Tag Archives: United States Army

The New York Times 12:40 am on November 20, 2020
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Army Agrees to Review Thousands of Unfavorable Discharges for Veterans

If approved by a federal judge, the settlement agreement in a class-action lawsuit could result in thousands of veterans gaining access to the Department of Veterans Affairs’ full array of benefits.

#carson-alicia, #depression-mental, #kennedy-steve, #mental-health-and-disorders, #post-traumatic-stress-disorder, #suits-and-litigation-civil, #traumatic-brain-injury, #united-states-army, #united-states-defense-and-military-forces, #veterans, #veterans-affairs-department

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The New York Times 10:00 am on November 11, 2020
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A Veteran’s Search for Meaning

Why we serve, and what we’re fighting for, isn’t always clear.

#middle-east, #trump-donald-j, #united-states-army, #united-states-defense-and-military-forces, #veterans

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The New York Times 10:00 am on November 10, 2020
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For Veterans Day, Some Former Military Officers Reflect on Lessons From Their Parents

The values that shaped them include leadership, optimism and charting your own course.

#careers-and-professions, #children-and-childhood, #defense-department, #families-and-family-life, #parenting, #united-states-army, #united-states-defense-and-military-forces, #united-states-marine-corps, #united-states-navy

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The New York Times 9:00 am on October 1, 2020
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The Army Rolls Out a New Weapon: Strategic Napping

Because fatigue can corrode mission performance, a new physical training manual tells soldiers to grab 40 winks when they can, part of a new holistic approach to health in the ranks.

#exercise, #fatigue, #medicine-and-health, #sleep, #united-states-army

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The New York Times 10:44 pm on September 1, 2020
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Army to Investigate Chain of Command’s Actions at Fort Hood After Killing

Army Secretary Ryan D. McCarthy asked those leading the inquiry to examine whether commanders at the Texas base allowed a climate of harassment to spread.

#metoo-movement, #aguilar-cecily, #defense-department, #fort-hood-tex, #guillen-vanessa, #mccarthy-ryan-d, #sexual-harassment, #united-states-army, #united-states-defense-and-military-forces

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The New York Times 8:26 pm on August 26, 2020
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Family of Fort Hood Soldier Found Dead Demands Congress Investigate

The police said there was no sign of foul play after they found a body, believed to belong to Sgt. Elder N. Fernandes, about 30 miles from the base in Central Texas.

#fernandes-elder-n, #fort-hood-tex, #guillen-vanessa, #missing-persons, #sexual-harassment, #texas, #united-states-army, #united-states-defense-and-military-forces

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The New York Times 9:00 am on August 6, 2020
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Nixon Also Called In the Military Against Protesters

Washington’s police chief took the blame. But Nixon was behind the decision.

#dean-john-w-iii, #defense-department, #demonstrations-protests-and-riots, #esper-mark-t, #george-floyd-protests-2020, #haldeman-h-r, #justice-department, #milley-mark-a, #national-mall-washington-dc, #nixon-richard-milhous, #rehnquist-william-h, #trump-donald-j, #united-states, #united-states-army, #united-states-defense-and-military-forces, #vietnam-war, #washington-dc

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The New York Times 10:00 am on July 31, 2020
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A #MeToo Moment in the Military

What happened to 20-year-old Specialist Vanessa Guillen, and how the United States responded.

#metoo-movement, #guillen-vanessa, #race-and-ethnicity, #sexual-harassment, #united-states-army, #united-states-defense-and-military-forces

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The New York Times 10:54 pm on July 22, 2020
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Army Pauses Twitch Game Streaming After First Amendment Claim

Army and Navy channels banned viewers from their live streams when they asked about war crimes. Accused of censorship, now the Army says it will pause streaming.

#freedom-of-speech-and-expression, #social-media, #twitch-interactive-inc, #united-states-army, #united-states-defense-and-military-forces, #united-states-navy, #war-crimes-genocide-and-crimes-against-humanity

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The New York Times 11:47 pm on July 21, 2020
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Rise in Virus Cases Near Bases in U.S. and Abroad Poses Test for Military

American military officials are trying to contain the spread of the coronavirus in its ranks while tackling logistical problems like relieving troops overseas.

#coronavirus-2019-ncov, #defense-department, #disease-rates, #fort-benning-ga, #military-bases-and-installations, #north-carolina, #okinawa-and-other-ryukyu-islands-japan, #south-korea, #united-states-army, #united-states-defense-and-military-forces, #united-states-marine-corps, #united-states-politics-and-government

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The New York Times 4:38 pm on July 11, 2020
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A #MeToo Moment Emerges for Military Women After Soldier’s Killing

Women in the military say the horrific killing of Army Specialist Vanessa Guillen has swept the nation, galvanizing even civilians to the cause.

#metoo-movement, #black-lives-matter-movement, #defense-department, #guillen-vanessa, #hispanic-americans, #united-states-army, #united-states-defense-and-military-forces, #veterans

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The New York Times 4:08 pm on July 9, 2020
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First Woman Joins Green Berets After Graduating Special Forces Training

The soldier’s graduation is a landmark moment for the Army, as the Special Forces were one of the last Army assignments without any women.

#defense-department, #national-guard, #united-states-army, #united-states-army-special-forces-green-berets, #united-states-defense-and-military-forces, #women-and-girls

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The New York Times 3:22 pm on July 8, 2020
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Army Officer Who Clashed With Trump Over Impeachment Set to Retire

The White House had made clear to Pentagon officials that President Trump did not want to see Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman promoted.

#appointments-and-executive-changes, #defense-department, #esper-mark-t, #impeachment, #national-security-council, #trump-donald-j, #united-states-army, #united-states-defense-and-military-forces, #vindman-alexander-s

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The New York Times 8:25 pm on July 3, 2020
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Prosecutors File Charge in Case of Vanessa Guillen, Missing Fort Hood Soldier

In a complaint, prosecutors said that another soldier killed Private Guillen, and that he and his girlfriend tried to dispose of her remains near the Leon River in Texas.

#fort-hood-tex, #guillen-vanessa, #robinson-aaron-david-d-2020, #sexual-harassment, #united-states-army, #united-states-defense-and-military-forces

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The New York Times 3:11 pm on June 29, 2020
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College Is Worth It, but Campus Isn’t

Bringing millions of students back to campus would create enormous risks for society but comparatively little educational benefit, an economist says.

#boston-university, #california, #california-state-university, #colleges-and-universities, #computers-and-the-internet, #coronavirus-reopenings, #e-learning, #education-k-12, #florida, #fort-benning-ga, #georgia, #harvard-university, #layoffs-and-job-reductions, #northeastern-university, #quarantines, #rural-areas, #sex-crimes, #shutdowns-institutional, #stanford-university, #tuition, #united-states-army, #united-states-defense-and-military-forces, #university-of-michigan, #workplace-environment

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The New York Times 9:00 am on June 19, 2020
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Family of Fort Hood Soldier Who Disappeared in April Seeks Answers

The mystery surrounding what happened to Pfc. Vanessa Guillen, 20, has drawn widespread attention.

#fort-hood-tex, #guillen-vanessa, #missing-persons, #morales-gregory, #sexual-harassment, #united-states-army, #united-states-defense-and-military-forces

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The New York Times 5:20 pm on June 18, 2020
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Promotion in Jeopardy for Army Officer Who Challenged Trump on Ukraine

Military officials fear the White House may retaliate against Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman for his testimony in the House impeachment inquiry.

#defense-department, #esper-mark-t, #impeachment, #national-security-council, #russian-interference-in-2016-us-elections-and-ties-to-trump-associates, #trump-ukraine-whistle-blower-complaint-and-impeachment-inquiry, #trump-donald-j, #united-states-army, #united-states-defense-and-military-forces, #vindman-alexander-s

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The New York Times 2:57 am on June 13, 2020
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Latest Crop of West Point Graduates Includes First Observant Sikh Cadet

Anmol Narang said she was inspired to apply to West Point after visiting the Pearl Harbor National Memorial in Hawaii.

#commencement-speeches, #discrimination, #minorities, #narang-anmol, #race-and-ethnicity, #sikhs-and-sikhism, #trump-donald-j, #united-states-army, #united-states-defense-and-military-forces, #united-states-military-academy

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The New York Times 2:50 am on June 13, 2020
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Graduating West Point Cadets Isolate for Two Weeks Ahead of Trump Speech

The address comes as the coronavirus spreads — and during a breakdown in relations between the president and the nation’s top military leaders.

#commencement-speeches, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #defense-department, #esper-mark-t, #mccarthy-ryan-d, #milley-mark-a, #presidential-election-of-2020, #trump-donald-j, #united-states-army, #united-states-defense-and-military-forces, #united-states-military-academy, #united-states-politics-and-government

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The New York Times 1:49 am on June 12, 2020
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These Are the 10 U.S. Army Installations Named for Confederates

A debate is unfolding over whether to rename the installations, as part of a broader national reckoning over buildings, monuments and memorials to men who fought to preserve slavery and uphold white supremacy.

#camp-beauregard, #civil-war-us-1861-65, #confederate-states-of-america, #defense-department, #fort-a-p-hill-va, #fort-benning-ga, #fort-bragg-nc, #fort-gordon-ga, #fort-hood-tex, #fort-lee-va, #fort-pickett-va, #fort-polk-la, #fort-rucker-ala, #military-bases-and-installations, #united-states-army

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The New York Times 12:45 am on June 11, 2020
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Trump Rejects Renaming Military Bases Named After Confederate Generals

By dismissing an idea under consideration by the Pentagon, the president positioned himself firmly against the movement to remove racist symbols and combat racism touched off by George Floyd’s death.

#biden-joseph-r-jr, #black-lives-matter-movement, #civil-war-us-1861-65, #defense-department, #esper-mark-t, #floyd-george-d-2020, #george-floyd-protests-2020, #house-of-representatives, #mcenany-kayleigh, #milley-mark-a, #national-assn-of-stock-car-auto-racing, #race-and-ethnicity, #trump-donald-j, #united-states-army, #united-states-defense-and-military-forces, #united-states-military-academy, #united-states-politics-and-government

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The New York Times 7:34 pm on June 10, 2020
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The Army Was Open to Replacing Confederate Base Names. Then Trump Said No.

“My Administration will not even consider the renaming of these Magnificent and Fabled Military Installations,” President Trump tweeted Wednesday.

#civil-war-us-1861-65, #defense-department, #george-floyd-protests-2020, #mccarthy-ryan-d, #military-bases-and-installations, #milley-mark-a, #monuments-and-memorials-structures, #united-states-army, #united-states-defense-and-military-forces

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The New York Times 5:50 pm on June 4, 2020
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Serving in the Army as a Queer Black Man Opened My Eyes to Racism in America

I started filming the protests in New York so I could draw attention to the realities of black America that I was first exposed to during my military service.

#black-lives-matter-movement, #black-people, #castile-philando-1983-2016, #george-floyd-protests-2020, #martin-trayvon, #race-and-ethnicity, #small-delrawn-d-2016, #united-states-army, #united-states-defense-and-military-forces

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The New York Times 9:14 pm on June 3, 2020
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Trump’s Use of the Insurrection Act May Be a Final Straw for the Military

An apolitical army is central to American democracy. But the president is using the armed forces to subvert it.

#demonstrations-protests-and-riots, #esper-mark-t, #george-floyd-protests-2020, #trump-donald-j, #united-states-army, #united-states-defense-and-military-forces

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The New York Times 11:53 pm on June 2, 2020
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15 West Point Cadets Test Positive for Coronavirus

More than 1,100 cadets returned to campus ahead of President Trump’s commencement speech in mid-June.

#commencement-speeches, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #united-states-army, #united-states-defense-and-military-forces, #united-states-military-academy

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The New York Times 7:00 am on May 25, 2020
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For African-Americans in Uniform, It’s Duty, Honor, Country. But Don’t Expect to Lead.

Seventy-five years after integration, the military’s upper echelons remain the domain of white men.

#appointments-and-executive-changes, #black-people, #careers-and-professions, #defense-department, #discrimination, #hiring-and-promotion, #labor-and-jobs, #mentors, #minorities, #race-and-ethnicity, #united-states-air-force, #united-states-army, #united-states-defense-and-military-forces, #united-states-marine-corps, #united-states-navy, #united-states-politics-and-government, #whites

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The New York Times 9:00 am on May 20, 2020
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No More ‘Kneecap to Kneecap’ Talks: Coronavirus Hinders Military Recruiting

There is no substitute for face-to-face conversations when trying to get Americans to sign up to be service members. Boot camp outbreaks slow the pipeline, too.

#coronavirus-2019-ncov, #draft-and-recruitment-military, #marine-corps-recruit-depot-parris-island-sc, #united-states-army, #united-states-coast-guard, #united-states-defense-and-military-forces, #united-states-marine-corps

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The New York Times 11:48 am on April 28, 2020
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For Some Holocaust Survivors, Even Liberation Was Dehumanizing

“If their eyes were mirrors, it seems I’m not far from dead.” After being freed by Allied troops, some former prisoners continued to be mistreated.

#buchenwald-concentration-camp, #concentration-camps, #dachau-germany, #holocaust-and-the-nazi-era, #jews-and-judaism, #patton-george-smith, #united-states-army, #united-states-defense-and-military-forces, #wiesel-elie, #world-war-ii-1939-45

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The New York Times 7:23 pm on April 24, 2020
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Trump Commencement Address Summons West Point Cadets Back to Campus

The president’s off-again, on-again speech in June will bring back 1,000 cadets who had scattered across the country to help counter the coronavirus.

#centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention, #commencement-speeches, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #cuomo-andrew-m, #defense-department, #esper-mark-t, #pence-mike, #trump-donald-j, #united-states-air-force-academy, #united-states-army, #united-states-defense-and-military-forces, #united-states-military-academy, #united-states-naval-academy

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The New York Times 2:03 pm on February 29, 2020
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The True Story of the First Woman to Finish Special Forces Training

Forty years ago, Capt. Kate Wilder passed the Army Special Forces Officer Course, but her superiors wouldn’t let her graduate with her peers.

#fort-bragg-nc, #united-states-army, #united-states-army-special-forces-green-berets, #united-states-defense-and-military-forces, #women-and-girls

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