Here are the top stories this week related to our soldiers here and abroad, taken from the Our Troops Newsladder.
The New York Times revealed that military analysts that appear as "independent experts" on news shows have actually been part of a "Pentagon information apparatus that has used those analysts in a campaign to generate favorable news coverage of the administration’s wartime performance," and that these analysts have been wooed in by private briefings with top military leaders and the Vice President. (nytimes.com)
Veterans joined the ACLU's demand that an independent prosecutor investigate the U.S. governments approval and use of torture. (veteransforcommonsense.com)
A new study shows that over 300,000 troops may suffer from mental health injuries and that only half of them have sought help. (vets4politics.blogspot.com)
The Seattle Post-Intelligencier tells the story of a Navy woman who was arrested and given a choice between a court-martial or less-than-honorable discharge after refusing to serve in Iraq. However, her choice to refuse to serve was not based on a protest to the war itself, but over the "individual augmentee" program which sends Navy officers ashore to augment ground forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. (seattlepi.com)
Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Conway discussed the possibility of sending a larger force of Marines into Afghanistan, but it is too soon to tell if that will coincide with a drawdown of Marines from the force in Iraq. (military.com)
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