The organizations raise concerns about whether the Army is more interested in making soldiers "deployable" than it is in helping them deal with mental health issues. More...

The Senate passed an amendment Tuesday prohibiting the Defense Department from contracting with companies like Halliburton if they don't allow employees who have been victims of sexual assault the right to take their claims to court. More...

Congressional pressure is increasing on the Department of Defense to investigate the apparent electrocution death of Adam Hermanson, a contractor who worked for Virginia-based security firm Triple Canopy. More...

Two former employees of the controversial N.C.-based private security firm now known as Xe have made shocking allegations in federal court in Virginia, accusing the company and its founder of serious crimes in Iraq. More...

The Defense Department's Inspector General examined electrocution deaths of soldiers and contractors in Iraq that have been blamed on shoddy wiring by Houston-based private contractor KBR. It found numerous problems on the part of the company and the military. More...

A U.S. appeals court decides that the military, and not a private contractor, was actually in charge of a fuel convoy when an accident left a U.S. soldier with severe brain damage. More...

As Blackwater faces yet another lawsuit for a civilian killing in Iraq, Jeremy Scahill reports on new allegations that have surfaced about the company's continued presence there using different corporate names. More...

Facing mounds of hazardous trash in need of disposal and lacking proper incinerators, private contractors working in Iraq and Afghanistan burned the stuff in big open pits -- and they're now accused of sickening troops, contractors and civilians. More...

A new Institute study finds that nearly half of U.S.-based troops that have been killed in Iraq came from base towns in the South. More...