Read more US Army stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/5860/us-army.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:25:24 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74367/boss-warned-of-serious-hasan-concerns-2-years-ago.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNidal Hasan's supervisor at the Walter Reed Medical Center warned that the psychiatrist was unprofessional and lazy in a harshly critical performance evaluation in 2007. Hasan "demonstrates a pattern of poor judgment and a lack of professionalism," the report states, noting that he proselytized to his patients and allowed a...http://www.newser.com/story/74367/boss-warned-of-serious-hasan-concerns-2-years-ago.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 4:00:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74226/army-arrests-single-mom-who-wont-deploy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA single mom faces potential criminal charges after she skipped her deployment to Afghanistan to care for her 10-month-old son. Spc. Alexis Hutchinson, an Army cook, says she couldn’t find anyone to care for the boy, and that when she told her superiors of her dilemma, they said she’d have...http://www.newser.com/story/74226/army-arrests-single-mom-who-wont-deploy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Nov 2009 10:42:55 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74058/fort-hood-victims-laid-to-rest.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFunerals for several of the 13 victims of the Fort Hood shooting took place today across the nation. Friends, family, and community members laid to rest Staff Sgt. Justin DeCrow, Spc. Jason Dean Hunt, Staff Sgt. Amy Krueger, Pfc. Aaron Thomas Nemelka, Capt. John Gaffaney, and Pfc. Michael Pearson. "Her...http://www.newser.com/story/74058/fort-hood-victims-laid-to-rest.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 14 Nov 2009 16:42:03 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74019/morale-down-in-afghanistan-army.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMorale is down and psychological problems rampant among troops in Afghanistan, who face a shortage of mental health professionals to help them deal with the stress of war. Only 5.7% of soldiers described their unit's moral as high or very high, down from 10.2% in 2007 and 10....http://www.newser.com/story/74019/morale-down-in-afghanistan-army.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Nov 2009 18:00:35 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73986/army-medicine-failed-hasan-shooting-victims.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMedia coverage of the Fort Hood killings has been factually challenged and quick to jump to conclusions about terrorism and political correctness, but the underlying problem is much bigger, Mark Benjamin argues. The real question: Why was alleged shooter Nidal Malik Hasan an Army psychiatrist in the first place? Given...http://www.newser.com/story/73986/army-medicine-failed-hasan-shooting-victims.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Nov 2009 11:52:37 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73989/hasan-likely-to-be-paralyzed-lawyer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAccused Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan may be paralyzed from the waist down, his lawyer says. The Army major has no feeling in his legs, which doctors say could be permanent. He also has extreme pain in his hands. His lawyer tells CBS that though he was lucid during...http://www.newser.com/story/73989/hasan-likely-to-be-paralyzed-lawyer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Nov 2009 10:18:37 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73906/hasan-will-face-13-murder-charges.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Army has charged Nidal Malik Hasan with 13 counts of murder in the "first step in the court-martial process." Hasan, an Army major and psychiatrist, may face additional charges in connection with last week's shooting at Fort Hood. He remains hospitalized in San Antonio and is being treated for...http://www.newser.com/story/73906/hasan-will-face-13-murder-charges.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Nov 2009 14:22:14 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73847/dont-let-this-army-captain-wear-a-beard.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFollowing the Fort Hood shootings, top Army brass have worried about a “backlash” against Muslim soldiers. Funny, then, that the Army itself is creating the climate for backlash by eroding the uniform code with concessions to religious custom, writes Elaine Donnelly . Capt. Kamaljeet Singh Kalsi, a Sikh, was granted the...http://www.newser.com/story/73847/dont-let-this-army-captain-wear-a-beard.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Nov 2009 12:56:11 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73851/death-penalty-extremely-rare-in-military.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNidal Hasan could face the death penalty for the Fort Hood shootings, but he will be prosecuted in a military justice system where no one has been executed in nearly 50 years. He may also benefit from protections the military provides defendants that are greater than those offered in civilian...http://www.newser.com/story/73851/death-penalty-extremely-rare-in-military.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Nov 2009 5:49:52 CST