<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Military</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/nation/nationalsecurity/military?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/military</link><description>Military</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Enrollment in ROTC Down 16 Percent]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12418-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/military</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12418-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/military</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2005 17:04:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Nationwide enrollment has slipped over the past two years, leaving the program, which commissions more than six of every 10 new Army officers each year, with its fewest participants in nearly a decade.]]></description><author> Josh White</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marine Unit Awaits 'Taste Of Freedom']]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40494-2005Apr9.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/military</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40494-2005Apr9.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/military</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2005 17:04:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[FALLUJAH, Iraq, April 9  --  Two years ago, Cpl. Justin Soule rushed across the Tigris River bridge into Baghdad with the Marines who first entered the city and toppled a statue of President Saddam Hussein. During a bloody uprising that swept Iraq last April, he and his battalion fought their way into insurgent-held Fallujah before commanders ordered a halt.]]></description><author> Ann Scott Tyson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge Partly Lifts Ban on Anthrax Vaccines]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35471-2005Apr7.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/military</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35471-2005Apr7.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/military</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2005 17:04:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Pentagon can resume giving anthrax vaccinations, but only to troops who volunteer for them, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pentagon to Stress Foreign Languages]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35263-2005Apr7.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/military</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35263-2005Apr7.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/military</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2005 17:04:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  The Pentagon has ordered a broad effort to expand the foreign language skills of the U.S. military, calling for recruitment of more foreign language speakers, higher proficiency levels for linguists and increased language instruction for U.S. forces.]]></description><author> Bradley Graham</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beating of Iraqi General Alleged in Army Hearing]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22008-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/military</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22008-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/military</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2005 17:04:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Previously secret court testimony indicates that an Iraqi general imprisoned by U.S. forces was badly bruised and may have been severely beaten before he died of suffocation during interrogation.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iraq War Vet's Case Decided]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19750-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/military</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19750-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/military</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2005 17:04:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[An Iraq war veteran who faced court-martial when he sought civilian treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder was found not guilty yesterday of conduct unbecoming an officer, military officials said.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pentagon Postwar Planning Criticized]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16942-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/military</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16942-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/military</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2005 17:04:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A study of U.S. military operations in Iraq sharply criticizes Pentagon attempts to plan for the aftermath of the U.S.-led invasion two years ago.]]></description><author> Bradley Graham  and Thomas E. Ricks</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Army Study Finds Transport Vehicle Faulty]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14284-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/military</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14284-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/military</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2005 17:04:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Army has deployed a new troop transport vehicle in Iraq with many defects, putting troops there at unexpected risk from rocket-propelled grenades and raising questions about the vehicle's development and $11 billion cost.]]></description><author> R. Jeffrey Smith</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Papers Suggest Abuse Of Detainees in N. Iraq]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1327-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/military</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1327-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/military</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2005 17:04:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Army documents show treatment involved hours-long physical exercise sessions, hoods and beatings at the same time guards at Abu Ghraib were carrying out similar tactics.]]></description><author> Josh White</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada Denies Asylum to U.S. Army Deserter]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64205-2005Mar24.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/military</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64205-2005Mar24.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/military</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2005 17:04:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A board hearing Canada's refugee cases rejected a bid Thursday for asylum by a U.S. Army deserter who refused to go to Iraq, raising legal roadblocks to the growing trickle of American servicemen fleeing north of the border.]]></description><author> Doug Struck</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Army Still Behind in Enlistment Goals]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61187-2005Mar23.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/military</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61187-2005Mar23.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/military</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2005 17:04:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The active-duty Army is forecast to miss its recruiting targets again in March and April, as the prospect of combat-zone deployments in Iraq discourages American youths from considering military service.]]></description><author> Ann Scott Tyson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Army Eases Age Limit For Guard, Reserve]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58028-2005Mar22.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/military</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58028-2005Mar22.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/military</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2005 17:04:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Army is raising the maximum enlistment age from 34 to 39, a move to help meet recruitment goals when the Iraq war and other pressures are discouraging young people from joining.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Army Dismisses Court-Martial Against Ailing Vet]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58282-2005Mar22.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/military</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58282-2005Mar22.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/military</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2005 17:04:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The  U.S. Army last week dismissed a court-martial against an officer and Iraq war veteran who is in treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder.]]></description><author> Lynne Duke</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Portraits Etched in Grief]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58335-2005Mar22.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/military</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58335-2005Mar22.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/military</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2005 17:04:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The "Faces of the Fallen" exhibition honors U.S. military men and women who've died in the country's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.]]></description><author> Lib Copeland</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Display of Two-Dimensional Patriotism]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58608-2005Mar22.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/military</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58608-2005Mar22.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/military</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2005 17:04:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The  governing principle behind the exhibition "Faces of the Fallen," a homage to Americans killed in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, is that art adds value.]]></description><author> Philip Kennicott</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[70 Lives: A Portrait of Fallen Neighbors]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49371-2005Mar19.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/military</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49371-2005Mar19.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/military</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2005 17:04:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Department of Defense reports give the facts on the local men and women who have died in the war in Iraq. What's missing from the reports is how they lived, what they dreamed, why they signed up, how they tried to comfort those at home.]]></description><author> DeNeen L. Brown</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Twists Make Predictions A Dubious Bet in Iraq War]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49370-2005Mar19.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/military</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49370-2005Mar19.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/military</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2005 17:04:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Pentagon leader was careful to hedge Rumsfeld's judgment of Iraqi developments, speaking more in terms of ebbs and flows than decisive movement in a single direction.]]></description><author> Bradley Graham</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two Years Later, Iraq War Drains Military]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48306-2005Mar18.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/military</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48306-2005Mar18.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/military</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2005 17:04:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Unexpectedly heavy demands of sustained ground combat are depleting manpower and gear faster than they can be fully replenished.]]></description><author> Ann Scott Tyson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defense Dept. Surveys Academy Sex Assaults]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48335-2005Mar18.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/military</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48335-2005Mar18.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/military</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2005 17:04:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Report shows one female student in seven at the nation's military academies say they had been sexually assaulted since becoming a cadet or midshipman.]]></description><author> Daniel de Vise</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pentagon Gives Victims Privacy In New Policy on Sexual Assaults]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48178-2005Mar18.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/military</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48178-2005Mar18.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/military</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2005 17:04:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Victims of sexual assault throughout the Defense Department may now report the attacks confidentially, part of a policy released Friday that is intended to ensure the privacy of victims while encouraging them to pursue prosecution of their attackers.]]></description><author> Josh White</author></item></channel></rss>