French intelligence chief Vidaud fired over Russian war failings
Source: BBC The head of French military intelligence, Gen Eric Vidaud, is losing his job after failing to predict Russia’s war in Ukraine, reports say. Seven months after he took […]
Trump simply wants to impose his personal will on Middle East
Jan 08,2020 -JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN US President Donald Trump’s threat to bomb Iran’s cultural sites in retaliation for attacks on US forces in the region makes him a […]
The Military Is Cracking Down on Immigrant Recruits. But Advocates Say It’s Ignoring a White Nationalism Problem
Source: Time By ABIGAIL ABRAMS February 21, 2019 Civil rights advocates say the arrest of a Coast Guard lieutenant charged with planning a massive domestic terrorist attack show the military has allowed a […]
Supreme Court allows Trump restrictions on transgender troops in military to go into effect as legal battle continues
Source: The Washington Post By Robert Barnes and Dan Lamothe January 22 The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed President Trump’s broad restrictions on transgender people serving in the military to go into […]
S. Korean court upholds conscientious objection to military
Source: Associated Press By HYUNG-JIN KIM SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s top court ruled Thursday that South Korean men can legally reject their mandatory military service on conscientious […]
Marine drill instructor gets 10 years for abusing recruits
Source: Associated Press By EMERY P. DALESIO RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A Marine Corps drill instructor has been sentenced to 10 years behind bars after being convicted of tormenting and […]
Family Of Muslim Marine Recruit Sues U.S. Government $100 Million For Son’s Death
Source: Huffington Post Raheel Siddiqui died during boot camp after allegedly being hazed. By Antonia Blumberg The family of a Muslim Marine recruit who died during boot camp at Parris Island last […]
US air force academy chief delivers stirring speech telling racists to ‘get out’
Source: The Guardian By Jamiles Lartey in New York Friday 29 September 2017 16.58 BSTLast modified on Friday 29 September 2017 17.25 BST The superintendent of the US air force academy in Colorado Springs addressed a direct […]
Israel’s Military Exemption for Ultra-Orthodox Is Ruled Unconstitutional
Source: The New York Times By ISABEL KERSHNER SEPT. 12, 2017 Photo Ultra-Orthodox Jews praying at the Western Wall in the Old City area of Jerusalem in June.CreditAtef Safadi/European Pressphoto Agency […]
Secretary James Mattis Will Allow Transgender Service Members to Stay in the Military (For Now)
Source: Time Secretary of Defense James Mattis said Tuesday that he will retain the current policy that allows transgender members of the military to continue to serve while his department […]
Trump Says Transgender People Will Not Be Allowed in the Military
Source: The New York Times By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS and HELENE COOPERJULY 26, 2017 WASHINGTON — President Trump abruptly announced a ban on transgender people serving in the military on Wednesday, blindsiding his […]
How the Death of a Muslim Recruit Revealed a Culture of Brutality in the Marines
Source: The New York Times BY JANET REITMANJULY 6, 2017 It was late at night on March 7, 2016, when Ghazala Siddiqui heard the phone ring and hurriedly reached for it, […]
China to increase military spending by 7% in 2017
Source: BBC China says it will increase military spending by about 7% this year, just days after Donald Trump outlined a boost to the US defence budget. The scheduled announcement […]
Trump Is Planning These Cuts to Make Way for a Military Spending Surge
Source: Time President Donald Trump is proposing a huge $54 billion surge in U.S. military spending for new aircraft, ships and fighters in his first federal budget while slashing big […]
Pentagon journal explores what could happen if a president called for Muslim internment camps
Source: The Washington Post By Dan Lamothe The scholarly journal of the Pentagon’s top general published an essay that examines what someone in his position should do if a president […]
Mikhail Gorbachev: ‘It All Looks as if the World Is Preparing for War’
Source: Time Mikhail Gorbachev was the president of the Soviet Union and is the author of The New Russia. The world today is overwhelmed with problems. Policymakers seem to be […]
Army: Soldiers can wear turbans, beards, hijabs
Source: RNS By Adelle M. Banks WASHINGTON (RNS) New Army regulations will allow soldiers to wear turbans, beards and hijabs under most circumstances, reflecting a change Sikhs have sought for […]
Military Drills Have Been Announced in Cuba After Donald Trump’s Election Victory
Source: Time Strategic exercises typically coincide with periods of diplomatic tension and have been used to send a signal to the U.S. Cuba will embark on five days of nationwide military exercises to prepare its “troops and population to counter a range of enemy action,” the country’s Ministry of Defense […]
From the US army to al-Shabaab: the man who wanted to live under sharia law
Source: The Guardian By Ed Pilkington in Atlanta, Georgia Craig Baxam was lost. He thought he was in a town in northern Kenya called Marareme, though really he didn’t have a […]
Moral injury: An assault on the soul
Source: Religion News Service By Martin E. Marty, who is the Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of the History of Modern Christianity at the University of Chicago Divinity […]