COUNTERING MILITARY RECRUITMENT
Articles: Military Sevice: General
Gates Announces Longer Tours in Iraq
Pauline Jelinek, Associated Press, April 11, 2007
Air Force Demographics: Who's Serving?
Air Force News, April 10, 2007
Is US Army Bent To The Breaking Point?
Gordon Lubold, Christian Science Monitor, April 4, 2007
Marines Ban Sleeve Tats
Associated Press, March 29, 2007
Marine Reservists Involuntarily Recalled
Associated Press, March 27, 2007
Iraq and Afghanistan are draining the National Guard and Reserve, warns Arnold Punaro, the chairman of a congressional commission.
John Barry, Newsweek, March 12, 2007
Report Faults Guard's Fitness
Associated Press, March 02, 2007
U.S. troops to forgo training in rush to Iraq
Associated Press, February 26, 2007
Learning to be a Lean, Mean Killing Machine
MARTIN SMITH, USMC, ret., Counterpunch.org, February 20, 2007
'Core values' sessions teach recruits about making ethical choices
JIM LANDERS, The Dallas Morning News, February 15, 2007
Will the Watada Mistrial Spark an End to the War?
Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith, The Nation, February 9, 2007
Court-Martial Ends in Mistrial
Associated Press, February 08, 2007
'Blue to Green' Program Hits Milestone
Samantha L. Quigley, American Forces Press Service, January 25, 2007
Army Increase Will Cost $70B
Associated Press, January 24, 2007
Guardsmen face 2nd call to Iraq
Rone Tempest, latimes, January 15, 2007
Army to apologize for letters
FRANK ROBERT BURNS, Associated Press, January 5, 2007
FBI details threat from gangs in military
FRANK MAIN, Sun Times, January 2007
Structured Cruelty: Learning to Be a Lean, Mean Killing Machine
Martin Smith, Draft NOtices, October-December 2006
As part of military's ground force, Navy firms up support services
LOUIS HANSEN, The Virginian-Pilot, October 22, 2006
Soldiers Pinned Down by Predatory Payday Loans
Martin H. Bosworth, ConsumerAffairs.Com, October 21, 2006
Anthrax Vaccinations to Resume
Associated Press, October 17, 2006
Soldier called back to duty on day before retirement
Associated Press, October 15, 2006
Army Tones Down Drill Sergeants
Associated Press, October 11, 2006
Fight Over Reserve MGIB
Tom Philpott, Daily Independent,October 1, 2006
Army Meets its Retention Goal
Associated Press, August 31, 2006
Guard families cope in two dimensions
Brian MacQuarrie, Boston Globe, August 30, 2006
Iraq War Vets' Support for Lt. Watada Growing
Sarah Olson, t r u t h o u t, August 16, 2006
THE SCIENCE OF CREATING KILLERS
Vicki Haddock, SanFrancisco Gate, August 13, 2006
An Itchy FingerSteven Green went to Iraq eager to 'Kill 'em all.' The Army thinks he took things way too far. Sarah Childress and Michael Hirsh, Newsweek, August 7, 2006
Bad Apples from a Rotten Tree
Sgt. MARTIN SMITH, USMC, Counterpunch.org, August 5/6, 2006
Officer Faces Court-Martial for Refusing to Deploy to Iraq
JOHN KIFNER and TIMOTHY EGAN, New York Times, July 23, 2006
Hate Groups Are Infiltrating the Military, Group Asserts
JOHN KIFNER, New York Times, July 7, 2006
Guam kids to study U.S. military ahead of Marines move to island
Teri Weaverv, Stars and Stripes, July 5, 2006
Opposing war in Iraq my duty as American
1st Lt. Ehren Watada, The Honolulu Advertiser, June 18, 2006
Troops refusing Iraq duty get a haven
MIKE BARBER, P-I, June 15, 2006
Marine Says Song was Only a Joke
Stars and Stripes, June 15, 2006
First Officer Publicly Resisting War Gains National Support
Sarah Olson, t r u t h o u t, June 8, 2006
Army Manual to Skip Geneva Detainee Rule
Julian E. Barnes, Los Angeles Times, June 4, 2006
Gangs claim their turf in Iraq
FRANK MAIN, Chicago Sun Times, May 1, 2006
Young Officers Join the Debate Over Rumsfeld
Thom Shanker and Eric Schmitt, New York Times, April 23, 2006
Basic Changes
Kelly Kennedy, Army Times, April 17, 2006
Airmen Get New Skills for War
Peter Spiegel, Air Force Times, April 10, 2006
Army surpassing year's retention goal by 15%
Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, April 9, 2006
Where civilians become Marines
GRAHAM RAYMAN, Newsday, March 21, 2006
Army and Marines stretched, so Navy offers some relief
Steve Liewer, San Diego Union-Tribune, March 20, 2006
Basic training goes old school
Sig Christenson, Express-News Military Writer, March 11, 2006
Plaintiffs say Air Force recruiters told to use religion as tool
Patrick O'Driscoll, USA TODAY, March 9, 2006
The Court-Martial Of Willie Brand
Scott Pelley, CBS News, March 5, 2006
Troops poll: Pull out of Iraq in six months
Gordon Trowbridge, Army Times, February 28, 2006
Sailors on the ground
Mark D. Faram, Navy Times, February 20, 2006
Computer games play role in combat training
Jose Antonio Vargas, Washington Post, Feb. 14, 2006
Sailors may replace Marines in camp security
Christian Lowe, Army Times, February 13, 2006
Voices From The Front: U.S. Soldiers Build Schools, Help Orphans
Tampa Tribune, February 12, 2006
Army's Rising Promotion Rate Called Ominous
Mark Mazzetti, Los Angeles Times, January 30, 2006
Study: Most reservists earn more in combat
LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press, January 26, 2006
Fighting mad
Michelle Tan, Army Times, January 23, 2006
Murtha Details His Exit Strategy
CBS 60 minutes, January 15, 2006
Soldiers sue for reimbursement
Kathleen Burge, Boston Globe, January 12, 2006
Air Force's Role Changing in Iraq
Associated Press, January 03, 2006
US Military 'Shuts Down' Soldiers' Blogs
Joseph Mallia, Newsday, January 2, 2006
Pentagon propaganda program orders soldiers to promote Iraq war while home on leave
DOUG THOMPSON, Capitol Hill Blue, Dec 29, 2005
Guardsman still seeking re-up bonus due last June
Kelly Kennedy, Army Times, December 13, 2005
"Broken, Worn Out" and "Living Hand to Mouth"
ALEXANDER COCKBURN, Counterpunch, December 3/4, 2005
THE CONFLICT IN IRAQ
Paul Richter and Tyler Marshall, LosAngelos Times, November 26, 2005
Military Demographics Representative of America, Officials Say
Jim Garamone, American Armed Forces Press Service, Nov. 23, 2005
Veterans Against the War
Patrick Resta and Derek Seidman, IWVA, November 15, 2005
Bringing Home the Guard
Michael Blanding, AlterNet, November 7, 2005
STUDENTS GREET MILITARY WITH RALLY AND QUEER KISS-IN
Erin Gilday, Santacruz Independant Media Center, October 19, 2005
Navy considers sailors trained for close-quarters assault
JOANNE KIMBERLIN, The Virginian-Pilot, October 18, 2005
Seven California Army National Guard members sentenced for Iraq abuses
Associated Press, October 15, 2005
Airmen Fill the Gaps in Wartime
Mark Mazzetti and Greg Miller, LosAngelos Times, October 11, 2005
Anywhere But Here
STUART KLAWANS, The Nation, October 10, 2005
Widespread Abuses Cited by Fort Bragg Captain, Two Sergeants
Phillip Lorenz, christian socialist guild, USA Today, October 1, 2005
Ethnic makeup of military differs from U.S. society as a whole
Rick Maze, Army Times, September 23, 2005
Military Money for College: A Reality Check
Sam Diener and Jamie Munro, Peacework, August 27, 2005
Army Planning Four More Years in Iraq Is `Folly,' Senator Says
Robert Schmidt, Washington Post, August 21, 2005
All Quiet on the Home Front, and Some Soldiers Are Asking Why
THOM SHANKER, New York Times, July 24, 2005
Everybody's Business
We Were Soldiers Once, and Broke
Tyler Hicks, The New York Times, July 17, 2005
SDS Occupies Chambers St. Recruiting Station, 23 Arrested
Matt De Vlieger, Pace SDS, March 15, 2007