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Apr 1, 2007 3:40 PM CDT

For Army Women, V is for Valvano

New coach led Army women's basketball team to Comeback Award, in honor of former coach

(Newser) - The Army women's basketball team, whose coach, Maggie Dixon, died suddenly last April, will receive the V Foundation Comeback Award this April for making her proud: Under new coach Dave Magarity, the team set a school record for wins in a season, with 24.

Marines Take Aim At "Excessive" Tattoos

Mar 29, 2007 9:11 AM CDT

Marines Take Aim At "Excessive" Tattoos

Big body art banned below the elbow, knee

(Newser) - There's a run on tattoo parlors this weekend as U.S. Marines ink themselves up before a new ban on "excessive" body art in visible areas takes effect Sunday, says USA Today. Commanders are fighting back against the increasingly in-your-face tattoos favored by enlistees on biceps and forearms visible...

Tillman's Mom Wants Hearings On Cover-Up

Mar 28, 2007 9:26 AM CDT

Tillman's Mom Wants Hearings On Cover-Up

"This was an attempt to dupe the public and to promote this war."

(Newser) - Congress should investigate the Army's cover-up of Pat Tillman's friendly-fire death, his mother told ESPN Radio yesterday. A military inquiry concluded Monday that nine high-ranking military officials would face "corrective action," not criminal charges, for their role in claiming Tillman was killed by enemy fire long after they...

Army Uses Injured to Inflate Manpower

Mar 26, 2007 9:27 AM CDT

Army Uses Injured to Inflate Manpower

Injured soldiers deployed to training camps—and back to Iraq—in effort to boost active duty rolls

(Newser) - The Army sent soldiers recovering from injuries—some still on crutches—to a desert training center in California, in an apparent attempt to pad manpower statistics. Witnesses describe tents at Fort Irwin packed with soldiers in no shape to train, or even to walk, but counted by the Pentagon as...

The Women's War

Mar 18, 2007 8:41 PM CDT

The Women's War

The Unprecedented Deployment of Women's in the Iraq War Has Created Unprecedented Challenges for Them and the Armed Forces

(Newser) - Sara Corbett writes in The New York Times Magazine about the role of women soldiers in the Iraq war and the extraordinary toll it is taking on many of them.

Army Battles Officer Shortage

Mar 14, 2007 9:15 AM CDT

Army Battles Officer Shortage

Early promotions are used to fill gaps, in violation of regulations

(Newser) - The War in Iraq has left the Army so short of good officer material that the Pentagon is doling out promotions to unqualified soldiers, according to the Boston Globe. In 2006, the Army promoted thousands of soldiers ahead of schedule and against regulations to fill the void left by exhausted...

Walter Reed Exposes Weakened
Top Brass

Mar 6, 2007 1:51 PM CST

Walter Reed Exposes Weakened Top Brass

Retired general blames military for acquiescing to misguided civilian moves

(Newser) - Blame the Walter Reed scandal on "the silence of our top officers," writes a retired Army general. Paul Eaton, who spent a year in Baghdad rebuilding the Iraqi army, says the administration and Congress "pointedly failed to provide the money and resources for our returned troops,"...