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Robots And Bombs: Keeping Our Troops Safer

Rob Garrett — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:09:02 +0000

It’s amazing to think of all the different positions a person can take when joining the military. Some go the easy route of being a cook while others go for the toughest and most dangerous ones. I’m talking about the bomb patrol. I can’t even imagine what they go through and all the training it [...]

Fort Hood Shooter Could Face the Death Penalty

Amory Gritta — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:00:58 +0000

The Army has announced that Maj. Nidal Hasan will be tried in a military court and is eligible for the death penalty for his role in a 2009 shooting spree at Fort Hood in Texas.

An attorney for the former military psychiatrist, who's been charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder in connection with the deadly rampage, wanted capital punishment taken off the table. It has not yet been decided whether an insanity defense will be used.

Stay At Home Mom, Work Abroad Dad

Sarah H. — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:29:22 +0000

This blog has taken me a really long time to write. I can honestly say that I have spent more time thinking about it and working on it than I have in any other writing assignment I have ever had. The reason for this is that I had some really inspiring women give me their stories. I want to do their stories justice and I want to convey how awesome they are and I started over about 10 times on this blog because I wanted to make sure I was doing just that.

I grew up with a father that was and still is in the oilfield. He was gone all the time. His schedule for as long as I could remember was 8 and 4. That’s 8 days and nights away from home and 4 days home. In theory it doesn’t sound that bad, but 2 of the four days were spent traveling either to or from work.