military
Marines Jailed For Trying to Help Out a Couple of Nice Lesbians
Seth Abramovitch · 10/18/11 01:55AMDespite the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell, the Marine Corps still fails to recognize gay and lesbian marriages as "real" marriages. For Marine Cpl. Ashley Vice and her civilian partner, Jaime Murphy, that meant they would not be eligible for the $1,200-a-month housing allowance made available to straight married Marines.
Vet to NYPD Officers: 'How Do You Sleep at Night?'
Lauri Apple · 10/17/11 04:56AMHere's a veteran, identified as U.S. Marine Sergeant Shamar Thomas, confronting New York Police Department officers during Saturday night's protests to ask them why they've been arresting Occupy Wall Streeters instead of defending the right to protest. A valid question! "How do you sleep at night?" he asks them. "There is no honor in this."
U.S. Reportedly Ditching Iraq Entirely in January
Max Read · 10/16/11 08:07AMObama Sends 100 Troops To Central Africa To Help Fight Guerilla Group
Jim Newell · 10/14/11 02:39PMSoldiers Are Metrosexuals Now
Hamilton Nolan · 10/13/11 10:38AMFollowing the U.S. Army's establishment of a wuss workout program and, more broadly, the year-long erosion of American masculinity, it's little wonder that our nation's fighting forces are now more concerned with eyebrow grooming than with removing the digits of enemy soldiers to bring home as souvenirs. Is America's metrosexual Army going to be able to endure the harsh skin-drying effects of the Middle Eastern climate?
Prince Harry Is Now in America
Richard Lawson · 10/07/11 03:24PMComputer Virus Hits U.S. Drone Fleet
Remy Stern · 10/07/11 01:34PMWhat Impact Will Anwar Al-Awlaki's Death Have In The West?
TPM · 10/01/11 09:30AMYou Should Probably Start Preparing For War With Pakistan
John Cook · 09/27/11 01:20PMBecause we've been in a low-grade one, it appears, for years. Now that Adm. Mike Mullen has publicly accused Pakistan's intelligence agency of helping attack the U.S. embassy in Kabul, stories of heretofore secret Pakistani malfeasance are starting to leak out. It's almost like someone wants to start a war or something.
Jon Stewart Celebrates the End of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
Matt Cherette · 09/20/11 10:43PMTwo months after its repeal was certified by President Obama, today marked the official end of the nearly 18-year-old "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy precluding gays from serving openly in the military. On tonight's Daily Show, Jon Stewart celebrated the end of DADT by shaming it for existing in the first place: "That's how ridiculous this policy was... the apology for the affront is, 'All right, sorry, you can go to Afghanistan and fight for your country!'"
Gay Soldier Heartbreakingly Comes Out to His Father on YouTube
Brian Moylan · 09/20/11 11:56AM'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Is Officially, Definitely, For Real Over Tomorrow
Brian Moylan · 09/19/11 04:45PMThe Story of the 9/11 Air Force Kamikaze Pilot
Hamilton Nolan · 09/09/11 08:46AMBeing Dumb About the Internet Made Guy Shoot U.S. Soldiers
Hamilton Nolan · 09/01/11 08:09AMMilitary Base to Host Atheism-Themed Concert
Jim Newell · 08/08/11 01:41PMJohn Shalikashvili, Retired Army General, Dead at 75
Lauri Apple · 07/23/11 05:49PMObama Certifies End of 'Don't Ask Don't Tell'
Jim Newell · 07/22/11 04:13PMHuffPo Rehires Its Most Scapegoated Employee
Hamilton Nolan · 07/20/11 01:41PMMila Kunis' Marine Date: 'I Always Thought I Had a Chance'
Seth Abramovitch · 07/13/11 02:11AMOn Monday, we brought you the heartwarming story of Sgt. Scott Moore, a US Marine stationed in Afghanistan who posted a no-frills YouTube invitation to Mila Kunis, asking her to join him as his date to the Marine Corps Birthday Ball (held November 12 at the Gaylord Resort and Convention Center in Maryland). Her Friends With Benefits costar Justin Timberlake convinced her to say yes during a live interview, and word quickly trickled back to Moore. The Corps has now sent out an official interview, in which Moore reacts to the exciting news that he's now just a couple bases short of catching up with Natalie Portman: