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Destroyers to be named for MoH recipient, former SECNAV

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 20:21
The two newest destroyers will be named for a highly decorated soldier-turned-senator and a former Navy secretary, the Navy's top civilian announced Thursday.
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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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Service member's sons found dead; older brother arrested

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 20:00
A teenager was arrested Thursday in the deaths of his two younger brothers, ages 4 and 10, at the family home in a Utah subdivision of new houses and tidy lawns, police said.
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Obama sees narrower terror threat, defends drones

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 19:55
President Obama sought Thursday to advance the U.S.
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Gallery: Soldiers place thousands of flags at Arlington

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 18:45
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Lawmakers make pre-Memorial Day calls to fix vet claims backlog

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 15:30
In a pre-Memorial Day push to show their concern about the backlog of veterans' disability claims, House Republicans are calling for an independent task force to recommend a solution while House Democrats pushed the idea of providing temporary benefits to
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Pentagon goes it alone on electronic health records

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 14:44
The Defense Department is abandoning its plans to build a single, joint electronic health record system with the Veterans Affairs Department in favor of developing its own system using commercial software.
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Retired commandant's son handled dead insurgents after urination incident: NCIS documents

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 14:12
The son of a retired Marine Corps commandant told military investigators he handled the bagged remains of dead insurgents urinated on by scout snipers in Afghanistan, contradicting assertions from senior officers that he had no contact with those Marines.
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Lawmakers: Keep flying Global Hawk Block 30 through 2016

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 13:48
Lawmakers want the Air Force to keep flying the unmanned RQ-4 Global Hawk Block 30 for another three years, despite the service's contention that the manned U-2 is better suited for intelligence gathering.
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McConnell, Pease and Altus chosen to host KC-46A tanker

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 13:48
The two bases will be the first of 10 main operating bases for the new tanker
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Obama to address drones, Gitmo in security speech

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 13:46
President Obama is set to at least partially bring out into the open some of the U.S.-directed drone program, a key component of counterterrorism strategy, as he outlines the contours of the continuing threat to American security.
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WWII Medal of Honor recipient dies at 91

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 13:34
Former World War II Army squad leader and Medal of Honor recipient Vernon McGarity has died at 91.
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4 leg exercises with little or no equipment

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 13:25
You really can do leg exercises without the isolation-style or massive leg press machines found in most gyms. No more leg extension or leg curl machines. No need to find a leg abductor/adductor combo or hoist a 45-pound Olympic bar.
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Ocean recon UAV makes first flight

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 13:23
An unmanned jet built for Navy high-altitude maritime surveillance missions has made its first flight May 22.
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Panel rejects Pentagon's request for base closings

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 12:55
A new round of military base closings is going nowhere in Congress.
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Battleground soil given place of honor in Atlanta

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 12:53
It seemed like a mission impossible, but Richard A. Lester believed it could be done.
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Stolen Valor Act on the way to White House

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 12:39
The Stolen Valor Act that makes it a federal crime to profit from falsely claiming to have received a military medal for valor is on its way to the White House for President Obama's signature, thanks to the efforts of two Nevadans.
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Woman gets prison in baby's shaking death at Quantico

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 12:09
A Quantico woman was sentenced Thursday to 8 ½ years in prison, far less than what was sought by prosecutors, for fatally shaking and fracturing the skull of a 9-month-old girl who had been left in her care.
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Tinker airman, family narrowly escaped Okla. storm

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 11:57
Picking through the debris of his tornado-demolished home Wednesday in Moore, Okla., Valparaiso native Jacob Schroeder hoped he might find things such as baby books, the computer with the family's stored pictures or his daughter's favorite stuffed toy.
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Holder says 4 U.S. citizens killed in drone strikes

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 10:43
Attorney General Eric Holder acknowledged Wednesday that four U.S. citizens had been killed in counter-terrorism drone strikes since 2009.
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