Veterans

The Israeli military recently made history by allowing autistic persons to serve. Will the US follow suit and pursue accommodations for disabled persons to contribute to the military?

Veterans Day is an opportunity to recognize and reflect upon the fact that we are a free people because men women have willingly stood on freedom’s wall and fought and killed and risked death to keep us safe

Review of River City One by John Waters, a novel of coming home from war

How a military works to rebuild itself, and how to find value in service to an ungrateful nation are evergreen lessons of Atkinson’s novel.

Seventy-five years ago, the Samuel Goldwyn masterpiece “The Best Years of Our Lives” premiered to universal critical and popular acclaim. Reviewing the film now, two overarching contrasts between past and present are clear.

Can other churches use hail and farewell events to welcome military families better, educate civilians about military life, and show how servicemembers serve the church?

From my perspective the Ken Burns and Lynn Novick production of “The Vietnam War” had but one objective: to reinforce the standard anti-war narrative that the Vietnam War was unwinnable, illegal, immoral, and ineptly conducted by the allies from start to finish.

Isolation may be impractical, but its appeal is very understandable. In this article, originally published on June 14, 1943, in Christianity and Crisis, Charles Gilkey presents six influences upon this school of thought, and emphasizes the importance of giving primacy to the opinion of returning veterans in defining future U.S. foreign policy.

President George W. Bush’s Portraits of Courage can help the nation, and especially the Church, better understand wounded warriors.