In a bizarre example of "Let's show how much better professional news writers can write than GR," Salon.com's cover story today is on a sense of purpose in military missions:
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/12/21/ptsd/
If you bother to read it, check out the editor's choice letters-- one of them made interesting points about military vs. police.
anysoldier.com. I think Dear Abby does a thing for the soldiers, too, by the way.