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...study by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) focused on 88,235 soldiers who were screened twice: first when they returned from Iraq; and second, after three to six months at home. Although reservists had similar battlefield experiences as active-duty troops, they suffered substantially higher rates of depression, interpersonal conflict, suicidal thoughts and post-traumatic stress disorder - a disparity that grew dramatically over time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War's Mental Toll on Reservists | 11/13/2007 | See Source »

...Bali and 9/11 were proof enough to many Americans that radical Islam is at war with the West; that there is nothing to negotiate, such as the withdrawal of our troops from Saudi Arabia or peace between the Palestinians and the Israelis; that the battlefield is everywhere, with everyone a combatant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Bombing Bookends to 9/11 | 10/12/2007 | See Source »

...notes, "is actually a good analogy for the V-22." Like the AV-8, the V-22 is a radical aircraft crammed with compromises that may change combat forever. And like the AV-8, it may also kill a lot of Marines while doing little of note on the battlefield. Since 1971, more than a third of Harriers have crashed, killing 45 Marines in 143 accidents. But there's a critical difference between the two warplanes. Each Harrier carries a single pilot, nestled into an ejection seat with a parachute. But after all the debate about tilt-rotor technology - after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: V-22 Osprey: A Flying Shame | 9/26/2007 | See Source »

...doctor standing over him on his bed. I told him I needed him to relax his muscles. And, then, a wonderful light came on in his eyes. He told me he understood this - maybe it was something a wounded Spartan hoplite might have done while being treated on the battlefield. Anyway, he got it. And, by Zeus, he relaxed. So I pulled, lifting Nick and an ER doc off the stretcher, and while Nick waxed on about sterilizing old wine bottles, I felt his new old hip pop back into place. The leg came out to length and was straight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Replacement for Hip Replacements | 9/25/2007 | See Source »

...armed force separate from the Lebanese government military. But tabling that issue will only postpone having to deal with the 800-lb. missile-toting gorilla in the room. If the cold war in the Middle East gets hot again, Hizballah and its rockets could well be back on the battlefield - which is inevitably going to be Lebanon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lebanon: In Search of a President | 9/25/2007 | See Source »

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