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Fatal MRAP rollovers prompt warnings
WASHINGTON — The towering trucks that give U.S. troops the best protection against roadside bombs and enemy bullets also make them vulnerable to routine hazards like sharp turns, rutted roads and rickety bridges.
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  • Minot airmen fell asleep with classified nuke hardware
    Three missile officers with the 91st Space Wing at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., fell asleep July 12 while holding a classified “code component” — a hardware device containing the...
    Posted Thursday Jul 24, 2008 22:11:55 EDT
  • Congress debates ‘don’t ask’
    The first congressional hearing on the so-called “don’t ask, don’t tell” law since its enactment 15 years ago was held Thursday, with former members of the military testifying...
    Posted Thursday Jul 24, 2008 19:15:30 EDT
  • House panel widens probe of VA Retro payments
    A House subcommittee is expanding its investigation into delayed retroactive payments to thousands of disabled retirees.
    Posted Thursday Jul 24, 2008 15:24:00 EDT
  • Navy chaplain faces rape, assault charges
    NORFOLK, Va. — One sailor said she accepted his support after the death of a shipmate. Another said she accepted his mentorship to apply for a nurse commissioning program. Both young female...
    Posted Thursday Jul 24, 2008 22:17:53 EDT
  • Fort Campbell: Some soldiers returning early
    FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — A Fort Campbell official says some soldiers serving in Afghanistan will be coming home earlier than expected and won’t have to serve 15-month tours as previously...
    Posted Thursday Jul 24, 2008 21:29:16 EDT
  • Nev. Guard helo clips tree; no injuries
    RENO, Nev. — The Nevada Army National Guard says a helicopter was damaged when it clipped a tree near Hobart Reservoir in the mountains west of Carson City.
    Posted Thursday Jul 24, 2008 20:16:24 EDT
  • After 8 months, Army medic laid to rest
    FAIRBANKS, Alaska — Of Lavada Napier’s four children, Carletta Davis was the bravest.
    Posted Thursday Jul 24, 2008 19:41:43 EDT
  • Korean War vets’ group gets fed charter
    The Korean War — often called the “forgotten war” — and its veterans received long overdue recognition from lawmakers Thursday during a gathering to commemorate the enactment...
    Posted Thursday Jul 24, 2008 16:44:16 EDT
  • Military police come home from Iraq
    FORT RILEY, Kan. — Another group of Fort Riley soldiers will be coming home this weekend from war.
    Posted Thursday Jul 24, 2008 16:33:10 EDT
  • Jackson commander cites combat experience
    FORT JACKSON, S.C. — The new commander of the Army’s largest training base says the experience he gleaned during fierce combat in Iraq will help inspire the civilians volunteering to join...
    Posted Thursday Jul 24, 2008 15:16:19 EDT
  • Kansas bombs turn out to be dummies
    SALINA, Kan. — Army officials say two bombs found behind a Salina business are harmless and can be scrapped.
    Posted Thursday Jul 24, 2008 14:43:07 EDT
  • Drum paper name now ‘Mountaineer’
    FORT DRUM, N.Y. — Fort Drum’s weekly newspaper has a new name — “The Mountaineer.”
    Posted Thursday Jul 24, 2008 14:41:35 EDT
  • Army releases sergeant, staff sergeant lists
    The Army has named soldiers who have been selected for promotion to sergeant and staff sergeant for August. They should contact their Battalion S1, Personnel Service Battalion or Military Personnel...
    Posted Thursday Jul 24, 2008 12:39:16 EDT
  • Reserve sergeant first class selectees
    The following Active Guard and Reserve staff sergeants were recommended for promotion to sergeant first class by a board that met June 3-12 in St....
    Posted Thursday Jul 24, 2008 12:38:27 EDT
  • Court: Army not liable in shooting by recruit
    PITTSBURGH — A federal appeals court said the Army isn’t liable for more than $1 million in medical bills for a Pittsburgh-area man paralyzed in a shooting by an unstable Army recruit.
    Posted Thursday Jul 24, 2008 12:47:37 EDT
  • Delayed TBI diagnoses inspire a mission
    LANDSTUHL, Germany — It took nearly three years for the Army to understand the damage to Army Sgt. Chad Joiner’s brain after a roadside explosion left him unconscious in a Humvee on June...
    Posted Thursday Jul 24, 2008 12:43:47 EDT
  • Remains ID’d as soldier MIA since 1950
    WASHINGTON — The remains of a South Texas soldier missing in action since 1950 in the Korean War have been recovered and identified.
    Posted Thursday Jul 24, 2008 12:34:43 EDT
  • Hundreds could be Afghanistan-bound soon
    WASHINGTON — Top Pentagon leaders are expected to recommend soon that Defense Secretary Robert Gates order hundreds of additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan over the next month or so —...
    Posted Thursday Jul 24, 2008 17:49:12 EDT
  • Army denies West Point grad a shot at NFL
    Caleb Campbell, a 2008 graduate of U.S. Military Academy at West Point, will not get a chance to play in the National Football League, Army and Detroit Lions officials said Wednesday.
    Posted Thursday Jul 24, 2008 17:48:37 EDT
  • Fort Jackson gets fewer soldiers this summer
    FORT JACKSON, S.C. — Fort Jackson’s usual summer “surge” of Army recruits who enter basic training after high school graduation will slip by about 3,000 soldiers this summer,...
    Posted Thursday Jul 24, 2008 6:09:28 EDT
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