Osprey begins its combat test
When a couple of VM-22 Osprey tilt rotors dropped out of the predawn darkness Friday in the northern end of the Now Zad valley in Helmand province to deliver the first of more than 1,000 NA...
The News & Observer,
Sat Dec 05 20:06:02 PST 2009
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Turkey Rejects Combat Troops To Afghanistan
ANKARA [MENL] -- Turkey has decided to reject a U.S. appeal for combat troops to Afghanistan. Officials said Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan and Chief of Staff Gen. Ilker Basbug have a...
Middle East Newsline,
Sat Dec 05 11:47:36 PST 2009
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New England soldiers prepare for deployment
... Iraq. The Brewer based B company, and New Hampshire's C Company based in Milford, are part of Vermont's 86th Brigade Combat Team. All told, more than 3,000 soldiers from the brigade ar...
WCSH-TV Portland,
Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:19:19 GMT
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Middle school students in Strongsville lead effort to combat obesity
Students at Albion Middle School in Strongsville are using grant funding from the NFL and the National Dairy Council to change their school's eating and exercise habits, one step at a time
The Cleveland Plain Dealer,
Sun Dec 06 13:29:46 PST 2009
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New England guardsmen set to deploy
... the course of the coming year. Hundreds of soldiers are mobilizing as part of the Vermont-based 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, which will go to Afghanistan early in the new year. T...
Army Times,
Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:29:09 GMT
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NATO, Afghan allies must finish combat together: Clinton
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged NATO and its partners in Afghanistan to rally behind a new strategy to combat the insurgency and "finish it together".
AFP via Yahoo! News,
Fri Dec 04 06:28:13 PST 2009
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Center Field: The double double standard against Israel
Excerpt from a testimony I will give on Monday at hearings at the Canadian Parliamentary Coalition to Combat Anti-Semitism. Allow me a personal note - I hate this topic.
Jerusalem Post,
Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:14:42 GMT
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Iraq lawmakers end election law impasse
Iraqi lawmakers agreed a last minute deal on Sunday to overcome divisions on a law allowing an election next year, reducing the risks to a U.S. plan to end combat operations in 2010.
Reuters via Yahoo! News,
Sun Dec 06 13:38:55 PST 2009
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Share the magic of Christmas...
My best Christmas was when I got my Hifi Scan System and a bunch of stuff. My best Christmas was when I had a DS and the best game ever and it was Mortal Combat.
Window on the Clearwater,
Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:02:52 GMT
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Iraq lawmakers vote to end election law impasse
Iraqi lawmakers on Sunday ended a long-running impasse over a law needed for elections to be held next year, reducing the likelihood of a long delay that could have affected U.S. plans to e...
Reuters via Yahoo! News,
Sun Dec 06 13:07:44 PST 2009
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Beavercreek soldier dies in accident
... posting said. He graduated from the Sergeants Major Academy in June 2009. His awards include the Bronze Star Medal, Combat Infantry Badge, Basic Parachutist Badge, SW Asia Service Meda...
Dayton Daily News,
Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:56:00 GMT
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Mason completes basic combat
SHIPPENSBURG -- PVT2 Justin K. Mason graduated from U.S. Army basic combat training at Fort Jackson, S.C.
Chambersburg Public Opinion,
Sat Dec 05 02:43:46 PST 2009
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Guard unit to get sendoff to a
... The Brewer based B Company, and New Hampshirea TMs C Company based in Milford, are part of Vermonta TMs 86th Brigade Combat Team. All told, more than 3,000 soldiers from the brigade ar...
Bangor Daily News,
Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:40:15 GMT
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Former Panther helps to combat pro football head injuries
Former Carolina Panthers linebacker Dan Morgan has been asked to be part of a new NFL committee on concussions in light of a number of star players who have recently been sidelined due to h...
News 14 Carolina,
Sun Dec 06 15:25:52 PST 2009
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Local soldier coming home from Iraq
... Iraq. Mullaney leads the approximately 100 troops of Troop B in the 4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division of the U.S. Army. Mullaney's men a...
Cumberland Times-News,
Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:45:41 GMT
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Aerial combat and wartime of everyday GIs captured in the flow of watercolors: A W...
Robert Laessig's arsenal included paintbrushes and watercolors as he documented the air war in the Pacific during World War II.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer,
Sat Dec 05 19:29:43 PST 2009
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Fallen Marine Joined Military After His Brother Died: Report
... The 23-year-old reconnaissance Marine's personal service awards include the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, Combat Action Ribbon and the National Defense Service Medal. Detail...
NBC San Diego,
Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:34:04 GMT
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Soldiers may face charges for combat
A NIGHT-TIME raid in which five Afghan children were killed has cast a cloud over Australia's elite forces and could result in combat-related charges against Australian soldiers for the fir...
Sydney Morning Herald,
Fri Dec 04 10:37:19 PST 2009
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How this story came together
... Pilsen, gave us the church tour and supplied names of people who knew Kapaun. William Maher, who wrote "Shepherd in Combat Boots," gave us permission to use several quotations. Most of...
The Wichita Eagle,
Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:18:40 GMT
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Bray completes combat training
Army National Guard Pvt. Ronald R. Bray has graduated from the Infantryman One Station Unit Training at Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga.
Sentinel & Enterprise,
Sun Dec 06 03:36:38 PST 2009
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