9. Member’s Pages- Military Reporters and Editors

MRE president’s book now on sale a...

Posted by Admin in 8. MRE News, Kelly Kennedy on March 4, 2010 | No Comments

Give MRE a boost and purchase MRE President Kelly Kennedy’s book “The Fought for Each Other” through our store at Amazon.com. With each purchase, MRE receives a commission. Based on “Blood Brothers”, the Michael Kelly Award-nominated series that ran in Army Times, this is the remarkable...

Sig Christenson blog about whether the A...

Posted by Admin in Sig Christenson on February 17, 2010 | No Comments

We watched the Afghan National Army recruits on a sunny, cold morning as they ran through a series of training scenarios on a vast, muddy plain on the outskirts of Kabul, a tall mountain range at the far end of the camp. Sig ChristensonThese men started by doing a low crawl for about 20 yards or so...

Troops speak out on gays serving openly...

Posted by Admin in 2. Military 101, 7. Military in the News, William H. McMichael on February 15, 2010 | No Comments

By William H. McMichael (MRE Member) and Brendan McGarry – Military Times staff writers When Adm. Mike Mullen stunned the Senate Armed Services committee earlier this month by saying it’s time to stop kicking gay service members out just for being gay, he also acknowledged that the Defense Department...

Sig Christenson blogs about rediscoverin...

Posted by Admin in Sig Christenson on February 15, 2010 | No Comments

Back home, in bed this morning with the comforter well over my shoulders, almost over my head and the cat at my side, I thought of something we all said in the Iraqi desert. It’s all good. Sig Christenson“Meow,” Alcat called, almost mumbling – which isn’t unusual. Despite...

Sig Christenson blogs about coming home...

Posted by Admin in Sig Christenson on February 12, 2010 | No Comments

I came back to the office this week and, as always, the first question most people had was a variation of the one TV reporters so often ask, the one that causes me to sneer.

Sig Christenson blogs about Ernie Pyle...

Posted by Admin in Sig Christenson on February 12, 2010 | No Comments

This morning is tonight in Afghanistan, and somewhere outside the town of Marjah, a band of soldiers and Marines is dug in, sometimes coming under fire from entrenched insurgents firing mortars and rocket-propelled grenades, occasionally snatching sleep in below-freezing temperatures while dwelling on...

Sig Christenson blogs about Four more de...

Posted by Admin in Sig Christenson on February 3, 2010 | No Comments

The Afghanistan casualty count for January, supposedly one of the slowest months for fighting and casualties in that country, got worse almost by the day in the first month of 2010, portending darker times that will test our willingness to stick this one out. Sig ChristensonFebruary picked up where last...

MRE Member Don North’s DVD ‘...

Posted by Admin in 8. MRE News, 9. Member's Pages, Don North on January 31, 2010 | No Comments

In 1983, war correspondent Don North went behind the guerilla lines in El Salvador to spend two months in Guazapa, one of the bloodiest battlegrounds of the civil war. Out of that experience came the revealing documentary “Guazapa: Yesterday’s Enemies” which shows the world the real civilian costs...

Sig Christenson blogs about being home...

Posted by Admin in Sig Christenson on January 28, 2010 | No Comments

A walk in the land of milk, honey and angst As I took a long walk yesterday in Bellaire, my hometown, everything I saw was striking. This six-mile walk always takes me back into a generally happy childhood — the elementary school I attended, the baseball and football fields where I swung a bat for...

Mike Francis blogs about the Oregon Nati...

Posted by Admin in Mike Francis on January 28, 2010 | No Comments

Want to friend me, soldier? Sir, yes, sir. It’s safe to say that when Tech Sgt. Nick Choy joined the military, there was no MOS called “Social media manager.” That just meant that he didn’t have to push anybody out of the way to become one. Read the rest of the story at the Oregonian.