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415th gets big send off at Carville (www.2theadvocate.com)
Family members, soldiers and other well-wishers gathered Wednesday to send off 11 members of the Louisiana National Guard’s 415th Military Intelligence Battalion, departing today for training and... More
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2/7 to complete return from Afghanistan (www.marinecorpstimes.com)
Marines with the hardest hit battalion in the Corps this year are expected to return from southern Afghanistan late this week, Marine officials said. Second Battalion, 7th Marines, will return to... More
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Combat deaths in Iraq, Afghanistan fall sharply (www.militarytimes.com)
U.S. combat deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan last month dropped to the lowest combined level since the United States began fighting the two wars more than five years ago. Eleven American... More
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Divorces rise among military couples (www.usatoday.com)
Enlisted soldiers and Marines divorced their spouses at a higher rate in fiscal 2008 than at any other time in at least 16 years, according to Pentagon data released Tuesday. About 4% of married... More
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Will Obama Stay the Course?
(www.truthdig.com)
Gates also dared challenge the military-industrial complex over egregious military spending on projects such as the $65 billion F-22 stealth fighter plane that was designed to penetrate Soviet air... More
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Will Obama Stay the Course?
(www.truthdig.com)
I do so want to believe that Barack Obama is on the right track. His brain is big, his style fresh, his pronouncements both logical and compelling, and it does feel good to have a president-elect... More
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Military Analysis - Afghan Strategy Poses Stiff Challenge for Obama (www.nytimes.com)
One of the most difficult challenges President-elect Barack Obama’s national security team faces is Mr. Obama’s vow to send thousands of American troops to help defeat the Taliban in Afghanistan.... More
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Akaka wants DoD, VA to review war-zone toxins (www.militarytimes.com)
Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, chairman of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, has asked that the co-chairs of the Defense Department and Veterans Affairs Oversight Committee begin a review of... More
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Vermont Soldier completes long tour as Afghan mentor (www.ngb.army.mil)
A Vermont Army National Guardsman is heading home after completing nearly two years of active duty, including 18 months spent as a mentor to the Afghan National Army (ANA) and Afghan National Police... More
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Official: Long deployments less effective (www.stripes.com)
The Army has concluded it is very difficult to sustain effective unit deployments longer than 12 months, a top Army official said. Undersecretary of the Army Nelson Ford was responding to a... More
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