Maine Voices: Meeting our moral obligation to Afghans in peril will take swift, decisive action

Immediate evacuation is essential to avoiding the kinds of atrocities we’ve seen elsewhere when leadership failed.

Maine Voices: After U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, policymakers have lessons to learn

Our lack of clear and realistic aims and failure to act strategically are among the reasons the conflict has had such a high cost.

Maine Voices: ‘Nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought’

On the anniversary of Hiroshima, it’s time to recognize that arms spending is usurping money better spent on addressing the global pandemic.

Biden backs changes in military sexual assault prosecution

A long-debated change to the military justice system would remove decisions on prosecuting sexual assault cases from military commanders.

Supreme Court asked to review men-only draft registration law

If they agree to hear the case, they would only be deciding whether the current system is constitutional.

Military service leaders wary of changes in sexual assault policy

They strike a note of caution as momentum builds toward changing a military justice system that has come under increasing criticism.

Veterans’ to be remembered at ceremonies across central Maine on Memorial Day

Veterans' organizations plan services in Starks, Madison, Anson and East Madison, and at three locations in Waterville.

Military Notes

Jill Biden revives program to support military families

The first lady says her relaunch of the Joining Forces initiative will focus, in part, on employment and entrepreneurship opportunities for military families.

Joseph E. Tinkham II, former head of Maine National Guard, dies at 73

The major general also led the Maine Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management and served as homeland security adviser to Govs. Angus King and John Baldacci.