ilamont/military

From the page: "Daniel M. Ortiz, department service director of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S., says the military misleads young recruits into believing that a stint in the armed forces turns them into attractive job candidates."

From the page: "Wary Gaza militants using binoculars are on constant lookout for drones. When one is sighted overhead, the militants report via walkie-talkie to their comrades, warning them to turn off their cell phones and remove the batteries for fear the Israeli technology will trace their whereabouts."

From the page: "The week in Anchorage was long and hard. We drank ourselves into corpses every night and, through means and will which I cannot articulate or even remember, lowered each other into the sepulcher of the ship and laid our bodies to rest. Then, under the eerie glow of the red bulb that burned in our berthing at all hours we would return to life, saved, for another night at the saloons, where we would slay ourselves again."

From the page: ""Military honors, to me, should be public information," said Rep. John T. Salazar, a Colorado Democrat and sponsor of the legislation.

But to date, Army lawyers and bureaucrats have blocked requests by The Sun and others to open these war stories to the public. They cite, among other reasons, potential threats to soldiers' privacy and safety."

From the page: "It was 1992. I was on my third year in the Marine Corps, a Corporal in 3rd Battalion Seventh Marines, stationed at 29 Palms (the Mojave Desert) affectionately known among us as �oeClub 2-9.” It was an austere existence to say the least. So when the First Sergeant stepped out one day and said, �oeWho wants to go out on a one-month liberty float?” I�ll admit I was a little surprised when the only response was a gust of desert wind. All eyes drooped reluctantly to the ground."