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• The Craziest Reason I've Ever Heard For Losing 113 Pounds

  So many of us would like to lose a few pounds (or more), and for different reasons:  to be healthier, to look better in jeans, to look sexy in a bikini, to have more energy - and all those reasons make sense to me. Ashley Barrett-Carter, of Texas, lost 113 pounds over the course of a year, for a reason I cannot at all relate to . . .   Read More... Posted Oct 02 2008, 09:27 AM by Amy S.F. Lutz with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: weight loss, army recruitment, basic training, ashley barrett-carter

• Marines Looking for (More than a Few) Good Women

  In a sharp departure from its traditional machismo advertising, the Marines are now targeting readers of women’s magazines like Shape and Self. Featuring photos of female marines, the ads include messages such as, “True strength lies not in self, but in unity.” (The “pain is weakness leaving the body” brand of marine recruiting remains prevalent in men’s magazines.) Although clerical jobs in the Marine Corps have been open to women since 1918, this is the first time the Marines have systemically geared their recruitment efforts toward young women. Let’s hope the Marines’ new platform of gender equality includes serious efforts to fight military sexual harassment. According to a 2006 Defense Department report, 60 percent of enlisted women have experienced military sexual trauma and 23 percent have experienced military sexual assault. Read More... Posted Apr 21 2008, 02:30 PM by Hannah Tennant-Moore with | with no comments Filed under: Iraq War, enlisted women, marine corps, military spending, self, women in military, recruiting in high schools, shape, army recruitment, draft, general cody, all-volunteer force