Backdraft, what it means to support the troops.
29 Palms is the town of the largest US Marines base.
On the road going to the entrance, there are 8 Tattoos shop.
Counter-Recruitment and demilitarization Conference.
In the Past few years, the U.S. military has mounted a virtual invasion into the lifes of young Americans.
By using data mining, stealth websites, the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) as a career test and sophisticated marketing software, the Pentagon is harvesting and analysing information on everything from high school students's GPA's and SAT scores to which video games they…
These portraits are part of a long-term project called Backdraft, what it means to support the troops.
Backdraft critically explores the domestic consequences of America's armed forces endeavors on military veterans and their families.
It looks at the work of individuals or organizations that provide for their needs or that explore the intrusion of militarism in the U.S. society.
Steve Davis is a volunteer at the Arlington West Memorial on the beach of Santa Monica, CA
This mock cemetery honors American service members killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. This evocative site fostered dialogue and reflection upon the costs and consequences of American militarism and educated the public about the needs of returning veterans.
As a reference to the Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, and in keeping with the Veterans For Peace Statement of Purpose, these rows of white wooden crosses, Muslim crescents and stars of David, provide a place to grieve and honor the more than 5 200 American soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as the more than 1 million Iraqi civilians death.
The memorial is also designed to raise public awareness of the real costs…
The 2008 Winter Soldier by Iraq Veterans Against The War featured testimony and showed that
the current foreign American policies
in Iraq and Afghanistan had led to war crimes.
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