The U.S. military is a massive institution, and its policies on
sex, gender, and sexuality have shaped the experiences of tens of
millions of Americans, sometimes in life-altering fashion. The
essays ...in Managing Sex in the U.S. Military examine
historical and contemporary military policies and offer different
perspectives on the broad question: "How does the U.S. military
attempt to manage sex?" This collection focuses on the U.S.
military's historical and contemporary attempts to manage sex-a
term that is, in practice, slippery and indefinite, encompassing
gender and gender identity, sexuality and sexual orientation, and
sexual behaviors and practices, along with their outcomes. In each
chapter, the authors analyze the military's evolving definitions of
sex, sexuality, and gender, and the significance of those
definitions to both the military and American society.
Part of Russia is under foreign control for the first time since the second world war. We ask about the strategy behind the surprise raid—which may not be the last. The Paris Olympics were, all told, ...a tremendous success, with some lessons for future games (11:47). And the 3-D holographic displays coming to a car dashboard near you (20:35).
At the end of the First World War, countries across Europe participated in an unprecedented ritual in which a single, anonymous body was buried to symbolize the overwhelming trauma of the ...battlefields; The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier explores the creation and reception of this symbolic national burial as an emblem for modern mourning.
IMPORTANCE: A pressing question in military suicide prevention research is whether deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom relates to suicide risk. Prior ...smaller studies report differing results and often have not included suicides that occurred after separation from military service. OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between deployment and suicide among all 3.9 million US military personnel who served during Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom, including suicides that occurred after separation. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: This retrospective cohort design used administrative data to identify dates of deployment for all service members (October 7, 2001, to December 31, 2007) and suicide data (October 7, 2001, to December 31, 2009) to estimate rates of suicide-specific mortality. Hazard ratios were estimated from time-dependent Cox proportional hazards regression models to compare deployed service members with those who did not deploy. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: Suicide mortality from the Department of Defense Medical Mortality Registry and the National Death Index. RESULTS: Deployment was not associated with the rate of suicide (hazard ratio, 0.96; 99% CI, 0.87-1.05). There was an increased rate of suicide associated with separation from military service (hazard ratio, 1.63; 99% CI, 1.50-1.77), regardless of whether service members had deployed or not. Rates of suicide were also elevated for service members who separated with less than 4 years of military service or who did not separate with an honorable discharge. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: Findings do not support an association between deployment and suicide mortality in this cohort. Early military separation (<4 years) and discharge that is not honorable were suicide risk factors.
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