown University - Associate Dean at Georgetown University. I was speaking at this...
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A report in New York Times can literally brew up storm in the U.S. political cup. While the U.S. forces keep losing life daily fighting Taliban in Afghanistan and the U.S. authorities fight Mexican drug...
In today's technological age, any and all manner of information can be harvested by almost anyone, usually, in most cases, within certain limits. I can't really say why but, I'm always surprised when I get a...
opinion by Karen Hatter | 14 wks ago | updated 14 wks ago 297 views | 46 recommendations | 9 comments
A soldier from the Big River First Nation in Saskatchewan, who served with the US Army was killed in Afghanistan last weekend. Corporal Darby Moon, 25 has fought with the US Army for four years according to...
The U.S. Army is investigation allegations that eight male soldiers took photographs and video "of as many as 21 female soldiers in their unit showering at Fort Dix". The criminal investigation pertains to events alleged to have occurred in fall 2008 amongst the the 266th...
Now this is some next level army technology. Silent Talk is the Pentagon's $4 million DARPA (Defense Advanced Resarch Projects) initiative to develop technology that would allow U.S. soldiers to communicate by...
War Resistor Successfully Challenges 'Misconduct' Charge War Resistor Sgt Chiroux successfully challenged his misconduct hearing, facing down the U.S. Army and offering a potential "green light" for other soldiers...
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Back in 1970, the American Army Gen. William Westmoreland is reported to have said: “On the battlefield of the future, enemy forces will be located, tracked and targeted almost instantaneously through the use of data links, computer-assisted intelligence and automated fire...
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Two young girls, both 16, were discovered in the Fort Lewis Army barracks, just outside of Tacoma, Washington, in the early hours of Sunday, February 15, 2009, the morning after Valentine's Day. Around 3:30am...
created by Tina Kells | 43 wks ago | updated 37 wks ago 1517 views | 20 recommendations | 6 comments
Obesity in soldiers in the US military has doubled since the start of the Iraq war in 2003, following a national and military trend.Obesity is an ever growing problem for Americans. More than 1/3 of the US adult...
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In a decidedly suprising development, an Army colonel seems to have overruled the President of the United States!What came down from the White House as a 'request' to suspend for 120 days proceedings at Guantanamo Bay's military Terrorist Tribunal has been ignored in at...
The suicide rate among US Army troops is at a 30 year high according to senior officials with the Army command. Citing "tremendous and unprecedented stress" due to long tours of duty in countries like...
created by Tina Kells | 45 wks ago | updated 45 wks ago 2291 views | 4 recommendations | 6 comments
WASHINGTON - In his first visit to the Pentagon as commander in chief, President Barack Obama today thanked U.S. troops and pledged to provide the resources they need to accomplish their missions. Obama spoke to...
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The cause of death for US soldier Ryan Maseth has not officially changed but a U.S. Army Criminal Investigations Division investigator has recommended that the cause of death be amended from "accidental" to...
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HEIDELBERG, Germany -- Rosella Glenn doesn't live like most Army wives. She wakes up in the morning and checks to see if the lights turn on. If the heat has gone out again she decides whether to drain the radiators. She tries the water to see if it's working and clean enough...
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