Back in June 1st Lieutenant Watada (Army) publicly refused to deploy to Iraq for the Iraq War, saying that he believed the war to be illegal and that it would make him party to war crimes. His court martial is set to begin in February, but the pre-trial hearing begins today.
Recently, journalist Kevin Sites attempted [...]

A Zogby Poll from last month supposedly indicates a shift in military attitudes concerning the longstanding “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. Some interesting statistics from the poll:
. . . Of those in combat units, 21% said they know for certain that someone in their unit is gay or lesbian, slightly less than for those in [...]

Buried at number 8 on Time Magazine’s Top 10 list of underreported stories of 2006:
MORE U.S. TROOPS WILLING TO REENLIST
While there was much talk about the Army raising the maximum age for new recruits from 35 to 42, the lesser-known development is that the Pentagon managed not only to meet, but to exceed its 2006 [...]