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West Point grads eager to step up and serve

3 hours 22 min ago
For as long as he can remember, Mark Castelli wanted to go to the United States Military Academy. His father, Michael Castelli, attended the elite military academy, as did two older brothers.
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Troops offered deals for Memorial Day

3 hours 47 min ago
Here are some ideas for fun this weekend that won't crush your budget:
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Bill would require mental health checkup every 6 months for deployed troops

3 hours 50 min ago
Troops would be required to get a mental health checkup once every six months when deployed to contingency operations under a draft version of the 2014 defense bill approved by the House Armed Services Committee's personnel panel.
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Senators: Limit recruits' athletic shoe choices to U.S.-made footwear

6 hours 24 min ago
Athletic shoe vouchers for Army, Navy and Air Force recruits could be used to purchase only American-made footwear under a bill introduced Thursday by two senators from Maine.
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DoD school director to retire in August

6 hours 24 min ago
The director of the Defense Department schools that educate military children will retire Aug. 31.
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Panel rejects Pentagon's request for base closings

6 hours 30 min ago
A new round of military base closings is going nowhere in Congress.
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Army vet charged in policeman's slaying found dead in cell

6 hours 32 min ago
An Army veteran charged with killing a police officer and wounding five others in a shootout during a marijuana raid was found Friday hanging dead in his cell, authorities said.
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From boyhood to battlefield: Long war takes its toll

6 hours 44 min ago
When the terrorists struck on 9/11, Barrett Austin was in Mrs. Spearman's second-grade class here. Weeks later, he'd wear a Ninja costume with a red headband for Halloween.
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Town turns out to welcome injured Ranger home

6 hours 48 min ago
Tossed like a rag doll by an exploding 500-pound bomb, Army Ranger Cory Remsburg landed face down in a canal. He lay motionless as his buddies scrambled to find him.
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Obama sees narrower terror threat, defends drones

7 hours 47 sec ago
President Obama sought Thursday to advance the U.S.
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Lawmakers want DoD to study whether Tricare may cover horse therapy

7 hours 6 min ago
The family of Kaitlyn Samuels, 16, and many other family memnbers with special needs were hoping Congress would pass a law requiring Tricare to cover hippotherapy - physical therapy conducted on horseback.
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Biographer regrets affair with David Petraeus

7 hours 20 min ago
The biographer whose extramarital affair with then-CIA director David Petraeus triggered his resignation says she regrets the relationship and the harm and grief it caused her family.
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Tricare approves waivers for beneficiaries in tornado-affected Oklahoma

7 hours 24 min ago
Tricare is waiving required referrals for specialty care and emergency prescription refills for its beneficiaries in Oklahoma affected by the May 20 tornado.
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June sergeant selections, A-L

7 hours 48 min ago
These NCO have been selected for promotion in June, the Army announced:
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June 2013 staff sergeant promotions

7 hours 50 min ago
These NCO have been selected for promotion in June, the Army announced:
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June list for sgt., staff sgt. announced

7 hours 50 min ago
These soldiers have been selected for promotion to sergeant or staff sergeant in June, the Army announced Thursday:
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Bush hosts bike ride for combat veterans

11 hours 52 min ago
Former President George W. Bush is hosting a 100-kilometer mountain bike ride at his Central Texas ranch for military members wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Brewers team up on beer to help military families

12 hours 26 min ago
Craft breweries from around the country are toasting the troops with a beer aged with a unique ingredient that symbolizes America's pastime - baseball bats.
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West Point cadets rescue 2 kayakers

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 20:17
Two West Point cadets are being credited with rescuing two stranded kayakers on the Hudson River.
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Senator: West Point incident illustrates culture of sexual misconduct in military

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 20:14
Charges that an Army sergeant secretly photographed and videotaped women at West Point are part of a military-wide pattern of sexual misconduct, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand said Thursday.
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