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Bearing Arms

The serious boy at war

9. The Military

From the Forum “Undoing Bush” It has always been the case that failed wars damage armies and sometimes break them. So it is with Iraq, unless remedies intervene soon enough.…

Down! Up! You’re in the Iraqi army now

Art by Joe Sacco,

“Don’t Watch the News”

by Frederick Busch,

A Marine’s family lives from phone call to phone call

Semper sensitive

by Harper’s Staff,

Remember the Gulf

by Anthony Swofford,

Scenes from the last war with Iraq

Once a Marine

by Josiah Bunting,

Jogging has replaced the rigors of boot camp

Manly to the Corps

by William Hart,

They called it a rest camp

by George McMillan,

The First Marine Division on Pavuvu

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by Harper’s Staff,

An emergency

by Harper’s Staff,

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Bearing Arms

9. The Military

Down! Up! You’re in the Iraqi army now

“Don’t Watch the News”

Semper sensitive

Remember the Gulf

Once a Marine

Manly to the Corps

They called it a rest camp

Verb or noun

An emergency

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