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		<title>Tracking CINCellulite</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 13:15:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Pentagon has been complaining for years that the impending budget cuts – slated to return it to 2007 levels of spending – will cripple national security. Kind of hard to believe there aren’t smart reductions yet to be made after checking out this Government Accountability Office report released Wednesday. It looks at the people, both military and civilian, working for the combatant commanders-in-chief &#8212; CINCs &#8212; at the headquarters of U.S. Africa Command, U.S. European Command, U.S. Northern Command, U.S. Pacific Command, and U.S. Southern Command. The congressional watchdog agency didn’t examine the staff at U.S. Central Command, given the fact that it has been at war for more than a decade. Sure, you can wade through the my-eyes-glaze-over text, if you’re a genuine defense-spending dweeb. If you&#8217;re not, here’s the central conclusion: Data provided by the commands shows that authorized military and civilian positions increased by about 50% from fiscal years 2001 through 2012…In addition, mission and headquarters support-costs at the combatant commands more than doubled from fiscal years 2007 through 2012&#8230;DOD considers the combatant commands&#8217; requests for additional positions, but it does not periodically evaluate the commands&#8217; authorized positions to ensure they are still needed to meet the commands&#8217; assigned missions. That’s bad enough. What’s worse is what the GAO said it couldn’t detail: Data on the number of personnel performing contract services across the combatant commands and service component commands varied or was unavailable, and thus trends could not be identified. Anyway, enough verbiage. Check out the following charts from the report: The charts may be silent, but they speak volumes.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nation.time.com&#038;blog=20157722&#038;post=120933&#038;subd=timemilitary&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Japan Assault Fleet Arrives at Pearl Harbor…Just For Practice</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 12:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kirk Spitzer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TOKYO – Warships from Japan’s Maritime Self Defense Force have making stops at the American naval base at Pearl Harbor for more than two decades. But it’s going to seem strange, indeed, when Japanese ground troops clamor aboard this weekend. Three of the newest and largest ships in the JMSDF arrived at Pearl Harbor on Thursday. Several-hundred ground troops from Japan’s Western Army Infantry Regiment will link up with the ships after flying in from bases in Kyushu. The flotilla will continue on to southern California, where the troops will take part in several weeks of amphibious warfare training with U.S. Marines. Altogether, it represents one of the most ambitious military exercises of Japan’s post-war era. Japanese troops have trained with Marines for several years, but have never operated from their own warships. The JMSDF, though highly capable, does not have any ships specifically designed to carry ground forces or to launch or support troops ashore. Years of debate over whether to develop amphibious warfare capability ended in 2010 when China began to aggressively press ownership claims on Japan’s remote Senkaku Islands, which China calls Diaoyu.  Japan has several thousand small and potentially vulnerable islands and rocky outcroppings that stretch some 700 miles southwest from Japan’s home islands. One of the goals of the exercise, called Dawn Blitz 2013, is learn how to berth large numbers of ground troops and store weapons, ammunition, equipment and supplies aboard ship for extended periods of time.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nation.time.com&#038;blog=20157722&#038;post=121010&#038;subd=timemilitary&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to End Sexual Abuse in the Military</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 12:15:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Grenny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reassuring comments from President Obama and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel aside, the Department of Defense’s approach to preventing sexual assault is doomed. It’s nice that President Obama “has your back” if you’re assaulted. It’s good that Chuck Hagel is filled with moral outrage. But no one has stepped up to what it will take to actually prevent the next 26,000 victims. I’ve read dozens of case reports of sexual assault under investigation. One that haunted me was of a woman—let’s call her Jessica—who was raped by one of her “battle buddies” while deployed in Afghanistan. She was the seventh victim of the same alleged perpetrator in 18 months. Cases like this compelled me to analyze the military’s effort to stop sexual assault. I compared it to other successful behavior-change efforts I’ve studied, ranging from stopping violence against women in South Africa, to reducing criminal recidivism in Singapore, to preventing AIDS in Thailand. I’ve seen what works and what doesn’t. The U.S. military’s effort is wanting in three significant respects: 1. Measure safety, not just assaults. Prevention won’t happen simply because enough perpetrators are publicly tried and punished. Let me be clear: it certainly matters that Jessica’s rapist is punished. But if the goal is to influence substantial reduction in assaults, military leaders must change norms, not just administer justice. Extreme acts happen more often in an environment where lesser transgressions are treated benignly. For example, when a soldier brushes up against another, makes a sexually offensive expression, or posts pornographic material, all bystanders must do to show acceptance is say nothing. While it is essential to establish world-class investigation, prosecution and punishment systems, these won’t be enough. Hagel needs to hold leaders accountable for creating a safe culture. This means that every member of the armed services must be able to answer three questions affirmatively: &#8211; If I were harassed or assaulted, I’m confident I could safely report it and that I would be treated with respect and fairness. &#8211;  Leaders in my location make it clear that they will<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nation.time.com&#038;blog=20157722&#038;post=120905&#038;subd=timemilitary&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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	<primary_category>Sexual Assault in the Ranks</primary_category><primary_category_link>http://nation.time.com/category/sexual-assault-in-the-ranks/</primary_category_link><featured_image>http://timemilitary.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/165675850.jpg?w=240</featured_image>
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		<title>Swapping Silk for Khaki: America’s First Female Soldiers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 12:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amid the bumper crop of tales of sexual assault in the ranks of the U.S. military, it’s refreshing to go back in time &#8212; 71 years ago this month, to be precise &#8212; when Army created the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps amid World War II. More than 150,000 American women served in the corps during World War II, double the 75,000 serving in the service today (but not as many as the 200,000 active-duty women now in uniform in all the services). LIFE magazine, Battleland’s distant cousin, published a major piece on the WAACs in September 1942, four months after its creation: The idea behind the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps is simply this: Women can do some of the jobs that men are doing in the Army. By taking over these jobs, they can release men for active or combat duty. For instance, if too many service troops are ordered away from a post, the post commander will send in a call for some WAACs. Pretty soon a WAAC contingent — probably a company — will descend on him and then disperse about the camp to do clerical work, mess work, light transportation work, mechanics work or any kind of work which women can do as well as men. Check out some fascinating photos over at LIFE’s website, here.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nation.time.com&#038;blog=20157722&#038;post=120922&#038;subd=timemilitary&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Double-Secret Training For America’s Feuding Asian Allies</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 11:46:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kirk Spitzer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TOKYO – Even as Japan and South Korea engage in another round of trash-talk over historical issues, they are quietly – very, very quietly – continuing to cooperate on the high seas. Japanese and South Korean warships joined with the USS Nimitz carrier strike group this week to conduct a combined search-and-rescue exercise and other maneuvers in the East China Sea, near territorial waters of both Japan and South Korea. The one-day exercise is held annually and the Americans were particularly eager to showcase this year’s event. It provided a timely opportunity to display cooperation among the United States and two of its most important regional allies, and to demonstrate U.S. commitment to the region even in a time of budget crisis. Instead, South Korean officials insisted on a news blackout. The stated rationale was to avoid straining ties with China. But the real reason was to avoid being seen as cooperating with Japan as the South Korean public seethed over inflammatory statements from Japan’s conservative leaders. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe seemed to imply during a Diet debate in late April that Japan hadn’t committed aggression against its neighbors during the Second World War or during its colonial occupation of Korea. He also seemed to suggest that he does not fully agree with a landmark apology issued by Japan’s leaders in 1995. Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, a rising conservative leader, later chimed in that the “comfort women” system &#8212; which mainstream historians xsay forced some 200,000 Korean, Chinese and other Asian women into sexual servitude to Japan’s military &#8212; had been “necessary” to maintain good order and discipline in the ranks (Hashimoto suggested that the U.S. Marines might want to set up a similar system on Okinawa, where some 18,000 troops are stationed; the Marines declined). The South Korean press gave extensive coverage to the Nimitz’ visit to the port of Busan this week and to exercises between Nimitz and South Korean warships. But virtually no mention was made of Japan’s participation in the trilateral exercise. That event similarly received<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nation.time.com&#038;blog=20157722&#038;post=120990&#038;subd=timemilitary&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Roots of Sexual Abuse in the Military</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 09:44:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even before the Army confirmed a third military sexual-assault preventer had been implicated in sexual harassment in the past two weeks late Thursday – the charges ranged from sexual battery, to pandering, to stalking an ex-wife – the Army&#8217;s top general, and the commander-in chief, said they&#8217;ve had enough. Late Thursday, the Army said Lieut. Colonel Darin Haas, chief of the Sexual Harassment and Assault Response Prevention/Equal Opportunity program manager at Fort Campbell, Ky., has been booted from that post following a dispute with his ex-wife. Local police arrested Haas Wednesday night and charged him with stalking her and sending threatening emails in violation of a court-issued protective order. Sexual assault in the ranks &#8220;is going to make &#8212; and has made &#8212; the military less effective than it can be,&#8221; President Obama said at a meeting of the nation&#8217;s military leaders to focus on the issue. &#8220;It is dangerous to our national security.&#8221; Only hours earlier, General Ray Odierno, the Army chief of staff, fired a volley at his troops on the subject. &#8220;The Army is failing in its efforts to combat sexual assault and sexual harassment,&#8221; Odierno said in a written message. &#8220;It is up to every one of us, civilian and Soldier, general officer to private, to solve this problem within our ranks.&#8221; The Pentagon is scrambling to try to turn the situation around, but there is a growing sense in the building that the series of scandals is beyond the military&#8217;s control. Defense officials desperately want the string of bad news to stop, but – like IEDs in Afghanistan – the chance of the next one blowing up is equal parts action and wishful thinking. Like the military&#8217;s ongoing challenge of suicide in the ranks, there is no single fix. There&#8217;s synergy at work here, defense officials suggest privately, and Obama agreed. &#8220;There is no silver bullet to solving this problem,&#8221; the President said Thursday. &#8220;This is going to require a sustained effort over a long period of time.&#8221; Nothing excuses sexual abuse, of course, but<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nation.time.com&#038;blog=20157722&#038;post=120958&#038;subd=timemilitary&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">U.S. President Barack Obama met with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odienaro, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey at the White House in Washington D.C., on May 16, 2013.</media:title>
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		<title>“Chaos” Theory: In a Parallel Universe, Far, Far Away…</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 17:23:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Bowers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marine General James &#8220;Chaos&#8221; Mattis, former chief of U.S. Central Command &#8212; and a Marine for 41 of his 63 years &#8212; walked out of the Pentagon for the last time Wednesday. It is said the only possessions he took with him was a basic-issue bayonet, a pair of PT shorts and a 30-foot length of 550 cord. His final words? You ass clowns have been screwing up this war on terror long enough. I&#8217;m going to finish this myself. Mattis, by Bowers Thursday morning, it has been reported that one MV-22 Osprey, a pallet of MREs (all vegetarian meals removed) and 17 kegs of Budweiser are missing from MCB Quantico. DIA is reporting that in the last 14 hours, 32,468 terrorists have been killed from stab wounds, and an additional 12,586 High-Value Targets have been killed by strangulation. Operatives are stating that in the vicinity of many of the corpses they found red plastic cups with the word Solo on them. Todd Bowers spent 12 years in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, serving in both Iraq and Afghanistan on multiple deployments. He served under Mattis in Fallujah, Iraq, where Bowers received a Purple Heart and Navy Commendation medal with &#8220;V&#8221; device. To this day, Bowers is haunted because he let the general down by getting wounded without Mattis&#8217; permission. Follow Bowers on Twitter @toddbowers<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nation.time.com&#038;blog=20157722&#038;post=120855&#038;subd=timemilitary&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bombs Away</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:02:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s bad news from Iraq today, and worse news from Afghanistan: BAGHDAD (AP) — Car bombs struck Shiite neighborhoods of the Iraqi capital and a northern city on Thursday, killing 16 people, while gunmen in Baghdad shot dead the brother of a Sunni lawmaker, officials said. KABUL (Reuters) &#8211; A suicide bomber in a car attacked a convoy of foreign troops in Kabul on Thursday, killing at least 15 people including six Americans, Afghan and foreign officials said, in one of the worst attacks in the Afghan capital in months. The killing continues in both places. The U.S. apparently didn’t bring peace and stability to Iraq, and it doesn’t look like it is going to do so in Afghanistan, either. But at least in Iraq they’re only killing themselves. Small comfort to the families of the 4,486 U.S. troops who died in Operation Iraqi Freedom. That toll has been frozen for months. In Afghanistan, the U.S. death toll has been slowly, but steadily, creeping upward. It’s now at 2,226. Soon it will reach 50% of the Iraq total.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nation.time.com&#038;blog=20157722&#038;post=120830&#038;subd=timemilitary&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bridge Amid Troubled Water</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 12:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[History was made in a flash earlier this week, when the Navy’s jet-powered X-47B drone flew off an aircraft carrier for the first time. The official Navy video of the event lasted all of 10 seconds. But actual recordings of history are far more profound when there’s a long period of anticipation before the key event. That’s what the independent Navy Times newspaper brings us this week with its publication of a four-minute audio recording of bedlam on the bridge of the destroyer USS Porter last summer as it crashed into the supertanker Otowasan in the Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Persian Gulf. You know the old phrase “like an accident waiting to happen”? Listen here, and hear for yourself. Luckily, no one was hurt on either vessel, although the Porter&#8217;s captain found himself relieved of command three weeks later.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nation.time.com&#038;blog=20157722&#038;post=120751&#038;subd=timemilitary&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Spate of Sexual-Assault Reports Resurrects a Painful Memory</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 12:13:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maryann Makekau</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With recent investigation of the Army coordinator of one of Fort Hood’s sexual-abuse prevention programs, coupled with the arrest of an Air Force officer in charge of his service’s sexual-assault prevention program, dismay is surging up every link of the U.S. military’s chain of command. Apparently, the “zero tolerance” policy to combat sexual harassment adopted by the U.S. military in the 1980s isn&#8217;t working. Today, the spotlight isn’t only on the problem itself, but on the military’s policy for handling it and the leadership in charge of eradicating the epidemic of abuse. The Pentagon&#8217;s leaders know it&#8217;s reaching a critical stage. &#8220;We&#8217;re losing the confidence of the women who serve that we can solve this problem,&#8221; Army General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters as he returned Tuesday from NATO meetings in Brussels. &#8220;That&#8217;s a crisis.&#8221; With an estimated 26,000 troops experiencing sexual assaults last year, it’s clear that current program responses aren’t rooting out the problem. In fact – in these two most recent cases &#8212; those charged with eliminating the problem are the problem. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has said that the disturbing trend “could very well undermine our ability to effectively carry out the mission and to recruit and retain the good people we need.” According to the Military Times, Hagel has called for “close-up and comprehensive inspection of all military offices and workplaces worldwide to root out any materials that create a degrading or offensive work environment.” The Pentagon estimated that 80% to 90% of sexual assault cases go unreported. When surveyed, 26% of Marine female respondents said they feared retaliation for speaking up and 62% reported they suffered retaliation for reporting sexual assault allegations to a commander. As a former enlisted member of the Air Force, the recent news disturbs me. This month marks the 14th annual National Military Appreciation Month, as designated by Congress in 1999. It’s a shame that during the timeframe when the focus should be on celebrating and commemorating our military’s achievements, degradation and shortfalls are instead receiving the<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nation.time.com&#038;blog=20157722&#038;post=120702&#038;subd=timemilitary&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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