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Emissions War Escalates—Pollution From World’s Militaries in Spotlight at UN Summit Should…
In the winter of 2022, Lennard de Klerk was running a carbon-neutral ecolodge in a tiny Hungarian town when Russia invaded neighboring Ukraine and hundreds of thousands of refugees crossed the border into Hungary.De Klerk, a Dutch engineer…
Military Newspapers Told Stories No One Else Did. It Was Our Job to Care.
Newspapers—the old-fashioned, printed, published kind—are meant to be replaced. A day or week of stories and photos, then a new edition. They are like soldiers, giving way to who’s next, like how my responsibilities, across five years and…
Pentagon Upgrades Discharges of Hundreds of LGBTQ Veterans The Move Benefits Veterans Thrown Out of…
Hundreds of gay and lesbian veterans will soon receive honorable discharges, marking a major step forward in the Pentagon’s promise to address decades of discrimination against LGBTQ service members.Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin…
Court Rules Marines Can’t Shield Officer Misconduct Records A federal judge finds the Marine Corps…
In a significant step toward forcing the disclosure of decades of officer misconduct records, a federal judge has ruled that the Marine Corps violated the Freedom of Information Act by blanketly denying The War Horse’s request for a copy of…
My Men Had Served a Year in Hell. I Was Getting Them Home, Come Humid Hell or High Water.
General Becker shook my hand, said nice things about me, administered an oath in which I swore to support and defend the Constitution of the United States, then pinned a gold bar on my right collar while Major Phillips, my boss, pinned…
Confluence of Epic Hurricanes, Election Ensnare Military in Misinformation Deluge No, the Department…
Perhaps nothing illustrates the power of misinformation in America better than what happened Monday morning when retired Army Lieutenant Gen. Michael Flynn hit the send button on a social media post: He shared a video that claimed “weather…
My Father Wasn’t Coming. It was the Story of My Life. I’m not using my relationship with my father…
Editor’s Note: This story was published in partnership with San Quentin News and was written during a writing seminar for incarcerated veterans in April hosted by The War Horse at California’s San Quentin Rehabilitation Center. Tens of…
Months After Biden’s Promise to Pardon Thousands of LGBTQ Veterans, Only 8 Have Applied Advocates…
The White House claimed that “thousands” of veterans could benefit when President Biden announced this summer he was issuing pardons to gay veterans who were forced out of the military because of their sexual orientation “and have carried…
Isolated in an Alien World. Separated and United by a Submarine.
The difficulty of separation from loved ones in the military is no secret. It’s well documented to the point of cliché in books, stories, and movies.It’s reported that troops in WWII would weep upon hearing the song “I’ll Be Home for…
New Bill Raises Hope for Amputee Veterans Craving Active Lifestyle Congresswoman credits War Horse…
It took nearly two years of badgering for the Department of Veterans Affairs to approve amputee veteran Matt Brown’s prosthetic leg socket specialized for jiujitsu. It took only three months of practicing his cherished martial art for Brown…