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...risks to get bigger paychecks for decades. Almost 2,000 serve in the British Army, where their martial skills are prized only slightly more than their rugby talent. Two hundred of them are in Iraq; one was killed there last year. But Romanu Naceva, head of the British Ex-Servicemen and Family Association of Fiji, says entry tests are getting tougher: "Most of our sons who would like to join can't meet the standard, so they are looking for other employment." Men who join Fiji's 3,000-strong military can double their meager salaries by serving with...
Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan announced in November that the military could not use the law school’s recruiting resources until the Pentagon signed a pledge promising not to discriminate against gay and lesbian employees. The military, which discharges openly gay servicemen under its “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, refused to sign the pledge...
Harlow said servicemen have attended their children’s first birthday parties, seen their kids take their first steps, and have even been married by video link. “It’s awesome stuff,” he said...
...Being in Iraq is a miserable experience as far as the day-to-day living conditions of American servicemen and women,” Moulton says. “It’s hot as hell...
Unfortunately, the majority of Americans serving in today's military don't have a well-known or wealthy relative who can save them from military service. Most of our servicemen and -women enlisted to pay for their education or to help their families financially. Without a draft, the U.S. has become a country where the rich enjoy the rewards and security that money brings while the poor do the dirty work...