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Agent Orange – Terrible Legacy of the Vietnam War
Agent Orange: Terrible Legacy of the Vietnam War Thursday, 30 April 2015 00:00 By Marjorie Cohn, Truthout | News Analysis http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/30519-agent-orange-terrible-legacy-of-the-vietnam-war A helicopter sprays foliage with Agent Orange in an...
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Combat Obscura: Excerpts from ‘A Veteran’s War Movie Sheds Damning Light on How the Marines Fight in Afghanistan’ interview
Combat Obscura:Excerpts from ‘A Veteran’s War Movie Sheds Damning Light on How the Marines Fight in Afghanistan’ interview by Camille Baker, April 7, 2019, https://theintercept.com/2019/04/07/combat-obscura-afghanistan-war-documentary/ Follow the link to read the...
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Jimmy Carter: US is the most warlike nation in history of the world
The only US president to complete his term without war, military attack or occupation has called the United States “the most warlike nation in the history of the world.” Carter then referred to the US as “the most warlike nation in the history of the world,” a result, he said, of the US forcing other countries to “adopt our American principles.”
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Nearly 100,000 Pentagon Whistleblower Complaints Have Been Silenced
Nearly 100,000 Pentagon Whistleblower Complaints Have Been Silenced between 2013 and 2018, per the DoD Inspector General. REPOST of Truthdig article by Lee Camp
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Letter to Robert Toth
Retired USAF Captain Don Chapin’s personal experience validates Robert Toth’s view that the military promotions process is skewed in a letter to the author
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Armed Services Top Brass Not Typical of Officer Corps
An excellent, well-researched article, which my personal experience in the USAF Squadron Officer’s School, as reflected in the accompanying article’s Letter to Robert Toth, fully supports.
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The Pentagon’s Bottomless Money Pit (including a personal experience)
The Pentagon’s Bottomless Money Pit (including a personal experience) When the Defense Department flunked its first-ever fiscal review, one of our government’s greatest mysteries was exposed: Where does the DoD’s $700 billion annual budget go? By Matt Taibbi March 17,...
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Mining company leaves taxpayers with a $100 million cleanup bill—one of many
Mining Leaves Taxpayers Cleanup Bill The DoD is counting on tRump's proclivity to abandon environmental protections... a topic that the mining industries are well versed in. Mining leaves taxpayers a cleanup bill that's beyond incredible, and the military's...
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Pentagon Pushes for Weaker Standards on Chemicals Contaminating Drinking Water
Pentagon Pushes for Weaker Standards on Chemicals Contaminating Drinking Water: REPOST of NYT article by Eric Lipton and Julie Turkewitz, March 14, 2019
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While at War, Female Soldiers Fight to Belong
While at War, Female Soldiers Fight to Belong REPOST of the article by Benedict Carey, May 24, 2015 http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/25/health/while-at-war-female-soldiers-fight-to-belong.html?emc=edit_th_20150525&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=65263693&_r=0...
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Women Vets: A Battle All Their Own
Women Vets: A Battle All Their Own REPOST of the article by Barry Yeoman, November 9, 2013, http://www.parade.com/225844/barryyeoman/women-vets-a-battle-all-their-own/ Excerpt: “Female troops face the same problems as their male counterparts, including traumatic brain...
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The Women’s War
The Women’s War by SARA CORBETT, NYT, March 18, 2007, http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/18/magazine/18cover.html?pagewanted=all Excerpt: A particular, but not unusual case involved Suzanne Swift of Eugene, Ore., who refused to re-deploy to Iraq when she found she would...
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Military Recruitment in W. Massachusetts High Schools
This 2015 document, a report by the American Friends Service Committee/Western Massachusetts Program, delves into the American military recruitment practices in this region. The first of its kind in the state, the Quakers created the report in order to inform parents,...
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Soldiers of Misfortune
Public schools serve as prime recruiting grounds for the military. The Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict (Optional Protocol) is meant to safeguard the rights of children under 18 from military recruitment and deployment to war, and to...
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Smedley Butler and the 1930s Plot to Overthrow the President
Smedley Butler and the 1930s Plot to Overthrow the President: REPOST of article detailing a 1930s plot to overthrow the US President and install a fascist government.
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America Aggression: A Threat To The World
REPOST: America Aggression: A Threat To The World, by Christopher Black, Global Research, April 17, 2017, New Eastern Outlook. Excellent article that goes into deep detail.
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The US Probably Has More Foreign Military Bases Than Any Other People
REPOST: The United States Probably Has More Foreign Military Bases Than Any Other People, And it’s doing us more harm than good by David Vine for The Nation
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9/11: The Beginning of the End of the US Empire Project
REPOST: Any pretense that the US intended to seek justice or increase world stability via its so-called War on Terror has been dramatically overshadowed by increased global resentment toward the US, which has in fact generated more terror attacks around the world. It is precisely this legacy that continues today: ongoing US military violence abroad, increased domestic surveillance and repression at home, and a world more violent and less safe for all.
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Supreme Court – Military Retirees Can Be Court-Martialed for Crimes Committed After Service
The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the Defense Department’s authority to prosecute retired service members for crimes they commit, even after retirement.
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Addressing Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) and Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA)
This lengthy briefing document is evidence that the Department of Defense is now VERY much aware of the environmental degradation they are causing with PFOS and PFOA chemicals (and others), even in Germany. So what are they going to do about it… leave it to tRump’s administration science deniers??
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What You Don't Know About ROTC
An ex-Army Ranger's new mission to educate students considering joining the ROTC.
Safeguard Young Adults From Military Recruitment
Public schools in the Unites States of America are a prime marketing target for military recruiters. (read more)
