Global Journalist

Founded on Nov. 9, 1861 in Bloomfield, Mo. by troops under the command of Civil War Gen. Ulysses Grant, the military newspaper Stars and Stripes has followed U.S. troops into battle for more than a century and a half. But lately, government budget cutters have been threatening the future of a news outlet that has been a morale booster and watchdog for soldiers. Veterans talk about why they think the Defense Department should continue funding a paper that sometimes criticizes it.