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  • Army hits April recruiting goals
    All three Army components exceeded their recruiting goals for April, according to information released this morning by the Defense Department.
    Posted Monday May 12, 2008 14:17:09 EDT
  • Army sets rules for campaign stars
    Soldiers and Army veterans who believe they are eligible for the newly authorized Afghanistan and Iraq campaign stars must verify eligibility with unit personnel officials or the Human Resources...
    Posted Monday May 12, 2008 6:16:15 EDT
  • Master sgt. gets DSC for Afghanistan bravery
    In a battle that would last more than 17 hours, with intense gunfire popping all around, then-Sgt. 1st Class Brendan O’Connor stood before an open field and considered his options for reaching...
    Posted Monday May 12, 2008 14:20:05 EDT
  • NORAD marks 50th anniversary
    The thought that Russian TU-95 Bear bombers could fly over the Arctic Circle loaded down with nukes was a pretty scary idea in 1958. So scary, in fact, that American and Canadian politicians came...
    Posted Monday May 12, 2008 20:05:44 EDT
  • Nonvets must pay for emergency VA care
    Veterans hospitals may be open to nonveterans after a natural disaster or emergency, but private citizens who are neither veterans nor disaster workers will be billed for the cost of their treatment,...
    Posted Monday May 12, 2008 17:56:28 EDT
  • Tillman mom: Account of death may not be true
    SAN FRANCISCO — The mother of a former professional football player who died while serving in the Army Rangers suspects the military’s account of how fellow soldiers shot and killed her...
    Posted Monday May 12, 2008 22:00:10 EDT
  • Fort Rucker soldier dies in motorcycle wreck
    OZARK, Ala. — The Army said a 23-year-old soldier stationed at Fort Rucker was killed in a motorcycle accident in Ozark. According to Dale County Coroner Woody Hilboldt, the crash occurred...
    Posted Monday May 12, 2008 16:15:58 EDT
  • Sadr City cease-fire signed, impact unclear
    BAGHDAD — Iraq’s main Shiite political bloc and supporters of firebrand cleric Muqtada al-Sadr signed a fragile cease-fire in Baghdad’s Sadr City on Monday, hoping to end seven...
    Posted Monday May 12, 2008 18:11:32 EDT
  • As ice melts, N. Command eyes Arctic patrols
    WASHINGTON — As the Arctic ice cap shrinks, the Pentagon is eyeing the expanding navigable waters as possible entry points for security threats that must be monitored more closely, the chief of...
    Posted Monday May 12, 2008 22:03:07 EDT
  • 2 Humvees missing from Afghanistan base
    KABUL, Afghanistan — Two armored Humvees were missing from a U.S. military base in Afghanistan, a military spokesman said Monday.
    Posted Monday May 12, 2008 8:31:07 EDT
  • Coming O-3 board to weigh specialty preferences
    A selection board that convenes July 29 will consider the requests of certain basic-branch captains who want to pursue single-track careers in a functional area.
    Posted Monday May 12, 2008 14:18:11 EDT
  • One year since 10th Mountain GIs were seized
    WATERFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Family and friends of a Michigan soldier missing since his unit was attacked in Iraq by insurgent forces a year ago are planning a rally Saturday.
    Posted Monday May 12, 2008 21:44:45 EDT
  • Soldier killed by roadside bomb in Baghdad
    BAGHDAD — The U.S. military says an American soldier has been killed in a roadside bombing in northwestern Baghdad.
    Posted Monday May 12, 2008 10:16:57 EDT
  • Korean War vet to get CIB 57 years late
    GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — A Minnesota Korean War veteran will receive his Combat Infantry Badge on Monday after 57 years of waiting.
    Posted Monday May 12, 2008 10:16:31 EDT
  • Gates defends troop quality, stressing strain
    WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert Gates acknowledged that long combat tours in Iraq have strained the military, but he disputed that the quality of U.S. forces has suffered because of...
    Posted Monday May 12, 2008 10:16:12 EDT
  • Gates: MRAPs reduce troop deaths, injuries
    WASHINGTON — Few troops have been killed or wounded by roadside bomb attacks in Iraq while riding in the Pentagon’s new armored vehicles, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said, evidence of...
    Posted Monday May 12, 2008 10:15:59 EDT
  • Anti-stress dolls cheer deployed troops
    CAYCE, S.C. — A South Carolina grandmother has become a sensation among stressed-out U.S. military men and women around the globe by sending the most incongruous of gifts: pliable, google-eye...
    Posted Monday May 12, 2008 10:12:58 EDT
  • Mother, son in same Guard unit headed to Iraq
    TEANECK, N.J. — Mother-and-son soldiers are set to go to Iraq in the same New Jersey National Guard unit.
    Posted Sunday May 11, 2008 17:09:30 EDT
  • Contractor to face court-martial in Iraq
    BAGHDAD — The U.S. military on Sunday ordered a court-martial for a civilian contractor charged with aggravated assault while working as an Army translator in Iraq — the first such...
    Posted Sunday May 11, 2008 15:30:06 EDT
  • Lies earned big disability checks for faker
    Randall A. Moneymaker looked good on paper. He was a veteran of Iraq, Afghanistan, Panama and Grenada. He was an airborne Ranger who had earned two Combat Infantryman Badges, a Combat Action Badge,...
    Posted Monday May 12, 2008 10:21:11 EDT
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Mother, son in same Guard unit headed to Iraq
TEANECK, N.J. — Mother-and-son soldiers are set to go to Iraq in the same New Jersey National Guard unit.Sgt. Carmen Villegas, a 46-year-old combat medic, was transferred two weeks ago to the same Teaneck-based unit as her son, Sgt. Felipe Diaz.
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