U.S. Army

Biblical Act of Expiation for Killing in Battle Might Have Helped with PTSD

PZMiller — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:19:53 -0400

My July 20th blog post talked about post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in military personnel (see http://tinyurl.com/6eu789). I then asked for an opinion from BT, the National Guard infantryman now serving in Iraq who had a guest post here on July 9th (see http://tinyurl.com/5nahvc). Here’s BT’s reply to me: read more »

Guest Post from Iraq: People Like Him Don't Do Things Like That

PZMiller — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:03:49 -0400

Here is a guest post sent today from Iraq by U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Big Tobacco (check out his own blog at http://big-tobacco.blogspot.com):

"Don't take this the wrong way, but people like me don't do things like that. So why do you?" read more »

First Female Four-Star General Nominated by President Bush

PZMiller — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:49:26 -0400

The June 24th Wall Street Journal carried this blurb in the front-page What’s News column: A woman has been chosen for promotion to the rank of four-star general for the first time in American history.

For someone whose novel features the wives of four new army officers in the spring of 1970 and who was there at the beginning of the women’s movement, this was a rather exciting headline. read more »