U.S. Marines Ban Twitter, Facebook, Other Social Media Sites

The U.S. Marine Corps has banned Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, and other social media sites to protect their systems and personnel from network security risks. The ban, issued Monday, is effective immediately and will last at least one year. "The Associated Press has learned...

If Not for Memo, Torture Might Not Be Issue (Part 2)

By Bob McCarty Despite the overwhelming success of the Computer Voice Stress Analyzer® while it was used by the U.S. military from 2002-2008, a small group within the Department of Defense bureaucracy — namely...

Army, Marine Corps juggle high demands for ground forces

Ground foreces are stretched thin, according to senior militray officials. U.S. military members are serving in more that 120 countries as well as meeting requirements for troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. " "What has to change for us is the demand for forces," Chiarelli said....

Obama to pull out most Iraq troops by August 2010

US President Barack Obama has confirmed that most US troops will be withdrawn from Iraq by the end of August 2010.  The announcement confirms press reports earlier in the week. " In a speech at a Marine Corps...

Senator McCain, Camp Lejeune and the Marines He Turned His Back On

Senator McCain is running a good campaign - using his time in the military and as a Prisoner of War to demonstrate his leadership skills and his concern for our country. Understandably, many are impressed that he survived the ordeal of being a POW. Veterans...

War, Inc.

By Mike Ferner Revised June 7, 2008   Note to the revised version: This article was first written for publication in December, 2001, weeks after the U.S. started bombing Afghanistan.  It appeared in the April 2002 issue of “Wild Matters,” a...

Gore Ranks Environmentalists Above Soldiers

Though support for Al Gore’s crusade against human-caused global warming has waned with each passing month, the former vice president is still out and about touting his brand of environmental snake oil. In addition, he’s added something else to his repertoire: Slapping...

Haditha: ‘Quest for Prosecution — Not Justice’

While I’ve been following the investigation and prosecution of the so-called “Haditha Marines” for more than a year now, the case became more interesting after it was revealed that an...

The show must go on- Airshow continues with Blue Angel tribute

"A day after a Blue Angels plane crashed during an airshow, killing the pilot and injuring eight people on the ground, the airshow continued anyway, a Marine Corps spokeswoman said Sunday. The Blue Angels precision flying team did not perform during the Sunday show, which...

War Hero Branded a Terrorist for Criticizing Draft-Dodging President

This sort of thing scares the you-know-what out of me. When dissent is considered a threat to security, then democracy has died, period."Professor Walter F. Murphy, a Korean war hero and McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence (emeritus) at Princeton, was delayed while flying...

Pajamas Media: How Many Embedded Reporters Cover the Iraq War? (A Pajamas New...

" Given the tsunami of news coming out of Iraq in the papers and on television, it wouldn’t be surprising to learn that the media organizations of the world must have a battalion or more of reporters assigned...

US Marines use MySpace as recruiting ground

"Teens looking to hook up with a friend on the popular Web community MySpace may bump into an unexpected buddy: the U.S. Marine Corps. So far, over 12,000 Web surfers have signed on as friends of the Corps in...

Photo in Calif. could be world's largest

"AP - What is believed to be the world's largest photo was successfully created in a hangar that had been converted into a massive camera at the former El Toro Marine Corps base."

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