SLDN published a post on their blog last week that SGT Bleu Copas will be receiving the 2007 Barry Winchell Courage Award. SGT Copas was discharged under DADT last January when an anonymous “tipster” informed his chain of command that he was gay. Despite the fact that his Article 31 rights were […]

Some interesting statistics from the New York Times (via Early Bird News):
The number of waivers granted to Army recruits with criminal backgrounds has grown about 65 percent in the last three years, increasing to 8,129 in 2006 from 4,918 in 2003, Department of Defense records show.
During that time, the Army has employed a variety of […]