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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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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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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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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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Ex-NAS Fallon sailor gets prison on lewdness charge

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 11:59
A 26-year-old former sailor stationed at Naval Air Station Fallon has been sentenced to up to nearly 20 years in prison for attempted lewdness with a child under the age of 14.
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Chances for senior chief soar

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 11:53
The chance to put on a senior chief's star has increased to 13.62 percent, making this year the best shot at making E-8 since at least 1997, but probably longer.
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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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Surplus military trucks get new lives

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 09:51
They've served their country well. Getting parked in a nondescript dirt lot sure doesn't seem like much of a final resting place.
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Engine problem forces LCS Freedom back to port

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 09:33
The USS Freedom, first of the US Navy's littoral combat ships, was forced to return to port in Singapore Tuesday after sediment was discovered in the ship's lube oil system.
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Master chief selectees announced

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 09:31
The Navy announced the names of nearly 500 master chief selectees Thursday in a fleetwide message, NAVADMIN 136/13.
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Nixon library hosts 40th reunion for Vietnam POWs

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 07:31
Navy Lt. Mike McGrath was just 27 years old, with a wife and two toddler sons in the U.S., when he was shot down and taken prisoner on his 179th bombing mission during the Vietnam War.
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Soldier was target of brutal attack in London

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 07:19
The British government's emergency committee met Thursday after two attackers butchered a British soldier in a daylight attack in London that raised fears terrorism had returned to the capital.
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Pakistan arrested American who was killed by drone

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 07:07
Pakistani authorities once arrested an American citizen now known to have been killed in a U.S. drone strike in the country, but he escaped after being released on bail.
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