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  • 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 9:33:18 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 16:00:34 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 16:01:58 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 receive disability benefits for Agent Orange-related illness now has 204 co-sponsors in the House of Representatives, 14 short of the...
    Posted Friday Nov 20, 2009 15:28:21 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 examine 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 10:40:28 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
  • 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
  • Ill. pvt. killed in Hood shootings laid to rest
    CHICAGO — Dozens of American flags lined the outside a Chicago funeral home where a 21-year-old soldier killed at Fort Hood was remembered Thursday as an optimistic person who loved to dance...
    Posted Thursday Nov 19, 2009 16:58:45 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 13:02:22 EST
  • Funeral set for spc. slain in murder-suicide
    HACKENSACK, N.J. — Services will take place Thursday in New Jersey for a soldier who authorities say was killed by her husband in an apparent murder-suicide in Kentucky.
    Posted Thursday Nov 19, 2009 8:14:48 EST
  • Va. guardsmen hurt in base blast back on duty
    BLACKSTONE, Va. — Thirteen Virginia National Guard soldiers sent to hospitals after a training device exploded at Fort Pickett are back on duty.
    Posted Thursday Nov 19, 2009 15:54:14 EST
  • Daughter to bury dad after Arlington mix-up
    BUSHNELL, Fla. — The daughter of a World War II veteran plans to bury her father in Florida, years after an urn filled with rocks was interred in his name at Arlington National Cemetery.
    Posted Thursday Nov 19, 2009 7:47:50 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
  • 3 GIs arrested, 680 pounds of pot found in car
    PHOENIX — Three soldiers in a rental car pulled over for speeding outside Phoenix have been arrested after authorities say they found 680 pounds of marijuana and $10,000 cash inside the vehicle.
    Posted Wednesday Nov 18, 2009 20:32:02 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
  • Carson honors 15 killed in Afghanistan
    Fort Carson paid somber tribute Wednesday to 15 of its soldiers killed in Afghanistan last month, the worst single month for combat deaths the post has endured since the Vietnam War.
    Posted Wednesday Nov 18, 2009 21:51:02 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
  • 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
  • Ex-Army counterintelligence worker executed
    JARRATT, Va. — A former Army counterintelligence worker was executed by electric chair Tuesday for killing a Virginia couple, becoming the first U.S. inmate to die by electrocution in over a...
    Posted Wednesday Nov 18, 2009 13:30:10 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
  • Suicides to top 2008, but progress reported
    WASHINGTON — Soldier suicides this year are almost sure to top last year’s grim totals, but a recent decline in the pace of such incidents could mean the Army is starting to make progress...
    Posted Wednesday Nov 18, 2009 8:22:53 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
  • MoH recipient, a retired colonel, dies at 88
    LEWISTON, Maine — A Mechanic Falls native who was awarded the Medal of Honor for leading a bayonet charge against an enemy position during the Korean War has died.
    Posted Tuesday Nov 17, 2009 15:58:18 EST
  • Army IDs soldier killed in ATV accident
    Officials at Fort Hood, Texas, have identified a soldier who died Nov. 14 from injuries suffered in an all-terrain vehicle accident.
    Posted Tuesday Nov 17, 2009 19:45:11 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
  • Army orders 2,500 Taser guns
    The Army recently ordered 2,500 Taser guns in an ongoing effort to give soldiers alternatives to using deadly force.
    Posted Monday Nov 16, 2009 21:36:33 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
  • Campbell soldier killed after bar dispute
    CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — Four men have been charged in the death of a Fort Campbell soldier who was shot after a dispute at a Clarksville nightclub.
    Posted Monday Nov 16, 2009 9:53:47 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
  • Conn. Army Guard deploys 700 to Mideast
    HARTFORD, Conn. — Two units of the Connecticut Army National Guard are sending 700 soldiers to the Middle East in the largest single deployment of Connecticut guard members since the Korean War.
    Posted Monday Nov 16, 2009 8:36:22 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
  • In/out call list updated
    A career planning tool that allows enlisted soldiers to make informed decisions about switching jobs has been updated to reflect the latest manning requirements for nearly 200 military occupational...
    Posted Tuesday Nov 17, 2009 9:33:24 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
  • New branch transfer plan for officers set
    The Army will streamline the switch to new career specialties for most basic-branch captains and majors under a test program to be launched early next year.
    Posted Monday Nov 16, 2009 5:55:48 EST
  • Ky. storm relief efforts may earn medal
    Soldiers who supported relief efforts in the wake of a massive winter storm that paralyzed much of Kentucky early this year are eligible for the Humanitarian Service Medal.
    Posted Monday Nov 16, 2009 5:52:42 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
  • 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
  • Army edges VMI, 22-17, to snap 3-game skid
    WEST POINT, N.Y. — Patrick Mealy ran 16 times for 136 yards and a touchdown to lead Army to a 22-17 victory over Virginia Military Institute on Saturday.
    Posted Saturday Nov 14, 2009 16:06:01 EST
  • Ceremony for SC soldier MIA since 1953
    FLORENCE, S.C. — The military has honored a South Carolina soldier nearly six decades after he went missing in action in North Korea.
    Posted Saturday Nov 14, 2009 14:10:30 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
  • 700 Conn. guardsmen bound for war zones
    HARTFORD, Conn. — The Connecticut Army National Guard is deploying 700 soldiers this weekend to the Middle East in the largest single deployment of its troops since the Korean War.
    Posted Saturday Nov 14, 2009 11:30:11 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
  • Mandated sanitizer sharing for AMEDD soldiers
    Need some hand sanitizer? Look no further than the nearest health-services soldier. They’ll share a squirt — or give you the whole bottle — under a new Army policy.
    Posted Monday Nov 16, 2009 14:56:30 EST
  • Applications due soon for test pilot training
    Commissioned and warrant officer pilots who want to fly on the edge have until Jan. 18 to submit an application for the 2010 Experimental Test Pilot Training Program.
    Posted Saturday Nov 14, 2009 8:18:12 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
  • 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
  • Army renews auto racing team sponsorships
    AVONDALE, Ariz. — The Army will continue to sponsor drivers in NASCAR and the NHRA next season.
    Posted Friday Nov 13, 2009 17:03:37 EST
  • Active-duty suicides almost double from Sept.
    As many as 16 active-duty soldiers committed suicide in October, nine more than reported the month before, the Army announced Nov. 13.
    Posted Friday Nov 13, 2009 18:36:27 EST
  • Data breach could affect 60,000 GIs, civilians
    The Corps of Engineers is investigating the recent loss of an external hard drive that could pose identify theft problems for as many as 60,000 soldiers and Army civilians.
    Posted Friday Nov 13, 2009 17:32:15 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
  • Army exceeds recruiting goals to start FY10
    All three Army components kicked off the new fiscal year by exceeding their recruiting goals in October, the Defense Department announced Tuesday.
    Posted Friday Nov 13, 2009 15:45:00 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
  • 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
  • 676 officer promotions for December
    There will be 676 officer promotions for the active component in December, including a final increment of advancements off the 2008 colonel lists for the Army Competitive Category.
    Posted Friday Nov 13, 2009 12:47:31 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
  • Black Knights look to snap skid vs. VMI
    WEST POINT, N.Y. — VMI coach Sparky Woods has never been to Michie Stadium. It’s a cinch the Army Black Knights will be more than happy to welcome him and his Keydets.
    Posted Thursday Nov 12, 2009 19:58:15 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
  • ‘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
  • 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
  • Mom of soldier: Sunglasses saved GI’s eye
    MEDFORD, Ore. — The mother of a soldier injured in Iraq this week says special protective sunglasses saved her son’s right eye.
    Posted Thursday Nov 12, 2009 13:43:50 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
  • 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
  • Illinois Guard unit returns from Afghanistan
    PEORIA, Ill. — A group of Illinois Army National Guard soldiers is scheduled to return home after a year in Afghanistan.
    Posted Thursday Nov 12, 2009 9:55:25 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
  • Spec ops, UNC to sign training pact
    CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The Army's most elite soldiers are teaming with one of North Carolina's top universities to improve training on national security issues.
    Posted Thursday Nov 12, 2009 7:46:05 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
  • 6 from famed WWII unit set Neb. appearance
    ASHLAND, Neb. — Six former members of a World War II Army unit memorialized in the book and TV miniseries "Band of Brothers" will make an appearance at the Strategic Air & Space Museum in...
    Posted Thursday Nov 12, 2009 6:48:07 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

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