The Defense Department has ordered the services to stop recruiting under-trained doctors and sending them to isolated billets where their performance can't be checked.
Pilots taking medication for mild or moderate depression will soon be allowed in the cockpit under new Federal Aviation Administration guidelines that reverse a nearly 70-year ban. Clinically depressed pilots, including those undergoing therapy or prescription treatment, are currently prohibited from flying.
Pilots on antidepressants will be allowed to fly planes.
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.
The new policy, outlined last month by Maj. Gen. Anthony Cucolo and released Friday by the Army, would apply to both female soldiers who become pregnant on the battlefield and the male soldiers who impregnate them.
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.
