U.S. Army Activities

'Guilty' Says Mastermind Of Rangers' Bank Job

Soldier of Misfortune Returning to the U.S.

State of Denial: Our New Dead

Cosa Rangostra

It's Called Attribution, Dipsticks

Death No. 146

Comments of the Week

Wanted: A few good hippies

The Sound's war

A primer on the Seattle area's military bases.

Buddy's Monday

A primer on the Seattle area's military bases.

A 'Slaughter' Averted

 Soldier of misfortuneRobbing a South Tacoma bank with his fellow Army Rangers was a crazy notion, and he has the mental illness to prove it, Luke Sommer says. But that newly minted explanation isn't likely to save the former soldier from going to prison this afternoon for a $50,000 heist that ... More >>

Ex-Ranger Gets Twice as Much Time as His Cohorts

Prosecutors call the Tacoma heist one of the most dangerous robberies in state history.

My Country, My Country

Runs at Varsity, Fri., Sept. 29–Thurs., Oct. 5. Not rated. 90 minutes.

Soldiers of Conscience: Iraq War Still Sucks, According to Troops

Runs at Varsity, Fri., Sept. 29–Thurs., Oct. 5. Not rated. 90 minutes.

Hill of Beans

Casablanca homage gets stuck in Soderbergh's throat.

Soldiers of Fortune

An elite Army Ranger, back from Iraq, led his cohorts in a precision hold-up, cops say. If money wasn't the motive, what was?

That Other Defiant Soldier

Ehren Watada isn't the first to refuse deployment to Iraq. Kevin Benderman is already in the stockade.

A War on Iran

With dreams of remaking the Middle East, it just might be too much of a honey pot for Bush's hawkish neocons to resist.

This Week's Reads

Garth Stein and Jon Ronson.

Our Toll Reaches 100

That's the total of soldiers with Washington state connections killed in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Weapons of Mass Improvisation

The roadside bomb has mass appeal among insurgents and is having a massive impact.

Facing Our Losses: Update

Washington's death toll in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere is now 73.

On the Brink of Civil War

Washington's death toll in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere is now 73.

Lionesses of Iraq

In the dangerous Sunni Triangle, female GIs are volunteering for dangerous duty. As one reporter discovers, it's work no man can do.

A Lost Cause

In the dangerous Sunni Triangle, female GIs are volunteering for dangerous duty. As one reporter discovers, it's work no man can do.

The Home Affront

They fight for us, obediently. Yet in conflict after conflict, American soldiers are injected, gassed, medicated, experimented on, exposed to chemicals, and given faulty weapons and equipment by their own government. Then they come home to vanishing veterans benefits and Pentagon stonewalling.

Nuremberg Candidate

They fight for us, obediently. Yet in conflict after conflict, American soldiers are injected, gassed, medicated, experimented on, exposed to chemicals, and given faulty weapons and equipment by their own government. Then they come home to vanishing veterans benefits and Pentagon stonewalling.

The War After the War

U.S. Army documents warn of occupation hazards.

An Iraqi Within

Hussain Alshafei escaped Saddams repression and landed in Edmonds to live the American dream. Now hes accused of illegally funneling money home. Was he merely helping fellow immigrants feed the families they left behind, or engaged in something more?

Victimless

An honest, painful portrayal of a GI baby's Vietnam homecoming.

Target: Kaiser

An honest, painful portrayal of a GI baby's Vietnam homecoming.

Fighting the Army

Activist Glenn Milner's quiet campaign to educate high school students about alternatives to the military yields astonishing results.

1975 all over again

Activist Glenn Milner's quiet campaign to educate high school students about alternatives to the military yields astonishing results.

Kitsap County: The war goes on

Activist Glenn Milner's quiet campaign to educate high school students about alternatives to the military yields astonishing results.

For an Army Ranger Accused of Stabbing a Man in Olympia, It's Right Back to Work

Image from KIRO TVSanchez--no desk job for him?​When there's allegations of misbehavior against cops, the officers involved will usually be put on some kind of administrative leave while the case is investigated. They're not sent back onto the street with gun and baton. Different story, it s ... More >>