Mass reenlistments are a significant affirmation of American fighting men and women’s fighting spirit. On 4 July, 2008, nearly 1% of all American service members in Iraq elected to reenlist in a ceremony committing them to 5,500 man-years of military service. (See Army.mil/news: 1,215 Servicemembers re-up in Iraq). This ceremony more than doubled last […]
Entries from July 2008
Combat Motivation: Record Reenlistment in Iraq
July 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Combat Motivation · Human Dimension of War
Snipers, Rules, and Moral Roulette
July 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
This week’s testimony of a Marine Lieutenant in a hearing on a shooting in Iraq (”Marine Snipers’ Killing Rules Weren’t Clear, Lieutenant Testifies” Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2008) probes the gray areas between use of force and restraint in a counterinsurgency campaign:
“Lt. Dominic Corabi said that as he and his Marines deployed to Iraq, […]
Tags: Killing · Human Dimension of War