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Category Archives: Military
Bizarre Rant Against Women in the Military
Right wing web site EtherZone.Com recently published a long rant against women in the military that was bizarre even by EtherZone’s standard. William Shields argues that not only should women be excluded from combat, but that they should be barred … Continue reading
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The Ultimate Military Dead Beat Dad Story
A few weeks ago I wrote about the problems faced by men who fall behind in their child support payments when they are called up from their reservist positions to serve in time of war. Writing at LewRockwell.Com, Carey Roberts … Continue reading
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1 in 7 Soldiers Deployed for Operation Iraqi Freedom Were Women
Women’s ENews ran an interesting article about the history of women in the U.S. military that included a fascinating statistic about the makeup of Operation Iraqi Freedom — almost 15 percent of soldiers deployed to take part in the war … Continue reading
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Sexual Assault Against Prisoners of War: Female and Otherwise
Women’s ENews ran a lengthy article in early April about the risks of sexual assault against prisoners of war. Much of this tends to focus on what is perceived to be the special risk of sexual assault against female soldiers, … Continue reading
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Military Service Puts Some In Quandry Over Child Support Payments
The Christian Science Monitor ran a story in April about the odd predicament that some military reservists called up to serve in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom will find themselves in — namely, with legal problems stemming from falling behind … Continue reading
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Navy Reverses Itself on Tailhook Pilot
The U.S. Navy this month righted a longstanding wrong when it admitted that Robert Stumpf had been the victim of a politically-motivated witch hunt during the Tailhook scandal. At the time of the now infamous convention, Stumpf was commander of … Continue reading
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Judge Overturns Army’s Affirmative Action Promotion Policy
In March a federal judge ruled unconstitutional an U.S. Army policy that gave preferential treatment in promotion to women and minorities. The Army’s written policy urged promotion boards to consider “past personal or institutional discrimination” when considering candidates for promotion. … Continue reading
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Terrorism, Sexuality and Robin Morgan
Joelle Cowan wrote an article back in December about, of all things, “The Sexuality of Terrorism.” This was not Cowan’s invention, but rather the title of a course being offered by the Department of Women’s Studies at California State University. … Continue reading
Identical Training Regimen for Military Men and Women Leads to More Injured Women
Great Britain’s army used to have a sexually segregated training regimen — men and women were held to different physical requirements for strength and other conditioning. The problem was that it turned out many of the women were leaving their … Continue reading
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Pentagon Revises Saudi Arabia Dress Code Ahead of Hearing on Lawsuit
Tampa, Florida-based Central Command, which has authority over U.S. military operations in the Middle East, recently ordered local commanders in the region to revise their policies to reflect that “wear[ing] of the abaya in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is … Continue reading