Female soldiers in Iraq: record numbers of women are on active duty in this war. We talked to five of them--some in Iraq, some safely home--to get a snapshot of their grueling, rewarding, and often terrifying experiences.(REAL-LIFE READS)...
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In one of her most dramatic and dangerous roles, Tubman helped Col. James Montgomery plan a raid to free slaves from plantations along the Combahee River in South Carolina. Early on the morning of June 1, 1863, three gunboats carrying several hundred male soldiers, along with Harriet Tubman...
The fight to feel like a veteran weighs substantially on female soldiers returning from war, though their numbers have been historic, with more than 280,000 returning from deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan in the last decade. A News21 demographic analysis shows that 17.4 percent of post-9/...
Jaslow served two combat tours in Iraq with the Army. She has also worked in multiple Capitol Hill posts and recently served as an adjunct professor at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy. RELATED Wounded women veterans face higher levels of loneliness, isolation: report ...
what’s truly admirable is that these military women appear fully prepared to defend their countries. A quick glance at the pictures of these brave female soldiers is all it takes to realize their beauty and courage. Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments about which country’s mili...
Reviving the "Vietnam Defense": Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Criminal Responsibility in a Post-Iraq/Afghanistan World The article discusses the implication of the Vietnam War to American soldiers which caused psychological trauma including isolation, irritability, and difficulty in social integration...
Female Veterans Discuss Service ; Soldiers: Motherhood, Service OverlapFour veterans spoke on a panel on Sunday about what it was liketo serve in places like Iraq and...Moore, Katie
Qamishli, located near the Turkish-Syrian border, was also targeted by the Turkish army on Monday in a series of airstrikes against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) after it killed nine Turkish soldiers in a recent attack in northern Iraq. ...
In the town of Bunia Salak met with some of the child soldiers of the local militias. There is none of the charm of the British Victorian adventuresses in her writing, but then the things Salak reports often leave little room for such ornament. Salak’s less shocking travels reveal a ...