Within hours of its posts looking for “Humanitarian Liaison Officers”  and “Team Managers,” dozens of would-be private military contractors submitted applications on LinkedIn. Another position on offer a week ago but has since closed is for a “Team Deputy/Manager” to support “day-to-day management, planning, and mission execution.” A liaison officer position appears to be analytically focused. It says that hires …

Burn pit Defense Base Act benefit claims are independent from VA disability burn pit claims. But just like private military contractors overlap with regular servicemembers, the injury claims overlap as well. Just like the following conditions make VA disability benefits easier to obtain, they also make Defense Base Act benefits easier to obtain. Under U.S. law, exposure to burn pit …

A prominent American researcher believes that psychedelic drugs can effectively treat Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. She wants the government to let her test her theory. “Initially, I discouraged them and rolled my eyes thinking about it,” remarked Dr. Sue Sisley, whose training taught her to view only approved drugs as medicines. “I lacked sympathy for their claims and thought they …

Haiti is on the verge of “total chaos” as coordinated gang violence continues to escalate, the UN’s top Haitian envoy warned on Monday, April 21, 2025. Special Representative María Isabel Salvador told ambassadors in the Security Council that a “deliberate and coordinated” campaign is being waged by organized crime groups to expand territorial control and paralyze the capital, Port-au-Prince.   Recent …

The first of thousands of Marines currently stationed on Okinawa Island may take up residence in their new digs in Guam as early as June 2025, according to a base spokesperson. Maj. Diann Rosenfeld said that “current planning efforts support the commander’s priority to begin moving Marines and Sailors into the barracks aboard the Main Cantonment,” she wrote. “The barracks …