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....

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...

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...

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."