Army - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/army/?source=rss&aim=army en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST Arlington officials can't get their stories straight By Mark Benjamin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/11/04/arlington_national_cemetery/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/11/04/arlington_national_cemetery/index.html?source=rss The superintendent says he may have been absent when remains were moved, but an employee's log says otherwise Contractor in Arlington fraud scandal arrested By Mark Benjamin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/14/arlington/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/14/arlington/index.html?source=rss Arlington National Cemetery contractor Bobbie Garrett was arrested on sex charges as he stepped off a plane in Ohio Did Arlington National Cemetery break the law? By Mark Benjamin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/11/arlington/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/11/arlington/index.html?source=rss The cemetery sent the personal data of deceased soldiers to a contractor at the center of a fraud scandal Why did Arlington National Cemetery rehire Bobbie Garrett? By Mark Benjamin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/10/arlington/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/10/arlington/index.html?source=rss Garrett was investigated for fraud while working as a contractor for the cemetery. Why did he get his job back? Army will investigate Arlington National Cemetery By Mark Benjamin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/07/29/arlington/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/07/29/arlington/index.html?source=rss After a Salon series exposes problems at the cemetery, the Army says it will investigate. But workers have doubts What's trashed at Arlington National Cemetery By Mark Benjamin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/07/17/arlington_gravesites/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/07/17/arlington_gravesites/index.html?source=rss Many personal mementos of dead soldiers are being thrown out -- a stark contrast to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Grave offenses at Arlington National Cemetery By Mark Benjamin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/07/16/arlington_national_cemetery/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/07/16/arlington_national_cemetery/index.html?source=rss A criminal investigation and allegations of misplaced bodies and shoddy care have roiled the famous burial ground "They felt naked without a weapon" By Mark Benjamin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2009/07/16/fort_carson_report/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2009/07/16/fort_carson_report/index.html?source=rss Read excerpts from the Army report that shows a link between combat stress and murder Army suicides soar past 2008's pace By Mark Benjamin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2009/05/12/ocpa/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2009/05/12/ocpa/index.html?source=rss The day after the shooting at a combat stress clinic in Iraq, new data released to Salon shows soldiers committing suicide at a record-setting pace. Is combat stress the reason? A secret e-mail argument among psychologists about torture By Sheri Fink Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/05/08/apa_listserv/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/05/08/apa_listserv/index.html?source=rss Private messages reveal a dispute at the highest levels about the proper role of psychologists in interrogation, and whether cooperating with the Bush administration was unethical. Two groups call for probe following Salon exposé By Mark Benjamin and Michael de Yoanna Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2009/05/05/vets/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2009/05/05/vets/index.html?source=rss A veterans organization and a government watchdog group have asked the House Armed Services Committee to investigate a veterans healthcare scandal exposed by Salon. The reluctant enablers of torture By Sheri Fink Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/05/05/torture/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/05/05/torture/index.html?source=rss A Senate report shows that during the Bush administration's War on Terror, mental health professionals raised questions about harsh interrogations -- but helped design interrogation programs anyway. The Army investigates itself again By Mark Benjamin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2009/04/23/army_medical/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2009/04/23/army_medical/index.html?source=rss Why is the Army sending sick troops back into combat? You won't learn the answer from a new internal report. "I believe that I did have PTSD" By Mark Benjamin and Michael de Yoanna Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/04/10/marino/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/04/10/marino/index.html?source=rss Matthew Marino was sent back to Afghanistan for a second tour of duty after the Army diagnosed him with "anxiety disorder" instead of post-traumatic stress disorder. "This report does not find pressure to change clinical diagnoses" Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2009/04/09/each/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2009/04/09/each/index.html?source=rss A summary of an Army investigation says some soldiers with PTSD may not get the diagnoses they deserve -- but nobody in the Army did anything wrong. "I am under a lot of pressure to not diagnose PTSD" By Michael de Yoanna and Mark Benjamin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/special/coming_home/2009/04/08/tape/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/special/coming_home/2009/04/08/tape/index.html?source=rss A secret recording reveals the Army may be pushing its medical staff not to diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder. The Army and Senate have ignored the implications. "The Real World's" Ryan speaks By Caitlin Shamberg Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/int/2009/04/01/ryan_conklin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/int/2009/04/01/ryan_conklin/index.html?source=rss As he prepares to return to Iraq, the MTV reality show star discusses how it feels to be redeployed -- and to learn about it on camera. This war is our war By Joan Walsh Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/02/18/thomas_ricks/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/02/18/thomas_ricks/index.html?source=rss Democrats fought the surge and the surge -- sort of -- won. Now what do we do in Iraq? Lying to the mother of a dead soldier By Mark Benjamin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/12/04/friendly_fire/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/12/04/friendly_fire/index.html?source=rss Col. Sean MacFarland, who told Jean Feggins her son was killed by enemy action, is the same officer who may have covered up her son's death by friendly fire. Sympathy for Charles Graner By Mark Benjamin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/12/01/graner/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/12/01/graner/index.html?source=rss No one from the Bush administration has been held accountable for torture. But the guard from Abu Ghraib prison is still behind bars, and his family wants to know why. New friendly fire coverup: Army shreds files on dead soldiers By Mark Benjamin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/11/20/friendly_fire/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/11/20/friendly_fire/index.html?source=rss Hours after Salon revealed evidence that two Americans were killed by a U.S. tank, not enemy fire, military officials destroyed papers on the men. A document saved from the Army's shredder Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2008/11/20/friendly_fire_2/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2008/11/20/friendly_fire_2/index.html?source=rss A soldier who was ordered to shred documents about two soldiers killed in an apparent friendly fire incident rescued some of the paperwork and provided it to Salon. Friendly fire in Iraq -- and a coverup By Mark Benjamin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/10/14/friendly_fire/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/10/14/friendly_fire/index.html?source=rss The Army says no, but a graphic video and eyewitness testimony indicate that a U.S. tank killed two American soldiers. The mother of one soldier demands answers. Why we're losing in Afghanistan By Anand Gopal Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/10/10/afghanistan_gopal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/10/10/afghanistan_gopal/index.html?source=rss Corrupt government and the U.S.'s mismanaged "surge" strategy have led to the Taliban's powerful resurgence in Afghanistan. Illusions of victory under Bush By Andrew Bacevich Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/08/15/victory/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/08/15/victory/index.html?source=rss How the U.S. wildly overestimated the use of military power in Bush's global war on terror.