" EDITOR’S NOTE: On July 31, 2008, Army Ranger 1st Lt. Michael Behenna was charged with the premeditated murder of Ali Mansur, a known Al-Qaeda agent operating near Albu Toma, an area north of Baghdad. Seven months later, the leader of the 18-member Delta...
" The soldier of 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment died after an incident in central Helmand Province in the afternoon. Next of kin have been told. The total number of UK troops killed since the start of...
Seemingly pressure in Germany is giving question about the 4000 troops presence in Afghanistan, it does not look good for expectations concerning more troops pledged and deployed by the Germans. It looks like...
A U.S. lesbian war deserter wins a key victory in asylum bid. Private Bethany Smith, who now goes by the name Skylar James, took her case to Federal Court in September after being denied asylum by the Immigration...
I am a soldier on active duty with the Canadian Forces who just happens to be a published poet. Most of the troops I serve with don’t know that I even write. In this blog, I aim to post irregular updates on my progress towards getting my current poetry published, raising a...
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"In the wake of the Ft. Hood shootings by Major Nidal Malik Hasan, an uncomfortable and unjust spotlight has been trained on Muslim-American soldiers serving in the armed forces. To be blunt, their loyalties are...
As many as thirteen people were injured when a soldier drove his car into a crowd of people at an army base in the town of Bad Salzungen in Germany. The incident happened in the early hours of the morning on Monday when the car drove into a group of 30 soldiers gathered near...
By SSgt Jessica Switzer MIHAIL KOGALNICEANU AIR BASE, Romania – Nearly 40 years ago, murals depicting the glory of the Soviet military were freshly painted at the Novo Selo training area in Bulgaria. Today, nearly 20 years after the end of the Cold War they are...
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" A former US soldier convicted of rape and murder while serving in Iraq will spend life in prison, a judge in the US state of Kentucky has confirmed. Steven Green, 24, is to serve five consecutive life sentences...
" The US army officer convicted for his part in the notorious My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War has offered his first public apology, a US report says. "There is not a day that goes by that I do not feel...
" A British soldier killed by a bomb in Afghanistan was helping a comrade who had been caught in an earlier blast. Sjt Paul McAleese, 29, of 2nd Battalion The Rifles, went to the aid of Pte Jonathon Young, 18, from...
"US Military Slams Video Of Captured Soldier " "The release of a Taliban video showing a US soldier who was seized in Afghanistan has been criticised by the American military. " " The footage...
by Yvette D. Carnell"The aunt of a soldier killed in Afghanistan has joined Charles Krauthammer and Bill O’Reilly in decrying the media coverage surrounding Michael Jackson’s death. Her nephew, 1st Lt Brian Bradshaw, was killed when an explosive device detonated near his...
opinion by YvetteDC | 22 wks ago | updated 22 wks ago 472 views | 2 recommendations | 4 comments
Former child soldiers undergoing rehabilitation program in Ambepussa, Sri Lanka talks to Gethin Chamberlain of the Guardian. Some of them are impatient to get back to their families, but some are plain relieved...
" DAVAO CITY -- Communist rebels tortured and killed an Army soldier they abducted last week in Compostela Valley province, military officials said Sunday. The bullet-riddled body of Staff Sergeant Rollen Maglangit...