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Is there an epidemic of pneumonia among soldiers in Leningrad Oblast?

2018-01-10 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

Almost 1000 draftees from Leningrad Oblast have been hospitalized in less than two months, reports Ekho Moskvy. According to the radio station, most of the soldiers have been diagnosed with pneumonia. There are no official statements about the apparent epidemic. Ekho Moskvy says that the sick soldiers are brought to the hospital in Saint Petersburg […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Conscription, Russia

Knowledge increases support for women soldiers, says Estonian study

2018-01-08 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

Andres Siplane in an ICDS report about Women in the Estonian Defense Forces: “As an important observation, it has to be pointed out that support for women serving in the [Estonian Defense Forces] is much higher among active service personnel than in society in general.[…] While in society in general almost half of the respondents […]

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Use of rape as a weapon is the (disgusting) norm in civil war

2017-12-27 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

Patrick Burke for War is Boring: But not every civil war results in mass rape. In fact, only 64 percent of the 91 civil wars between 1980 and 2012 featured wide-scale or systematic rape, according to data from Harvard Kennedy School associate professor Dara Kay Cohen’s recent book Rape During Civil War. Surprising use of […]

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Aren’t American soldiers supposed to protect the Constitution?

2017-09-19 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

Mackenzie Wolf in Air Force Times: Captain Sonny Hernandez, an Air Force Reserve chaplain for the 445th Airlift Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, ministers to thousands of men and women serving in the Air Force. He contends that Christians serving in the military “serve Satan” if they support other service member’s rights […]

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Exercise scenarios tend to be a waste of time

2017-09-13 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

The fictional scenario for Zapad 2017 has gone viral as a joke on social media, and that has led The Wall Street Journal to write a piece on the made-up settings that militaries use for training: The U.S., its NATO allies, Russia and other militaries around the world use fictional scenarios to make their military […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Military Leadership, Russia, USA

Denmark celebrates soldiers on flag-flying day for ninth time

2017-09-05 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

Denmark celebrates its soldiers on flag-flying day for deployed personnel on September 5th. Historically, Denmark does not have a tradition for celebrating military accomplishments, and for many years it seemed against the national soul to openly acknowledge military contributions or personal achievements amongst soldiers. Instead, it was looked upon as inappropriate to commemorate events that […]

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