On most military bases, service members aren’t allowed to carry weapons. “We don’t just have guys walk around posts with guns—because it’s stupid.”
Healthcare
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Sharky’s and “The Golden Boy”—Military Justice Abandons the Vulnerable to Protect the Powerful
The Marine Corps has hidden the track records of attorneys whose misconduct and disregard for the rule of law has jeopardized the welfare of Marines.
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Second Suicide Battalion: Where Military Justice Weaponizes Mental Health
Rampant disregard for the rights of the accused is not just commonplace, it is deeply entrenched in the military justice system.
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“A Crisis of Confidence”—After Decades of Failures, VA Sec Seeks “Game-changers”
“I’m not asking anybody to believe me on anything,” the VA secretary says. “I’m saying I’m here to be held accountable.”
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She Struggled With Alcohol Abuse. Now This Sailor Wants to End the Stigma of Seeking Help.
It should have been one of the most memorable nights of my career but I destroyed it because I couldn’t control my drinking.
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While Americans See an End to 20 Years of War, VA’s Job Has Just Begun
Veterans have immediate, life-or-death needs and want better care. They want it for yesterday’s veterans, too.
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‘The Enemy Is Lurking in Our Bodies’—Women Veterans Say Toxic Exposure Caused Breast Cancer
As the last troops leave the “forever wars,” doctors say they’re seeing more women veterans with breast cancer—younger than the national average.
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Corpsman-Turned-Covid-19 Frontliner: Delta Isn’t a “Political Stunt”
“Why did you fall asleep at the wheel?” My answer: It’s a pitfall of being a juggler in the largest ongoing circus in the world—the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Past Pandemics Devastated the U.S. Military, Teaching Lethal Lessons
It was an opportunistic disease. It chose no side in the conflict. The military had a public health emergency on its hands with few tools to fight it.
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From Deployment to Homecoming. And a Pregnancy During Lockdown.
Four days after he returned home from deployment, our first lockdown in England began. We went from extreme separation to extreme togetherness.
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Exposed: Burn Pits May Force the Military to Acknowledge Generations of Poisoned Veterans
Since World War II, the military has poisoned countless service members through toxic exposures and secret testing.
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At Basic Training, Dad Was Sent to an Iron Chamber. It Was Filled with Mustard Gas
A secret testing program sent an entire trainee company to the hospital.
