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Note said Hood-style shooting could happen
A box of hollow-point bullets and an anonymous note threatening an incident like the one at Fort Hood, Texas, were discovered Thursday at Fort Benning, Ga., sparking a criminal investigation and greater police presence, a witness told Army Times.

No Army early outs during holiday season
The Army has continued a holiday tradition of the past five years by again not authorizing early outs during the Christmas and New Year holidays.
Posted Friday Nov 20, 2009 18:17:38 EST
Charges to be dropped against Blackwater guard
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting,...
Posted Friday Nov 20, 2009 17:17:43 EST
Lawyer: Hasan hearing Saturday in hospital
SAN ANTONIO — An attorney for the Army psychiatrist charged in the mass shooting at Fort Hood says his client will have his first court hearing in his hospital room Saturday.
Posted Friday Nov 20, 2009 18:08:41 EST
Levin: No hearings on gay ban until 2010
Promised December congressional hearings into President Barack Obama’s proposed repeal of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on service by gays will be...
Posted Friday Nov 20, 2009 18:17:54 EST
8 Fort Hood wounded will still deploy
WASHINGTON — Many more mental health specialists were wounded in the Nov. 5 shootings at Fort Hood, Texas, than previously reported, decimating the two units deploying to Afghanistan and Iraq,...
Posted Thursday Nov 19, 2009 22:38:49 EST
Army announces review of body armor testing
WASHINGTON — The Army says there will be an outside review of how body armor for its soldiers is tested.
Posted Friday Nov 20, 2009 15:31:00 EST
House bill could expand Agent Orange claims
Legislation granting Air Force and Navy veterans a better shot at receiving disability benefits for Agent Orange-related illness now has 204 co-sponsors in the House of Representatives, 14 short of...
Posted Friday Nov 20, 2009 17:47:20 EST
Radio devices may help injured, group says
A nonprofit medical foundation is trying to convince the Defense Department to loosen restrictions on the radio spectrum to allow wide use of micro-stimulators to treat spinal cord injuries,...
Posted Friday Nov 20, 2009 14:57:29 EST
Army IDs soldier killed by Kandahar bomb
FORT LEWIS, Wash. — The Defense Department says a Fort Lewis soldier was killed Tuesday by a roadside bomb in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
Posted Friday Nov 20, 2009 14:52:51 EST
AWOL soldier wins stay of Canadian deportation
TORONTO — Canada’s Federal Court says the country’s refugee board must reconsider the case of a lesbian who deserted the U.S. Army.
Posted Friday Nov 20, 2009 14:27:01 EST
Gates: U.S. to examine its role in Afghan graft
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — The United States will do its part to reduce corruption in Afghanistan by examining its own contracts and projects, even as it is demanding the same from the Afghan...
Posted Friday Nov 20, 2009 14:19:34 EST
Iraqi detainees needle Wis. troops about Favre
MILWAUKEE — Detainees at a camp in Baghdad have found a way to get under the skin of guard troops from Wisconsin.
Posted Friday Nov 20, 2009 13:26:00 EST
VA benefits chief to step down
Patrick Dunne, undersecretary for benefits at the Veterans Affairs Department since October 2008, announced Friday that he will resign early next year.
Posted Friday Nov 20, 2009 12:21:23 EST
Palin book tour to include stop at Fort Hood
FORT HOOD, Texas — Sarah Palin's tour to promote her new memoir will include a stop at Fort Hood to benefit the victims of the shooting rampage and their families.
Posted Friday Nov 20, 2009 10:52:23 EST
Soldier charged with making threat at school
SEDALIA, Mo. — The Pettis County prosecutor has charged a soldier who had been reported missing from Fort Leonard Wood with making a terrorist threat at a Sedalia high school.
Posted Friday Nov 20, 2009 10:48:56 EST
Inquiry views using retired brass as mentors
A Senate oversight panel launched an investigation Thursday into the Pentagon’s use of retired admirals and generals as paid advisers, and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Defense...
Posted Friday Nov 20, 2009 18:12:03 EST
Campbell soldier charged for refusing search
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — The military says a Fort Campbell soldier was charged after refusing to allow a search of his vehicle and causing a gate into the installation to be shut down.
Posted Friday Nov 20, 2009 8:57:39 EST
Thieves steal ashes before Arlington burial
Someone stole an urn containing the ashes of a deceased Satellite Beach, Fla., war hero a day before his burial at Arlington National Cemetery, leaving his relatives aghast.
Posted Friday Nov 20, 2009 8:56:10 EST
GAO: Many health assessment forms go missing
A congressional watchdog agency reported Thursday that the Defense Department cannot locate post-deployment health questionnaires for more than 72,000 people — about 23 percent of service...
Posted Friday Nov 20, 2009 14:30:52 EST
2 life sentences for convicted Carson soldier
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A Fort Carson soldier convicted of killing two people with an AK47 was sentenced Thursday to two consecutive life terms in prison.
Posted Thursday Nov 19, 2009 16:02:02 EST

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