Female Marine from Canton killed in Iraq
Female Marine killed in Iraq
Published:Thursday, October 23, 2008
CANTON — The Canton Repository is reporting the death of a 22-year-old Plain Township Marine who was killed earlier this week in Iraq. The U.S. Department of Defense Web site, www.defenselink.mil, said U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Stacy Ann Dryden died Sunday from injuries sustained in a nonhostile incident in Anbar province, Iraq. She was assigned to 1st Supply Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
The incident is under investigation.
'Awakening' leads to soldier's status as conscientious objector
24 September 2008
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- A federal judge has ordered the Army to
grant conscientious objector status and an honorable discharge to a
soldier who says he experienced a religious awakening in Iraq.
The ruling supersedes the Army's decision last year to deny Pfc.
Michael Barnes' request. Barnes had told the Army that his religious
experience two years ago left him opposed to war in any form.
U.S. District Judge John Sedwick said military investigators failed
to provide "a basis in fact" to support their contention that
Barnes' religious objections to war were insincere.
Family of U.S. soldier in dark about 'non-hostile' death
18 September 2008
By Cal Perry
CNN
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Darryl Mathis waits in his Pensacola,
Florida, home for the body of his 24-year-old son to return home
from Iraq. Mathis, a military veteran himself, was seething with
anger Thursday as he spoke about the death of Army Staff Sgt. Darris
J. Dawson.
Dawson, and Sgt. Wesley Durbin, 26, are said to have been shot and
killed by another U.S. soldier on Sunday at a base south of Baghdad.
Darryl and his wife, Maxine (Dawson's stepmother), say the military
has told them nothing about the incident: no details on his death,
Army suicide rate could top nation's this year
From Mike Mount
CNN Pentagon Producer
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The rate of suicides among-active duty soldiers
is on pace to surpass both last year's numbers and the rate of
suicide in the general U.S. population for the first time since the
Vietnam war, according to U.S. Army officials.
As of August, 62 Army soldiers have committed suicide, and 31 cases
of possible suicide remain under investigation, according to Army
statistics. Last year, the Army recorded 115 suicides among its
ranks, which was also higher than the previous year.
Prevent Congress from forcing JROTC into high schools
By Pat Elder
On Sept. 17, the U.S. Senate will consider 230 proposed amendments to the
2009 National Defense Authorization Act. (NDAA) Included is amendment #5331, introduced by Sen. John Conryn of Texas. It would deny federal funds to high school that refuse to allow a Jr. Reserve Officer Training Corps program. Currently, public schools may refuse JROTC programs without penalty.
Many JROTC programs include rifle ranges, all use textbooks provided by the Pentagon and are highly effective recruitment programs for the military.
