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Jul. 6th, 2006
Update on 1LT Watada
Jul. 6th, 2006 04:52 pmhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13730344/
Army charges officer who refuses to go to Iraq
Lieutenant who believes the war there is illegal may face 8 years in prison
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Interestingly enough, the letters to the editor section of this week's Army Times has several responses to the initial story.
I agree strongly with the wife who wrote that she doesn't want him serving alongside her husband, an attitude I can definitely understand. Doing our job is hard enough, and we don't need to have people that we don't know we can trust next to us. Trust is such an important part of what we do that we can't get along without it. Trust is what makes problems like sexual harassment a huge problem in the military - besides the obvious harm it does, it also erodes trust. Not just between the victim and the harasser, but between everyone.
The other letter that really struck me was the one written by an active-duty officer, in which he points out that as soldiers, we are not given the luxury of deciding what conflicts we participate in. Duty requires us to fulfill our obligations - and as an officer, his primary obligation should be to the men and women under his command.
DV
Army charges officer who refuses to go to Iraq
Lieutenant who believes the war there is illegal may face 8 years in prison
( Read more... )
****
Interestingly enough, the letters to the editor section of this week's Army Times has several responses to the initial story.
I agree strongly with the wife who wrote that she doesn't want him serving alongside her husband, an attitude I can definitely understand. Doing our job is hard enough, and we don't need to have people that we don't know we can trust next to us. Trust is such an important part of what we do that we can't get along without it. Trust is what makes problems like sexual harassment a huge problem in the military - besides the obvious harm it does, it also erodes trust. Not just between the victim and the harasser, but between everyone.
The other letter that really struck me was the one written by an active-duty officer, in which he points out that as soldiers, we are not given the luxury of deciding what conflicts we participate in. Duty requires us to fulfill our obligations - and as an officer, his primary obligation should be to the men and women under his command.
DV
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13741752/
Budget woes force Army bases to cut services
$530 million shortfall at garrisons takes toll on basic supplies, functions
FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas - A diversion of dollars to help fight the war in Iraq has helped create a $530 million shortfall for Army posts at home and abroad, leaving some unable to pay utility bills or even cut the grass.
( Read more... )
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Budget woes force Army bases to cut services
$530 million shortfall at garrisons takes toll on basic supplies, functions
FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas - A diversion of dollars to help fight the war in Iraq has helped create a $530 million shortfall for Army posts at home and abroad, leaving some unable to pay utility bills or even cut the grass.
( Read more... )
DV