A new issue of Airman is out. Gary Schaub Jr. (AWC): Unit Cohesion and the Impact of DADT. With the end of "don't ask, don't tell" in sight, we can acknowledge it never protected soldiers — it just promoted prejudice. Confessions of a gay soldier: How "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" erodes the most valuable lessons military service can teach. Michael Evans (ADF): Stoic Philosophy and the Profession of Arms. From Leatherneck, Beth Crumley on Robert J. Arrotta, the mightiest corporal in the Marine Corps. Exploring the ambiguities of masculinity in accounts of emotional distress in the military among young ex-servicemen. From the Journal of Family Life, Beth Easterling (Tennessee) and David Knox (ECU): Left Behind: How Military Wives Experience the Deployment of their Husbands; and Erin Finley (Texas), and Mary Jo V. Pugh and Matthew Jeffreys (STVHS): Talking, Love, Time: Two Case Studies of Positive Post-Deployment Coping in Military Families. Saving military families: The military must do more about the high divorce and suicide rates among active duty personnel and veterans. June was the deadliest month for Army suicides since Vietnam — what's behind this record-breaking, tragic rise? Military suicides are higher than we think: Apparently, declaring a death a suicide isn't always clear-cut. Despite Army’s prevention efforts, suicides continue. "Our American Heroes": Why it's wrong to equate military service with heroism. Our Warriors: The terminology we use to describe our soldiers reveals the gap between us. The next Petraeus: What makes a visionary commander, and why the military isn’t producing more of them. Rise of the four-star deities: Is the US once again succumbing to the cult of the generals? Civilian strategists often think they understand the use of force better than their generals do; here are 10 cockamamie military schemes that thankfully never came to pass.
