Last week, a veteran came to speak to my American studies class about his experience in the US military. This dude was young — I’d say about late 20s, early 30s — but also an experienced soldier, having served oversees for almost ten years. He told us he enlisted as soon as possible, has been [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Military’
Class Warfare: Civilian Thoughts on the Military
Posted in Culture, tagged American studies, Homosexuality, M, Military, Patriotism, Warfare on November 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The DADT Injunction: A Gift or a Curse for Obama?
Posted in Law, Politics, tagged Constitutionality, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Military on October 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Judge Virginia Phillips of the Federal District Court for the Central District of California yesterday ordered a worldwide injunction banning enforcement of the military’s Don’t Ask Don’t Tell law. The 17-year-old ban on open gays serving in the military “infringes the fundamental rights of United States servicemembers and prospective servicemembers and violates (a) the substantive [...]
Whatever Happened to the DADT Repeal?
Posted in Culture, Politics, tagged Don't Ask Don't Tell, Military, Senate on September 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Remember the State of the Union address, way back in January? Back before the ground zero mosque and the Pakistan floods and Shirley Sherrod and the Gulf Coast oil spill and that Icelandic volcano and the winter Olympics? What was that thing Barack Obama promised? “This year, I will work with Congress and our military [...]
