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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...
    Posted Friday Nov 20, 2009 18:23:44 EST
  • Lejeune psychiatrist: Complaints led to firing
    CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — Marines treated at Camp Lejeune for post-traumatic stress had to undergo therapy for months in temporary trailers where they could hear bomb blasts, machine-gun fire and...
    Posted Friday Nov 20, 2009 18:56:32 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 18:42:42 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 19:03:08 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Trials successful for 2nd LCS hull
    The Navy’s second Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) successfully completed its acceptance trials Thursday, paving the way for the ship to be transferred from its shipbuilder and enter naval service.
    Posted Friday Nov 20, 2009 15:16:31 EST
  • Judge: Retrial possible for pardoned Va. sailor
    RICHMOND, Va. — A federal judge says prosecutors can retry an ex-sailor who received a conditional pardon from Virginia’s governor after spending more than a decade in prison for rape and...
    Posted Thursday Nov 19, 2009 17:46:08 EST
  • Former Army secretary to aid Hood probe
    WASHINGTON — The Pentagon said Thursday it will scour its procedures for identifying volatile military service members hidden in the ranks, following the Fort Hood shooting rampage, and lapses...
    Posted Friday Nov 20, 2009 17:19:24 EST
  • Army to bar media from Palin event at Bragg
    RALEIGH, N.C. — The Army plans to prevent media from covering Sarah Palin’s appearance at Fort Bragg, fearing the event will turn into political grandstanding against President Barack...
    Posted Friday Nov 20, 2009 6:14:34 EST
  • Freed Maersk captain thanks Navy SEALs, crew
    NORFOLK, Va. — A merchant sea captain who was captured and held by Somali pirates in April reunited Thursday with the Navy crew and captain who were part of his daring rescue, thanking them for...
    Posted Thursday Nov 19, 2009 17:08:14 EST
  • McCain seeks review of work by retired brass
    The Pentagon should rewrite ethics rules for retired generals who work as advisers for the military while representing defense contractors, Arizona Sen. John McCain and other lawmakers said Wednesday.
    Posted Friday Nov 20, 2009 16:18:21 EST
  • Karzai sworn in to second 5-year term
    KABUL — President Hamid Karzai was inaugurated Thursday for a second term, pledging that Afghanistan will prosecute corrupt officials and control its own security within five years.
    Posted Thursday Nov 19, 2009 13:21:30 EST
  • Soldier prime suspect in Okinawa hit-and-run
    TOKYO — Japanese police identified an American soldier Thursday as the prime suspect in a fatal-hit-and-run accident on the southern island of Okinawa and asked the U.S. Army to bring him in...
    Posted Thursday Nov 19, 2009 7:41:17 EST
  • Panel votes to speed benefits appeals of vets
    A House subcommittee moved Wednesday to reduce the amount of time it takes for a veteran to appeal a benefits decision, which can add two to five years to the wait for benefits.
    Posted Wednesday Nov 18, 2009 16:51:12 EST
  • Reserve retirees face longer wait for Tricare
    “Gray area” military retirees who were promised health care coverage under Tricare may have to wait a year or longer for benefits to begin, Tricare officials are warning.
    Posted Wednesday Nov 18, 2009 13:37:16 EST
  • Army IDs soldier swept away in Afghan river
    The soldier who remains unaccounted for after being swept away by a river in Afghanistan on Nov. 4, was identified Wednesday by the Defense Department as Sgt. Brandon T. Islip, 23, of Richmond, Va.
    Posted Friday Nov 20, 2009 6:14:12 EST
  • Former Maersk captain mum on attack on ship
    UNDERHILL, Vt. — The former captain of the Maersk Alabama says he has nothing to say about the second pirate attack in seven months on his former ship.
    Posted Wednesday Nov 18, 2009 12:33:01 EST
  • Clinton urges Karzai to institute reforms
    KABUL, Afghanistan — Hillary Rodham Clinton, on her first trip to Afghanistan as secretary of state, said Wednesday that President Hamid Karzai's inauguration provides a new chance for him...
    Posted Wednesday Nov 18, 2009 11:17:53 EST
  • Iraq vote likely to be delayed after veto
    BAGHDAD — Iraq's Sunni Arab vice president vetoed part of a key election law Wednesday, a move that could delay national polls slated for January even as the top U.S. commander in Iraq...
    Posted Wednesday Nov 18, 2009 11:12:55 EST
  • Coburn lifts hold on vet benefits bill
    One senator’s hold delaying consideration of a veterans caregiver and health benefits bill has been lifted.
    Posted Wednesday Nov 18, 2009 9:48:11 EST
  • Maersk Alabama attacked again by pirates
    NAIROBI, Kenya — Somali pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama on Wednesday for the second time in seven months and were thwarted by private guards on board the U.S.-flagged ship who fired off...
    Posted Thursday Nov 19, 2009 14:12:37 EST
  • Mom not using baby to skip duty, lawyer says
    An Army mother who refused to go to Afghanistan because she failed to get someone to care for her son wants the military to discharge her rather than enforce a policy that thousands of single mothers...
    Posted Thursday Nov 19, 2009 18:30:12 EST
  • Trial begins for ex-Air Force nurse in 3 deaths
    SAN ANTONIO — A former Air Force nurse intentionally gave three elderly Texas patients lethal doses of medication, killing them with his self-described “aggressive” care for...
    Posted Wednesday Nov 18, 2009 18:31:18 EST
  • SecNav: No clemency in Iraqi murder plot
    OCEANSIDE, Calif. — The Navy’s top civilian on Tuesday rejected a clemency request from a Marine infantry squad leader convicted of killing an Iraqi man in 2006, a case that drew two jury...
    Posted Friday Nov 20, 2009 18:48:08 EST
  • Report finds plans for new Walter Reed lacking
    A Congressional mandate to ensure the new Walter Reed National Medical Center will be a “world-class” medical center has turned into a war of words between the deputy secretary of defense...
    Posted Wednesday Nov 18, 2009 20:28:56 EST
  • Man gets life term in sailor’s slaying
    NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A Newport News man has been sentenced to three life terms in prison for the murder-for-hire of a sailor.
    Posted Wednesday Nov 18, 2009 9:40:14 EST
  • Alleged Marine impostor pleads not guilty
    DENVER — A man who brought attention to homeless veterans in Colorado Springs has pleaded not guilty to charges of lying about being a decorated veteran.
    Posted Tuesday Nov 17, 2009 15:55:22 EST
  • F-22s, F-16s deploy to UAE
    Air Force F-16s and F-22s have deployed to the United Arab Emirates, the service announced Sunday.
    Posted Friday Nov 20, 2009 6:13:41 EST
  • Pentagon: Wide probe likely after Fort Hood
    WASHINGTON — Worried that the Army may have missed warning flags about the mental state of the alleged shooter in the Fort Hood massacre, the Pentagon probably will open an inquiry into how all...
    Posted Wednesday Nov 18, 2009 20:27:53 EST
  • Health care bill will not hurt vets, Dems say
    A House-passed national health care reform bill will not reduce health care choices or increase costs for veterans, the military, and military retirees and their families, House Democrats said,...
    Posted Tuesday Nov 17, 2009 10:34:34 EST
  • Wreckage from fatal T-34C crash found
    CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The wreckage of a naval training plane has been found nearly three weeks after it was first reported missing.
    Posted Monday Nov 16, 2009 21:32:02 EST
  • Navy ends reef repairs from Port Royal incident
    HONOLULU — The Navy said Monday that it had finished reattaching coral severed when one of its warships ran aground off Oahu in February.
    Posted Tuesday Nov 17, 2009 20:56:06 EST
  • Single mom refuses to deploy to care for baby
    SAVANNAH, Ga. — An Army cook and single mom may face criminal charges after she skipped her deployment flight to Afghanistan because, she said, no one was available to care for her infant son...
    Posted Wednesday Nov 18, 2009 8:23:13 EST
  • Bills would add job help to Post-9/11 GI Bill
    Key elements of the Post-9/11 GI Bill could be modified by Congress to create benefits to help veterans find jobs.
    Posted Tuesday Nov 17, 2009 11:57:03 EST
  • Skills honed to cut Afghan civilian deaths
    FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — Deep in the woods on the Kentucky-Tennessee line, infantrymen headed for Afghanistan are honing their precision with powerful weapons like mortars in a key element of the...
    Posted Tuesday Nov 17, 2009 20:29:31 EST
  • Chaplains work to heal emotional wounds at Hood
    FORT HOOD, Texas — They were supposed to be spending a day leading Mass, talking to soldiers about love and marriage, readying for their own deployment. Instead, the military chaplains of Fort...
    Posted Monday Nov 16, 2009 21:26:50 EST
  • Tests widen for streamlined disability system
    The test of a streamlined system for examining and evaluating disabled veterans will be expanded to an additional six U.S. bases beginning in January, the Pentagon and the Department of Veterans...
    Posted Monday Nov 16, 2009 20:33:10 EST
  • Coburn keeps fighting unfunded vet bennies
    The lawmaker holding up Senate passage of a veterans health care bill orchestrated a Monday vote that forced senators to choose between funding veterans programs or funding pet projects.
    Posted Wednesday Nov 18, 2009 10:22:54 EST
  • Plans to try 9/11 suspect in NYC draw fire
    WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder had just announced that accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four alleged accomplices would stand trial in New York when the blistering...
    Posted Monday Nov 16, 2009 12:06:35 EST
  • West lays out plans for 2010
    NAVAL AIR STATION JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Navy’s top enlisted man — after spending his first year traveling tens of thousands of miles and taking the pulse of the fleet — is...
    Posted Monday Nov 16, 2009 20:37:26 EST
  • FBI data on Fort Hood suspect scrutinized
    WASHINGTON — The FBI's effort after 9/11 to improve terrorism investigations will face sharp scrutiny this week as Congress begins probing whether authorities missed or ignored warning...
    Posted Monday Nov 16, 2009 21:27:11 EST
  • Ex-nurse’s murder trial begins
    SAN ANTONIO — Attorneys for a former Air Force nurse charged with killing three elderly patients by giving them lethal doses of medication say it would be negligent to undertreat pain for the...
    Posted Monday Nov 16, 2009 20:34:03 EST
  • Homeland Security to investigate Fort Hood
    AUGUSTA, Maine — Sen. Susan Collins of Maine says the Senate Homeland Security Committee will open an investigation into the murders at Fort Hood with a public hearing this week.
    Posted Monday Nov 16, 2009 8:38:40 EST
  • Bill seeks to repay vets for medical travel
    BOISE, Idaho — Rep. Walt Minnick says he intends to introduce a bill this week in the U.S. House that would require the government to reimburse veterans for health care related travel costs.
    Posted Monday Nov 16, 2009 8:34:07 EST
  • Workout regimen ties in exercise, history
    A brutal new fitness regimen developed for poolees in Tennessee has caught the attention of the Corps’ top enlisted adviser, who says he’d like to see the workouts catch on throughout the...
    Posted Wednesday Nov 18, 2009 9:55:00 EST
  • Obama, Medvedev see progress toward nuke deal
    SINGAPORE — President Barack Obama said Sunday the United States and Russia would have a replacement treaty on reducing nuclear arms ready for approval by year’s end, an announcement...
    Posted Monday Nov 16, 2009 7:10:14 EST
  • Gates blocks release of detainee abuse photos
    WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert Gates has blocked the public release of any more pictures of foreign detainees abused by their U.S. captors, saying their release would endanger American...
    Posted Sunday Nov 15, 2009 12:01:47 EST
  • Japanese FM wants quick resolution to Futenma
    TOKYO — Japan’s foreign minister pressed Sunday for a quick resolution of a dispute over the relocation of a key U.S. Marine Corps base, but also said he would consider options previously...
    Posted Monday Nov 16, 2009 15:01:31 EST
  • New program could redefine AF-Navy joint ops
    A small group of officers at the Pentagon is in the early stages of work on a new concept to combine the capabilities of the Air Force and Navy, offset their vulnerabilities and better use their...
    Posted Monday Nov 16, 2009 6:43:26 EST
  • Clinton: Demands will accompany any Afghan aid
    WASHINGTON — The United States is limiting its goals in Afghanistan and demanding better accountability from that country’s underperforming leader, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham...
    Posted Monday Nov 16, 2009 20:35:39 EST
  • Report: Lax leadership led to Hormuz collision
    The navigator was listening to his iPod during a critical evolution.
    Posted Thursday Nov 19, 2009 17:41:00 EST
  • Gitmo detainees getting their day in court
    WASHINGTON — In courtrooms barred to the public, dozens of terror suspects are pleading for their freedom from the Guantanamo Bay prison, sometimes even testifying on their own behalf by video...
    Posted Sunday Nov 15, 2009 17:37:43 EST
  • Mourners grieve for Hood shooting victims
    KIEL, Wis. — Hundreds of people lining the main street of an Indiana town Saturday fell solemnly silent as the white hearse passed. Mourners waited for hours outside a Wisconsin gymnasium to...
    Posted Sunday Nov 15, 2009 11:48:59 EST
  • Bombs kill 2 service members in Afghanistan
    KABUL — NATO says two U.S. service members and an American contractor were killed Friday in two separate explosions in Afghanistan.
    Posted Saturday Nov 14, 2009 11:11:03 EST
  • Obama asks Congress to delay Fort Hood probe
    WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has urged Congress to hold off on any investigation of the Fort Hood rampage until federal law enforcement and military authorities have completed their...
    Posted Sunday Nov 15, 2009 11:37:30 EST
  • Army renews pilot continuation pay program
    The Aviation Continuation Pay program has been renewed for fiscal 2010, with bonuses of $12,000 and $25,000 annually for experienced Regular Army warrant officer pilots who extend their careers.
    Posted Saturday Nov 14, 2009 17:11:30 EST
  • Rep.: Pakistan wire transfers traced to Hasan
    FORT HOOD, Texas — The Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people in a shooting spree at Fort Hood made or accepted wire transfers with Pakistan, a country wracked by Muslim extremist...
    Posted Saturday Nov 14, 2009 17:11:40 EST
  • Keel laid for newest Navy aircraft carrier
    Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding and the Navy marked the keel-laying of the newest aircraft carrier Friday in ceremonies at Newport News, Va.
    Posted Sunday Nov 15, 2009 8:17:23 EST
  • Army secretary orders Arlington Cemetery probe
    Secretary of the Army John McHugh announced Friday that he has ordered an investigation into allegations of lost accountability of some graves, poor record keeping and other issues at Arlington...
    Posted Monday Nov 16, 2009 7:11:03 EST
  • Petraeus: Afghan deliberations worthwhile
    President Barack Obama has been criticized for taking too long to decide on the way forward in Afghanistan, much criticized in some circles, but the chief of the U.S. Central Command said the...
    Posted Saturday Nov 14, 2009 9:00:21 EST
  • Lawyer: FBI could have stopped death of pvt.
    LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — While there is evidence against the man accused of killing one soldier and wounding another outside a recruiting center, questions should be raised about whether the FBI had...
    Posted Friday Nov 13, 2009 15:24:02 EST
  • CG not yet set on which cutters to decom
    The Coast Guard’s aging fleet of high endurance cutters is in such bad shape that officials can’t choose which ships to retire first as their replacements enter service.
    Posted Saturday Nov 14, 2009 9:12:01 EST
  • Troop morale down in Afghanistan, study shows
    WASHINGTON — Morale has fallen among U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, where troops are seeing record violence in the 8-year-old war, while those in Iraq show much improved mental health amid much...
    Posted Sunday Nov 15, 2009 16:46:32 EST
  • Defense lawyer: Hasan may be paralyzed
    FORT HOOD, Texas — The Army psychiatrist accused in the fatal shootings at Fort Hood may be paralyzed from the waist down after being shot multiple times during the attack, his attorney told...
    Posted Friday Nov 13, 2009 15:52:35 EST
  • Obama to decide soon on troops in Afghanistan
    TOKYO — President Barack Obama, facing withering criticism for a prolonged decision-making process on Afghanistan, asserted Friday he doesn’t want the next move to be seen as an...
    Posted Saturday Nov 14, 2009 10:09:32 EST
  • Gitmo 9/11 suspects to go to NY for trial
    WASHINGTON — Self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees will be brought to trial in a civilian federal courthouse in New York, near the...
    Posted Friday Nov 13, 2009 14:27:05 EST
  • Obama: Okinawa dispute must be fixed quickly
    TOKYO — President Barack Obama says the U.S. and Japan will work quickly to resolve a dispute over American military bases on Okinawa.
    Posted Friday Nov 13, 2009 7:31:04 EST
  • New fears for Venezuela over U.S.-Colombia deal
    CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela on Thursday warned that the United States is aiming for a bigger military role in South America through an agreement with Colombia for expanded use of its bases.
    Posted Thursday Nov 12, 2009 18:58:42 EST
  • Obama promises to rally public behind troops
    ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska — Nearing a decision on sending more troops off to war, President Barack Obama told a military audience Thursday that he will not dispatch them into conflict...
    Posted Friday Nov 13, 2009 18:09:11 EST
  • High-tech WWII Japanese subs found off Hawaii
    HONOLULU — Two captured Japanese submarines scuttled by the Navy after World War II have been discovered in the Pacific Ocean south of Pearl Harbor.
    Posted Friday Nov 13, 2009 12:09:10 EST
  • ‘Shut up,’ Gates tells DoD leakers
    ABOARD THE DEFENSE SECRETARY’S PLANE — In very blunt language, a visibly irritated Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday that he is “appalled by the amount of”...
    Posted Thursday Nov 12, 2009 19:48:43 EST
  • Accused Navy Cross faker pleads not guilty
    RIVERSIDE, Calif. — A Palm Springs man charged with unauthorized wearing of the Navy’s highest honor and other medals has pleaded not guilty.
    Posted Sunday Nov 15, 2009 8:15:01 EST
  • Obama seeks more options for Afghanistan
    WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama rejected the Afghanistan war options before him and asked for revisions, his defense secretary said Thursday, after the U.S. ambassador in Kabul argued that...
    Posted Friday Nov 13, 2009 9:01:08 EST
  • 13 premeditated murder charges for Hasan
    FORT HOOD, Texas — The Army psychiatrist accused of killing fellow soldiers at Fort Hood was charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder Thursday as he lay in a hospital bed.
    Posted Friday Nov 13, 2009 12:38:33 EST
  • Gates sets up new counter-IED task force
    ABOARD DEFENSE SECRETARY’S PLANE — Defense Secretary Robert Gates has established a senior-level task force to streamline the efforts of military services and agencies to find and destroy...
    Posted Saturday Nov 14, 2009 10:09:23 EST
  • Amphib USS New York departs New York City
    NEW YORK — The USS New York has left its namesake city after finishing its inaugural visit.
    Posted Thursday Nov 12, 2009 12:18:17 EST
  • First lady says skills of vets help at home
    WASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama said on Wednesday that many veterans want to serve their communities and nation in ways that "make their entire life a tour of duty."
    Posted Thursday Nov 12, 2009 10:34:32 EST
  • N.C. gallery has auction to help hurt troops
    CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — A North Carolina gallery is holding its annual auction to benefit wounded troops, and among this year's offerings is a photo of President Barack Obama.
    Posted Thursday Nov 12, 2009 9:51:47 EST
  • Durbin, lawmakers visit troubled Ill. VA
    MARION, Ill. — Members of Illinois' congressional delegation will be visiting a southern Illinois Veterans Affairs hospital to discuss with administrators there how its lingering troubles...
    Posted Thursday Nov 12, 2009 9:11:35 EST
  • MIA dog found in Afghanistan after 14 months
    SYDNEY — A bomb-sniffing dog that disappeared during a fierce battle in Afghanistan between Australian troops and militant fighters has been found and returned to its unit after more than a...
    Posted Thursday Nov 12, 2009 7:58:37 EST
  • U.S. envoy objects to troop increase
    WASHINGTON — The U.S. envoy in Afghanistan, a former Army general who once commanded troops in the country, has objected strongly to emerging plans to send tens of thousands of additional...
    Posted Thursday Nov 12, 2009 13:45:03 EST
  • Superiors questioned behavior of Hood suspect
    WASHINGTON — Nidal Malik Hasan's overly zealous religious views and strange behavior worried the doctors overseeing his medical training, but they saw no evidence that he was violent or a...
    Posted Thursday Nov 12, 2009 13:00:46 EST
  • Long snapper was molded by Corps experience
    COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina and Maryland will emerge from their locker rooms Saturday wearing camouflage uniforms with military values such as “Duty,” “Honor,” and...
    Posted Thursday Nov 12, 2009 7:11:44 EST
  • Reservist’s ID stops muggers in tracks
    MILWAUKEE — A Milwaukee Army reservist’s military identification earned him some street cred Tuesday, when he says four men who mugged him at gunpoint returned his belongings and thanked...
    Posted Thursday Nov 12, 2009 19:51:20 EST
  • Obama makes Veterans Day visit to Arlington
    ARLINGTON, Va. — On a cold, rain-soaked Veterans Day, President Barack Obama walked slowly through the white, stone markers at the section of Arlington National Cemetery reserved for troops...
    Posted Thursday Nov 12, 2009 13:03:53 EST
  • 16-month high for Afghanistan airstrikes
    The number of bombs dropped in Afghanistan in October was the highest since mid-2008, according to Air Forces Central Command.
    Posted Saturday Nov 14, 2009 8:25:40 EST
  • Lawmakers are divided on Fort Hood hearings
    Congress is divided about how — and even whether — to move forward with independent investigations of the recent shootings at Fort Hood, Texas.
    Posted Wednesday Nov 11, 2009 19:01:55 EST
  • Missing 82nd GI found dead in Afghan river
    KABUL — Military divers have found the body of a U.S. paratrooper who disappeared last week along with another soldier as the two tried to retrieve airdropped supplies from a river in western...
    Posted Thursday Nov 12, 2009 19:51:25 EST
  • American Legion, VFW attract few young vets
    GALESBURG, Ill. — The future of VFW Post 2257 might hinge on the lifespan of its worn-out, 50-year-old boiler and attendance at weekly bingo games this winter.
    Posted Wednesday Nov 11, 2009 21:12:59 EST
  • Military sees more wounded in Afghanistan
    WASHINGTON — Far from winding down, the numbers of wounded U.S. soldiers coming home have continued to swell. The problem is especially acute among those who fought in Afghanistan, where nearly...
    Posted Wednesday Nov 11, 2009 17:43:10 EST
  • Military funeral buglers are in short supply
    Gerald Pallesen recalls driving 150 miles through near-blinding snow from his home in Marcus, Iowa, four years ago to reach South Dakota the night before a blizzard closed the highways.
    Posted Wednesday Nov 11, 2009 18:02:20 EST

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