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PTSD Soldier Punished by Army
Iraq war veteran Eric Jasinski, after seeking treatment for his post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), is being punished by the Army.
Jasinski turned himself in to the Army late last year, after having gone absent without leave (AWOL) in order to seek ...
US Navy Veterans Continue to Seek Justice for Israeli Attack
Damage to USS Liberty, June 1967. (Photo: U.S. Navy)
The Israeli military has attacked a flotilla of international peace activists, killing as many as 19 innocent civilians while they were carrying ten tons of aid to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza....
Jose Vasquez: Keep Fighting for Veterans
Last week, the war in Afghanistan hit a sad milestone: the 1000th American casualty. This Monday will be Memorial Day, when we stop to remember the soldiers who have given their lives in battle in the U.S.'s many wars. But there are many veterans from the wars still alive and struggling with the consequences of active duty every day, both physically and mentally.
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Jose Vasquez, Glassphemy, and Tapped Out
Last week, the war in Afghanistan hit a sad milestone: the 1000th American casualty. This Monday will be Memorial Day, when we stop to remember the soldiers who have given their lives in battle in the U.S.'s many wars. But there are many veterans from the wars still alive and struggling with the consequences of active duty every day, both physically and mentally.
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Soldier Jailed for Rap Lyrics Is Discharged
Army Spc. Marc Hall, jailed for writing a song protesting the stop-loss policy, was discharged Sunday morning. (Photo: Courage to Resist; Edited: Lance Page / t r u t h o u t)
Until April 17, US Army Spc. Marc Hall sat in a military brig at Camp Arifja...
Iraq Vets: Coverage of Atrocities Is Too Little, Too Late
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / t r u t h o u t; Adapted: Spc. Jeffery Sandstrum / U.S. Army, thomas.merton)
The WikiLeaks video footage from Iraq taken from an Apache helicopter in July 2007 showing soldiers killing 12 people and wounding two children has c...
Soldier of Conscience Granted Clemency, Released
Sgt. Travis Bishop. (Photo: via Travis Bishop)
Last August, Travis Bishop refused to serve in Afghanistan. Having filed for Conscientious Objector (CO) status, Bishop, based at Fort Hood, Texas, in the US Army’s 57th Expeditionary Signal Battalio...
Army Soldier Jailed for Rap Lyrics to Face Court-Martial in Iraq
Army Specialist and Iraq war veteran, Marc Hall. Photo: Courage to Resist; Edited: Lance Page / t r u t h o u t
US Army Specialist Marc Hall, jailed for writing a song about the personal impact of being forced to remain in the military, including lyrics the Army claims are veiled threats of violence, [...]
Marine Base’s Ex-Residents, Many Ill, Only Now Learning of Toxic Water
WASHINGTON — Paul Akers was in his oncologist's office last summer when his adult daughter handed him a magazine.
He saw a half-page ad from the Marine Corps, alerting former residents of Camp Lejeune, N.C., that if they lived on the base between 1957 and 1987, they might have been exposed to contaminated water.
Akers thought about his mother, the wife of a Marine, who died in 1960.
Military Neglecting Fort Hood Soldiers’ Medical Needs