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    Army to deploy 1,200 Guard troops to Southern border

    JULY 20, 2010 2:59PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: mexico violence, gun trafficking, drug trafficking, felipe calderon, ciudad juarez violence, u.s./mexico border, u.s. troops on border, army, national guard, immigration

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 4881 Views
    • 26 Comments
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    The Military, Mental Health Services and Suicide Statistics

    JULY 26, 2010 11:38AM

    By Donna Carbone


    Topics: ptsd, tbis, traumatic brain injury, army wives, lifetime television, iraq and afghanistan veterans of america, tim embree, marie cocco, sgt. george bell, federal government, rand corporation, substance abuse and mental health services administration, marines. veterans administration, air force, navy, army, army and air national guard and reserves

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 4627 Views
    • 30 Comments
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    The NYC Marathon on one leg

    NOVEMBER 7, 2010 5:00PM

    By Dave Cullen


    Topics: walter reed, nyc marathon, nyc, military, marines, marathon, life in nyc, disabled, disability, dav, broke-back, army, amputee

    • 19 Ratings
    • 4573 Views
    • 35 Comments
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    Honoring My Soldiers, My Heroes on Veterans Day

    NOVEMBER 10, 2009 5:19PM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: open call, heroes, war in afghanistan, war in iraq, world war ii, korean war, marines, army air corps, army, us military, soldiers, veterans, veterans day

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 3600 Views
    • 32 Comments
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    UPDATE: Army Surrenders In the War On Pregnancy

    DECEMBER 29, 2009 9:31AM

    By Heather Michon


    Topics: controversy, court martial, army, pregnancy, iraq, anthony cucolo, ray ordierno

    • Editor's Pick
    • 23 Ratings
    • 3422 Views
    • 28 Comments
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    R.I.P. 'Weasel'

    JUNE 16, 2010 4:59PM

    By Nurse Sphincter


    Topics: vietnam, death, politics, war, army, ptsd, violence

    • 20 Ratings
    • 3327 Views
    • 64 Comments
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    Why atheists should care about symbols

    SEPTEMBER 25, 2008 5:58PM

    By Skeptic Turtle


    Topics: atheist, army, belief and religion, symobls, atheism, religion

    • Editor's Pick
    • 45 Ratings
    • 3259 Views
    • 77 Comments
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    Military Leaders: Grow Up and Let Them Tell

    JUNE 27, 2009 1:21PM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: gay, dont ask dont tell, don't ask don't tell, don't tell, dont tell, don't ask, dont ask, politics, code of honor, ethics, religion, belief, belief and religion, panel, courage campaign, hearing, support, letter of support, letter, petition, choi, dan choi, lt. dan choi, army, boyfriend, who one loves, who he loves, partner, lover, soldier, tribunal, honesty, honor, duty, national security, fluent in arabic, arabic, iraq war veteran, veteran, iraq war, military academy, west point, transaltor, moral and professional dereliction, professional dereliction, moral dereliction, dereliction, unconscionable, civil rights, lesbian rights, gay and lesbian rights, gay rights, lesbian, dishonorable, honorable, fire, trial, discharged, discharge, our country, serve our country, service, serving, serve

    • Editor's Pick
    • 25 Ratings
    • 3077 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    Why I Quit Delivering Pizza

    JANUARY 8, 2009 11:17AM

    By six foot skinny


    Topics: army, true story, narrative, personal

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 2847 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    The Broken Heart of a Wounded Warrior’s Mother

    AUGUST 6, 2010 12:12AM

    By Military Missions


    Topics: ied explosion, semper fidelis, post traumatic stress disorder, tbi, ptsd, army, soldiers, romans 8:28, jonah chapter 2, camp lejuene, marines, wounded warriors, marine corps

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 2529 Views
    • 36 Comments
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    NYT: Desire to serve, not economy, fuels military recruiting

    SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 1:26PM

    By Caroline K


    Topics: military, new york times, army, navy, marine corps, the south, unemployment, iraq, afghanistan, family, news

    • 4 Ratings
    • 2460 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Remembering Uncle Walter

    APRIL 1, 2009 6:13AM

    By Patrick D Hahn


    Topics: army, veteran, true story, family, childhood, poverty, abuse, catholic church, world war ii, sharks, smoking, alcohol, emphysema, divorce, estrangement, viet nam, mcmansion, inheritance, the man upstairs

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 2277 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    Proud to Serve: 4 weeks, 10,167 miles. The faces behind DADT

    NOVEMBER 5, 2010 10:59AM

    By Patricia S.


    Topics: open+call, photography, jo ann santangelo, lgbt, proud to serve, the international center of photography, don't ask, don't tell, dadt, service women's action network, sergeant jen hogg, katherine miller, sue fulton, westpoint, army, veterans, military, lesbian, gay, transexual, bisexual, lt. col. fehrenbach, dan choi, crowdfunding, crowdsourcing, lgbt center in manhattan, feminism, gay/lesbian, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 2 Ratings
    • 2202 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Cheney's oldest trick in the book

    AUGUST 1, 2008 11:13AM

    By Madame Bitch


    Topics: iran, army, cheney, kennedy, causus belli, cuba, secrets, crazy ideas that get shot down

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 2147 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    The Army Serves Us a Clandestine Report on Suicide

    JULY 30, 2010 3:25PM

    By Military Missions


    Topics: wtu, wtb, wwbn, army, suicide, soldier, marine, polypharmacy, satisfaction surveys, njp, administrative separation, non judicial punishment, ptsd, medicinal marijuana, cannabis, stigma, wikipedia, general george casey, bg richard thomas

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 2097 Views
    • 55 Comments
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    Ft Hood shooting: I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often

    NOVEMBER 5, 2009 7:43PM

    By booklover555


    Topics: army, iraq war, politics, news

    • 1 Ratings
    • 2082 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Pakistan moves troops to India border

    DECEMBER 26, 2008 10:22AM

    By karhi keyan


    Topics: army, india, islamabad, jewish, kashmir, manmohan singh, military, mumbai, pakistan, shah mahmood qureshi

    • 13 Ratings
    • 1985 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    Bring Back the Draft

    DECEMBER 8, 2008 2:31PM

    By Tom Cordle


    Topics: army, soldiers, iraq, vietnam, romney, bush, cheney, draft, politics, news, war

    • 64 Ratings
    • 1780 Views
    • 87 Comments
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    If You're Going to San Francisco - A Tie-Dye Story

    APRIL 21, 2011 10:02AM

    By Linda Seccaspina


    Topics: right to forget, fashion, protesting, mark twain, linda seccaspina, blogging, blogger, blog, video, youtube, telegraph avenue, lauren pierce, love in, hippie beads, phish, grateful dead, pot smoker, seventeen magazine, army, soldiers, teeenage years, ontreal, viet nam war, berkeley, san franciscio, tree hugging hippies. tie-dye, treehuggers, hippies

    • Editor's Pick
    • 62 Ratings
    • 1768 Views
    • 66 Comments
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    PTSD on OS - Writing through the Raw

    FEBRUARY 9, 2009 2:33PM

    By katina choovanski


    Topics: suicide, ptsd, army, ignorance, emotion is bad

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