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...explosion had taken out the leaders of the 1st Platoon. With both the lieutenant and sergeant out of commission, command fell on the shoulders of Perez, the senior soldier left standing. "Sergeant Perez!" Kraft yelled over the roar of war to Perez, around 75 yards away. "You're now the platoon leader...
...stint in the Army--safely in the rear--as his ticket to college. When he enlisted in 1991, his father Ramiro had a warning for the recruiter: "If he ends up in the infantry," he said, only half-joking, "I'll break your legs." So Perez became a supply soldier, responsible for making sure the men on the front lines got their beans, bullets and boots...
...that he dreamed about in Afghanistan. "Little Ram" is nearly 9 months old now and accustomed to the sound of his dad's voice. "I've told him why I wasn't here for his birth and how it was something that I just had to do as a soldier," Perez says. Someday he'll tell what he did in the Shah-i-Kot Valley to earn the Bronze Star that sits on his dresser. "I'll tell him war isn't as glamorous as some people think it is," Perez says. "And I'll tell him I hope...
...origins in a World War II-era case in which a group of German spies infiltrated the country in disguise, thereby forfeiting the usual protections afforded to prisoners of war. Since the attacks, one other American citizen has been classified that way: Yaser Esam Hamdi, a Taliban soldier who was born in Louisiana and captured in Afghanistan. He too has been imprisoned without an attorney or a trial...
...practices that must be changed. Last year, 1,250 American service members were discharged from the military for homosexuality. People have been discharged simply for going to a gay community website. The normality of harassment of service members is disturbing, and its severity is frightening. In 1999, a gay soldier at Fort Campbell, Kentucky was beaten to death by another soldier who had been harassing him for weeks. With the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy in effect, service members facing harassment are often reluctant to report it, being understandably...