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  • U.S. officials apologize for rape and killings in Iraq

    In a rare apology, the U.S. has issued a statement recognizing the severity of a crime against Iraqi civilians including the rape of a 15-year-old girl.
    By Sarah Goldstein July 7, 2006

  • Torture teachers

    An Army document proves that Guantánamo interrogators were taught by instructors from a military school that trains U.S. soldiers how to resist torture.
    By Mark Benjamin June 29, 2006

  • Colonel of truth

    Former Bush insider Lawrence Wilkerson blasts Dick Cheney's "paranoia" -- and says Cheney and Rumsfeld are to blame for Abu Ghraib.
    By Mark Follman February 27, 2006

  • Salon exclusive: The Abu Ghraib files

    Never-published photos, and an internal Army report, show more Iraqi prisoner abuse -- evidence the government is fighting to hide.
    By Mark Benjamin February 16, 2006

  • Out of jail, into the Army

    Facing an enlistment crisis, the Army is granting "waivers" to an increasingly high percentage of recruits with criminal records -- and trying to hide it.
    By Mark Benjamin February 2, 2006

  • More than a "few rotten apples"

    A U.S. soldier who tortured an Iraqi general to death got his wrist slapped. Yet his appalling sentence made a certain sense.
    By Brig. Gen. David Irvine and David Danzig January 27, 2006

  • Iraq sticker shock

    Caring for seriously wounded soldiers and other hidden costs could push the price tag of Bush's Iraq war to a staggering $2 trillion, a new study claims.
    By Mark Benjamin January 11, 2006

  • America can't take it anymore

    The Bush administration has embraced torture as a key part of the "war on terror." Finally, members of Congress, the military and the CIA are speaking out against the abuse.
    By Mark Follman December 5, 2005

  • Chicks with guns

    28-year-old Kayla Williams did an Army tour in Iraq, and all we got was this insufferably self-absorbed memoir.
    By Debra Dickerson October 24, 2005

  • Download this

    Faced with its worst recruiting shortfall in decades, the Army lowers its standards. Get three free iTunes songs if you sign up now!
    By Tim Grieve October 4, 2005

  • Atoning for Abu Ghraib

    The lives of two men -- an Iraqi prisoner and an American guard involved in his torture -- were destroyed in the prison. Nine U.S. soldiers have been sentenced in the scandal, but both men say that's not nearly enough.
    By Marian Blasberg and Anita Blasberg October 1, 2005

  • Where have all the soldiers gone?

    As the fiscal year comes to a close, the Army comes face to face with its biggest recruiting gap in 25 years.
    By Tim Grieve September 30, 2005

  • The Army recruiting numbers game

    Recruiters met their goal for June -- but only if you forget what happened in February, March, April and May. Jenna, Barbara, where are you?
    By Tim Grieve June 30, 2005

  • The truth about Tillman

    The U.S. military is in for some more miserable publicity over Pat Tillman's death -- but the disgraceful handling of his story is equally damning for the Bush White House.
    By Mark Follman June 15, 2005

  • Doing double duty in Iraq

    More evidence that Iraqi forces are a long way from taking over security operations for their own country -- and that U.S. forces will be stuck in the war zone for years to come.
    By Mark Follman June 13, 2005

  • The Army's not-so-heroic damage control

    The Army blames muddled regulations -- not a coverup -- for its failure to tell the truth about sports star-turned-soldier Pat Tillman's death, until after his family buried him.
    By Mark Follman June 10, 2005

  • Military injustice

    Iraq vet Jullian Goodrum blasted his superiors for misdeeds that he says cost a soldier his life. His reward: The Army he once loved refused to treat his psychological wounds, then charged him with desertion.
    By Mark Benjamin June 7, 2005

  • Down and out with Iraqi forces

    On patrol with Iraq's ragtag army, a reporter discovers why American troops will not be coming home anytime soon.
    By David Axe May 23, 2005

  • Dinner is served

    A new Senate bill requires veterans hospitals to stop charging wounded soldiers for meals.
    By Mark Benjamin May 13, 2005

  • Signing up new soldiers, one way or another

    More recruitment woes for the Army, after a rash of incidents in which recruiters have harassed prospective soldiers -- including falsely threatening them with arrest.
    By Mark Follman May 11, 2005

  • Support the troops -- all of them

    A sizeable group in the House, including some Republicans, wants to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" -- but don't ask their conservative colleagues in the Senate.
    By Julia Scott April 12, 2005

  • How many have gone to war?

    Even experts are surprised at the vast numbers of U.S. soldiers who have been deployed after 9/11. Even if troop levels in Iraq are cut next year, the military may be permanently damaged.
    By Mark Benjamin April 12, 2005

  • Good news for the troops?

    The Pentagon is playing up an optimistic forecast for troop reductions and shorter tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, but the numbers tell a less rosy story.
    By Mark Follman April 8, 2005

  • Be all you can be

    Lawmakers are anxious to beef up the overburdened, all-volunteer U.S. military. They might start with the 10,000 people who've been kicked out due to their sexual orientation.
    By Mark Follman April 4, 2005

  • The nightmare in Iraq

    "Gunner Palace" takes the viewer as close to the actual experience of the Iraq war as anyone will ever want to get.
    By Andrew O'Hehir March 4, 2005
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