Articles tagged: military
COLUMN: Women in combat: Acknowledging reality?
Posted: Feb 01, 2013Margaret Corbin Memorial at the West Point Cemetery, United States Military Academy. Editor's note: This post is part of a series by Dr. Baker on Our Values about core American values. This week Dr. Baker ... Read more »
COLUMN: Women in Combat: Agree with Gen. Boykin this time?
Posted: Jan 30, 2013Editor's note: This post is part of a series by Dr. Baker on Our Values about core American values. This week Dr. Baker is discussing women in combat roles. The majority of Americans favor allowing ... Read more »
OPINION: Message of military recruiting TV ads is that violence is cool
Posted: Mar 31, 2012While watching the NCAA playoffs on TV a very violent ad appeared many times. It had music and action. It showed weapons and rockets being fired. Jets swooped. Tanks and soldiers ran across an open ... Read more »
OPINION: A veteran responds: We have wars because there is evil in the world
Posted: Jun 12, 2011This is a response to a letter sent by Arnold Stieber, “A day for dialogue” (May 29, AnnArbor.com). Mr. Stieber states that he’d like to see Memorial Day be a day that we sit down ... Read more »
OPINION: Veteran: Let's make this Memorial Day a time for dialogue about why we have wars
Posted: May 28, 2011I’m a father, a retired businessperson and a military veteran (Army, infantry, Viet Nam). I’d like to see Memorial Day be a day for dialogue on issues that really matter for the future of our ... Read more »
Opinion: Government chose retribution over human rights in killing Bin Laden
Posted: May 22, 2011At least the U.S. government finally acknowledges its role in political assassinations these days. It was a switch, though, for our president to relinquish his stance as constitutional scholar and come out as biblical apologist ... Read more »
Opinion: Respect the military, but not wars
Posted: Feb 13, 2011I appreciate Wade A. Kellogg's comments on my letter to the editor ("Military readiness essential," Letters to the editor, Feb. 6 print edition) and I applaud his sincerity. I feel the need, however, to make ... Read more »
Opinion: Military readiness is essential for peace
Posted: Feb 06, 2011Mr. Robert L. Davis writes about his solutions to the deficit (“A plan to decrease debt,” Letters to the editor, Jan. 23 print edition). As a fellow veteran, I’d like to respectfully counter his points. ... Read more »
Opinion: How do you cut the national debt? Start with military spending
Posted: Jan 22, 2011I read with great interest the story "National debt surpasses $14,000,000,000,000" in the Jan. 16 (print) edition of AnnArbor.com. I have a suggestion for the Obama administration, Congress, the Democratic Party, the Republican Party, the ... Read more »
Opinion: Drone attacks in Pakistan open door that is best left closed
Posted: Dec 26, 2010Day after day, we read of U.S. drone attacks in Pakistan, the latest as reported by the BBC: "Scores die as drones renew attack on Pakistan's Khyber ... Nearly 60 people have been killed in ... Read more »
Opinion: U.S. is training Latin American soldiers to torture and kill people
Posted: Dec 12, 2010Recently, I attended my first School of the Americas protest. SOA (now called the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation or WHINSEC) is where our military teaches soldiers from Latin American countries how to torture ... Read more »
Superior Township resident bound, robbed in his residence
Posted: Aug 02, 2010A Superior Township resident was bound and robbed by two men who claimed to be looking for a dog Sunday, according to the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Department. The resident, who lives in the 5000 block ... Read more »
'Ending the US War in Afghanistan' explains the whys of the war and the hows of peace
Posted: Jul 12, 2010With the inauguration of President Obama, the American people were excited for not only a change in the government, but also a change in American life. Once in office, he put a major focus on ... Read more »
Chelsea High graduate who died in Afghanistan remembered as 'best-of-the-best'
Posted: Jun 11, 2010A college banner from Purdue University still hangs proudly in the classroom of Chelsea High School math teacher Lonnie Mitchell. The banner was a gift from former student Joel C. Gentz, who went on to graduate ... Read more »
Has the Ann Arbor YMCA joined the Army?
Posted: Mar 16, 2010Just over a year ago America pulled together to elect the most "anti-war" candidate to run this nation. Many even called the election of Mr. Obama a historic victory for the U.S. "peace movement." But, ... Read more »
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