Category Archives: Military Matters

Update: U. S. Military orders Help for Servicemembers Abortions: GOP Vows Fight

[NOTE: These related reports include an update on Defense Department efforts to support reproductive rights of pregnant servicemembers, and a background Op-Ed that helped shape the latest pronouncement. The comments from Congress indicate that this issue will continue to be controversial.] New Pentagon abortion policy draws ire of GOP, praise from Democrats By Leo Shane … Continue reading Update: U. S. Military orders Help for Servicemembers Abortions: GOP Vows Fight →

Ukrainian Women POWS released in Prisoner Swap

One Ukrainian prisoner Swap: Two accounts Sky News UK — Oct. 18, 2022 More than 100 Ukrainian women have been released from Russian captivity as part of what is thought to be one of the biggest prisoner swaps in the war so far. Some 218 detainees were exchanged on Monday – 108 Ukrainian woman and … Continue reading Ukrainian Women POWS released in Prisoner Swap →

War Is Still Hell: Father vs. Son In Ukraine

The Guardian: ‘He joined the enemy’: a Ukraine soldier on fighting his father on Russian side Artur is in touch by text with his father, Oleg, a colonel in pro-Moscow forces, and is trying hard not to let hate consume him Pjotr Sauer Fri 14 Oct 2022 In the early hours of 24 February, when … Continue reading War Is Still Hell: Father vs. Son In Ukraine →

Afghan Fighter pilot Now Hunts Down U.S. Wildfires from the Air

Afghan Pilot Who Bombed the Taliban Now Flying Recon to Combat US Wildfires 5 Oct 2022 — Military.com|By Richard Sisk Former Afghan Air Force (AAF) Maj. Samimullah Samim, one of the thousands of Afghans who ran the gantlet of Taliban checkpoints and the deadly chaos at the Kabul airport gates to escape to the U.S. … Continue reading Afghan Fighter pilot Now Hunts Down U.S. Wildfires from the Air →

Ukraine & Corruption: A Major, Mostly Unmentioned Issue

New York Times: Ukraine Is Weakened by Corruption, So How Is It Stymying the Russians? Oct. 10, 2022 By Peter Coy, Opinion Writer Corruption undermines society as surely as termites undermine houses. Ukraine suffers from corruption. So how has Ukrainian society nonetheless managed to stymie a Russian invasion, and even turn the tables on … Continue reading Ukraine & Corruption: A Major, Mostly Unmentioned Issue →