Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. August 7, 2008. A Texas army recruiter was recently suspended for telling a teenager he would be sent to jail if he chose college over the military.
Isaac Fitzgerald, Democracy Now! AlterNet: War on Iraq. June 26, 2008. A young patriot makes a stand against the illegal war in Iraq. (Please click on this post for the second half of this interview).
Sara Robinson, TomPaine.com. April 17, 2008. McCain is gunning to tear up an ancient contract between a nation and its veterans, denying security to the very people who defend ours.
Jesse Wendel, Group News Blog AlterNet: War on Iraq. December 7, 2007. Jesse Wendel: The Army has been taking the easy way out, and shoving soldiers out any way they can, rather than rate them properly.
Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. November 19, 2007. The Army's high desertion rates are prompting Uncle Sam to fish harder for high school seniors to join the ranks.
Pam Spaulding, Pam's House Blend AlterNet: War on Iraq. November 19, 2007. Pam Spaulding: Also, the Pentagon isn't punishing most deserters -- they need the warm bodies.
Satyam Khanna, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. November 13, 2007. Satyam Khanna: The Army wants to “eliminate any confusion that may have arisen as a result of recent public discourse on the subject.”
Pam Spaulding, AlterNet: PEEK. August 16, 2007. Pam Spaulding: Mission accomplished. Support our troops. Those slogans ring hollow over and over -- and now this.
Aimee Allison, AlterNet. July 24, 2007. As more women are joining the military, they are becoming the victims of sexual assault before they even take their oath. A former Army specialist explains the growing problem with abuse by recruiters and how the military is turning a blind eye.
Philip Barron, AlterNet: PEEK. April 10, 2007. Philip Barron: While legislators belatedly act in publicized cases of military deception, other service families wait in vain for the truth.
Philip Barron, AlterNet: PEEK. March 27, 2007. Philip Barron: The Army's unacceptable response to the family of Cpl. Pat Tillman is a call to action -- for citizens and Congress.
Philip Barron, AlterNet: PEEK. March 26, 2007. Philip Barron: The Army grudgingly answers to the family of Pat Tillman, while continuing to ignore the family of LaVena Johnson
Deb Price, Creators Syndicate. March 19, 2007. Ignorance is the true reason uniformed gays continue to be forced to stay closeted, celibate and fearful of being hounded out of the military. But as more people become educated, the number of homophobes is decreasing.
Frida Berrigan, Tomdispatch.com. January 13, 2007. The Armed Forces can't adequately equip those already in uniform, but the Pentagon is committing itself to massive corporate contracts for new high-tech weapons systems slated to come on-line decades from now.
Nina Berman, AlterNet. November 3, 2006. The Army wanted to make an example of Anthony Vanderpool. But what they may have done was make a mentally unbalanced man even worse.
