Robynn Murray, female vet profiled in the film Poster Girl The news that the U.S. military plans to officially allow women to serve in many combat positions, pending some more review, is infuriating, but not unexpected. When “don’t ask, don’t tell” was suspended so that LGBT people were to be tolerated in the military, and not […]
‘Did we just kill a kid?’: The moment drone operator who assassinated Afghans with the push of a button on a computer in the U.S. realized he had vaporized a child… and could not go on. By Helen Pow | From MailOnline A former U.S. drone operator has opened up about the toll of killing […]
Dreams in Infrared: The Woes of an American Drone Pilot By Nicola Abé from Spiegel Online International Gilles Mingasson/ DER SPIEGEL For more photos, click here. A soldier sets out to graduate at the top of his class. He succeeds, and he becomes a drone pilot working with a special unit of the United […]
From ArmyTimes | Original Article As many as 12 active-duty soldiers committed suicide in November, pushing the Army above last year’s record number of suicides with one month left to go in the year, officials said today. With the deaths in November, of which one has been confirmed as suicide, the Army has now had […]
Click here to watch John Lennon’s moving video, reminding us that we do have the capacity to end these wars. Happy holidays from all of us at We Are Not Your Soldiers and World Can’t Wait.
Today I received a post from a man who was my best friend from second grade through high school about how one of his army buddies had died in Afghanistan . I guess he and I have grown apart this last year but it makes me sad to hear another life has been lost for […]
On Afghan War 11th Anniversary, Vets Confront Mental Health Crisis, Soldier Suicides and Violence Watch Democracy Now! video here. On the 11th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, we take a look at the invisible wounds of war here at home. Since the war began on Oct. 7, 2001, less than a […]
Photo © by Chris Vongsawat American military deaths in Afghanistan and the communities from which these soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines came. Informative report by Michael Zweig, Michael Porter, and Yuxiang Huang. Full Report (.pdf) Notes on Data and Methods List of Counties Casualty Data File
By Michael Orange General questions: Jot your answers and I’ll provide the answers as I proceed with my presentation. What is the length of military obligation when enlisting: 2, 4, or 8 years? What percentage of veterans made use of the skills they learned in the military on their civilian jobs? How many people died […]
By Linda Pershing, with Lara Bell, posted on WarIsACrime.org Brian Arredondo never really recovered from his brother’s death in the Iraq War. When they were kids, Brian adored his older brother Alexander and tagged along with him whenever he could. They were often seen playing together in parks and schoolyards in communities surrounding Boston, Massachusetts, […]
On Monday, November 14, Matthis Chiroux and I presented the WANYS tour in four high schools classes in New York City. We started at 11 AM and went until 3:30 PM. Pretty grueling, but very much worth it. We were invited by a history teacher at the school. His classes were seniors, and he had […]
By Sarah Pusateri – While most people’s exposure to military sexual violence may have come from Hollywood, it’s actually a very real problem. Soldiers may expect shootings and even bombings in war, but they also face a more personal type of threat. READ MORE: Military Sexual Trauma: The Other Horror of War
