Government Policy

The Associated Press ran a story about a new policy seeking to punish those who become pregnant in Iraq:

A U.S. Army general in northern Iraq has added pregnancy to the list of reasons a soldier under his command could be court-martialed.

Computer enthusiast website ars technica featured a story recently about the huge success that Valve has had with PC gaming and the Steam digital software distribution platform. Their secret: LISTENING TO CUSTOMERS AND KEEPING THEM CONNECTED. Read on for some quotes from the story:

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review is running a story about a proposed bill that would overturn the Feres Doctrine. This is the result of a Supreme Court ruling that concluded service members do not have the right to sue for medical malpractice. The story discusses a Marine with skin cancer who was misdiagnosed and an Airman who died during a routine surgery for appendectomy.

Stripes is reporting that the DoD has rejected the idea that troops suffering from PTSD should be eligible for a Purple Heart. Here are a couple good quotes from the story:

We've posted on the mil-civ conversion plans before. This is the general notion that uniformed physicians should be replaced with civilian contractors to save the MHS money in the long run. Is that really the case?