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Problems persist at Arlington National Cemetery

Mark Benjamin of Salon.com reports on problems plaguing Arlington National Cemetery.  The cemetery's deputy superintendent, Thurman Higginbotham, has been at the center of an Army investigation involving an illegal wiretap.  […]
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Civilian contractors must fight for care from insurers

"Civilian workers who suffered devastating injuries while supporting the U.S. war effort in Iraq and Afghanistan have come home to a grinding battle for basic medical care, artificial limbs, psychological […]
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Army charity holding onto millions of dollars

The biggest charity inside the U.S. military has been stockpiling tens of millions of dollars meant to help put returning fighters back on their feet, an Associated Press investigation shows. […]
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Salon.com launches series examining Army suicides

Mark Benjamin and Michael de Yoanna of Salon.com have launched "Coming Home," a weeklong series that "focuses on preventable deaths at Fort Carson, a U.S. Army post in Colorado, among troops […]
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Official confirms detainee was tortured

In an interview with The Washington Post's Bob Woodward, the official overseeing U.S. military commissions confirmed that treatment of a Guantanamo Bay detainee qualified as torture. "The public record of […]
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Aviation accidents on the rise in U.S. Army

Over the past decade, there has been a marked increase in the number of Army aviation accidents, according to a report by Michael Fabey of Aviation Week.  In the first […]
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McCaffrey profits from the business of war

A report by David Barstow of The New York Times reveals how Barry McCaffrey, a retired four-star Army general, has parlayed his stature and influence into lucrative opportunities, including a […]
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The taking of NASA’s secrets

BusinessWeek’s Keith Epstein and Ben Elgin disclose detailed evidence that hackers and foreign operatives have been penetrating NASA computers for years, robbing the nation’s military and scientific institutions — along […]
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Soldiers say they were ordered to shred sensitive files

In October, Mark Benjamin of Salon.com questioned the U.S. Army's report attributing the deaths of Pfc. Albert Nelson and Pfc. Robert Suarez to enemy action after finding evidence suggesting that […]
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Cost of Army aviation accidents top $16 billion

An analysis of data from the Army Combat Readiness/Safety Center revealed that aviation accidents and incidents have cost the U.S. Army approximately $16.2 billion over the past 12 years, according […]
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