American WWII GIs were dangerous sex-crazed rapists who the French feared as much as the Germans
• http://www.dailymail.co., By Mail Foreign ServiceBook 'debunks myth that the GI were manly and always behaved well'
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U.S. soldier accused of killing Afghans reaches deal to avoid execution : lawyer
• ReutersA U.S. soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians in two rampages from his Army post last year has reached a plea deal with prosecutors to avoid the death penalty. Robert Bales, a decorated veteran of four combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan,
Ron Paul Video: Voice Of A Veteran
• Daily Paul.comApproximately 18 Veterans are committing suicide every day..Bring Them Home Now!
Soldiers Charge Their Electric Vehicles
• news.discovery.comThe Department of Defense plans to spend $20 million to increase the number of electric cars in use at six armed forces installations by up to a total 500 vehicles.
Submariners Rescue WWII B-29 Crew
• eugeneleeslover.comThis report, originally presented by 9News of Denver, tells the story of Richard Vanden Heuvel, a retired World War II Veteran.
3-D Printing Could Revolutionize U.S. Navy
• technewsdaily.comAll aboard the 3-D printing battleship! The U.S. Navy could soon use these these popular tech tools to shake up traditional supply chains and revolutionize maritime strategy.
Navy Dolphins Searching For Mines Uncover Sunken 19th Century Torpedo
• http://www.popsci.com, By Colin LecherIt's only the second torpedo of its kind ever found.
Hypersonic Weapons Could Hit Battlefield by 2025
• space.comHigh-tech weapons may be screaming through the skies at five times the speed of sound by the middle of the next decade, U.S. military officials say.
U.S. Military ‘Power Grab’ Goes Into Effect
• http://lewrockwell.com, by Jed MoreyPentagon Unilaterally Grants Itself Authority Over ‘Civil Disturbances’
US Suspends Constitution in Permanent World War on Terror (with video)
• http://chrisinmaryville.net/Assistant Secretary of Defense Michael Sheehan told Congress yesterday that the AUMF authorized the US military to operate on a worldwide battlefield from Boston to Pakistan. Sheehan emphasized that the Administration is authorized to put boots on t
Another Member Of Military's Sexual Assault Response Team Accused Of Sexual Abuse
• NPRThe accusations come involving an officer in the Air Force's sexual assault response office. The lieutenant colonel was arrested in Virginia for accosting a woman in a parking lot. He faces trial next month.
Karzai: US Can Keep Nine Bases in Afghanistan
• http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason DitzUS Dismisses Comments as 'Premature'
Drone Operator Tells of Killing Civilians, Children
• antiwar.comHere is an NPR segment featuring a former Air Force pilot who operated drones. He describes targeting and killing people he thinks were civilians, or at least not a threat.
Burning Liquid Hydrogen For Fuel, Navy Drone Flies For 48 Hours Straight
• popsci.comThis long-range spy-bot is also nearly silent.
BNL, Stony Brook eye military battery work
• http://www.newsday.com, By JOE RYANBrookhaven National Laboratory and Stony Brook University are seeking roughly $20 million in federal funding to help the military develop batteries that would power everything from unmanned vehicles to tactical gear soldiers carry into battle.
US wants 9 permanent bases in Afghanistan after 2014 ISAF withdrawal
• http://rt.comAfghan President Hamid Karzai vowed Thursday to wring concessions out of the United States in negotiations for a security pact for the country, as Washington wants to maintain nine military bases in Afghanistan after ISAF troops withdraw in 2014.
I Confronted A Drone Pilot
• http://govtslaves.info, Aaron DykesWho flies the drones America uses to take out military targets in foreign locales all over the globe?
DARPA To Scientists: Find A Better Way To Study Chemical Weapons
• popsci.comThe agency wants researchers to invent a technology that can determine, in just 30 days, how a new chemical or biological attack works.
Navy Ship Can’t Meet Mission, Internal U.S. Report Finds
• http://www.bloomberg.com, By Tony CapaccioU.S. Navy leaders were warned last year that a $37 billion program to build Littoral Combat Ships can’t meet its promised mission because the vessels are too lightly manned and armed, according to a confidential report.
US heads 41-nation war games in Gulf, Iran fears conflict in volatile region
• http://rt.comMassive US-led military drills began in the Persian Gulf in a second such show of maritime might in under a year.
Pentagon Wants ‘Human Surrogate’ for Ray Gun Tests
• Wired.comThe Pentagon’s electromagnetic pain weapons are about to make a new friend.
Air Force Brochure Tells Sexual Assault Victims to ‘Submit’
• Spencer Ackerman via WIRED.comAn Air Force brochure on sexual assault advises potential victims not to fight off their attackers.
Air Force sex-assault chief arrested on sexual battery charges
• Matt Pearce via LA TimesThe man leading a U.S. Air Force program responsible for preventing sexual assault has been arrested on suspicion of drunkenly groping a woman in an Arlington, Va., parking lot, officials said Monday.
US Doubts UN Claims That Syrian Rebels Used Sarin
• John Glaser via AntiWar.comThe Free Syrian Army formally denied using chemical weapons
Israel Swears Its Missile Defense Can Block Syrian Attacks
• Noah Shachtman via WIRED.comIsrael may have attacked targets in Syria — and risked a wider war — to stop ballistic missiles from falling into the hands of Islamic extremists.
Obama delivers blunt message on sexual assaults in military
• Washington PostThe estimated number of military personnel victimized by sexual assault and related crimes has surged by about 35 percent over the past two years, the Pentagon reported Tuesday, as the White House and lawmakers expressed anger with the military’s han
Source: Israeli Airstrike on Syria Coordinated With Al-Qaeda Militants
• Paul Watson via PrisonPlanet.comIsrael’s airstrike on Syria was timed to precede an Al-Qaeda-led rebel offensive against President Bashar Al-Assad’s forces according to Egyptian and Jordanian intelligence sources
In Attacking Syria, Israel Bets on No Retaliation
• Jason Ditz via AntiWar.comConfident They'll Get Away With It, But What Do They Hope to Gain?
Pentagon Still Believes Assad Has Control of Syria’s Chemical Arsenal
• Spencer Ackerman via WIRED.comThere’s still no hard evidence about who caused the recent, deadly sarin gas attack in Syria. But the Pentagon’s “strong view at this point” is that dictator Bashar Assad maintains control of his chemical arsenal.
Pentagon Lifts Veil on 7 New Obscure Chinese Weapons
• David Axe via WIRED.comTwo new models of stealthy jet fighter. A new(ish) aircraft carrier. Separate ballistic missiles for targeting orbital satellites and ships at sea. A host of cyberespionage tools.
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