military
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Reports of Sexual Assault Rose 27% at Military Academies
It’s no secret that sexual assault in the military is a problem. In an arena that prides secrecy and cultivates a boys’ club atmosphere, unfortunately those assaults often go unreported. According to CNN, a report published by the Pentagon has shown that reports of sexual assault at military academies have increased more than 27 percent…
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50 US Soldiers Diagnosed With Traumatic Brain Injuries After Iran Missile Strike
The fallout continues from Iran’s missile strike on the Al-Asad airbase in Iraq earlier this month. CNN reports that a statement from Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Thomas Campbell revealed that 50 soldiers have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries as a result of the strike. This is up from 34 the Pentagon initially reported. The…
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Deathstreaming: U.S. Army Vet Whose Son Was Killed on Facebook Live Says ‘Violence Has to Stop’
Could you imagine how it feels to have served in the military and then work a quarter of a century for the Department of Corrections to learn one day that your son has been murdered while broadcasting on social media—of all places? That is what happened to Roosevelt Rankins, Sr., whose 34-year old namesake was…
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34 U.S. Troops Were Diagnosed With Brain Injuries From the Iranian Missile Attacks. Trump Initially Said They Only Had ‘Headaches’
Either Trump doesn’t trust his own Pentagon or his years of service in the military have reduced brain injuries to mere headaches, but either way, President Bone Spurs is so out of touch with his own departments that just days after he walked out and told everyone that U.S. soldiers only suffered “headaches” after an…
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Selective Service Site Crashes Over The Weekend As Iran Spurs Draft Fears
If you’re reading this and you happen to be a cis-gender male between the ages of 18-25, relax. You are not going to get drafted. The Washington Post reports that on Friday the website for Selective Service crashed. As of this writing it is still down. After Trump decided to up and kill an Iranian Commander…
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Investigation Finds Hand Signals Flashed at Army-Navy Game Weren't Racist Because Of Course
An Army investigation into the hand gestures flashed during a broadcast of last week’s Army/Navy football game found they were not racist. Disappointing but not surprising. According to NBC News, an internal investigation by the U.S Military Academy found that the students were playing “the circle game.” In this game, a person holds a circle…
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Navy Sailor Kills 2, Himself in Pearl Harbor Shooting
A U.S. Navy sailor shot and killed two civilian Department of Defense employees and wounded a third before turning his gun on himself, according to military officials. NBC News reports that the shooting occurred at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard in Hawaii at approximately 2:30 pm local time. In the aftermath of the shooting, the base…
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How Trump Got Punk'd Into Running From Syria, Explained
Military leaders, politicians and the U.S. allies were shocked by Donald Trump’s decision to side with brutal dictators and turn his back on one of America’s staunchest allies in the fight against Islamic State forces. But the president’s stunning departure from U.S. policy, historical precedent and the code of the streets appears to have been…
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Donald Trump Flys Off the Handle in July Fourth Speech, Talmbout Airports During Revolutionary War
Donald Trump’s decision to insert himself in Independence Day celebrations in the nation’s capital resulted in a tale of two Fourths — and an erroneous, anachronistic reference to airports being present during the time of the Revolutionary War. During what he hyped as an extravagant “Salute to America” July Fourth celebration, complete with military tanks…
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#BoycottTrump4thOfJuly Trends 1 Day Before Trump’s Yuuuge Plans to Hijack the National Holiday
U.S. presidents traditionally have been hands-off when it comes to the Fourth of July so as to avoid politicizing commemorations of the nation’s birth. But not Donald Trump, whose decision to insert himself in Washington, D.C.’s annual celebration with a speech at the Lincoln Memorial and an elaborate display of military might had the hashtag…