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4 hrs ago | WPTV Local News

Flags planted for armed services day

The Armed Forces are in uniform and are planting flags on Saturday at Riviera Beach City Hall to honor our military heroes and first responders.

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Related Topix: Riviera Beach, FL, US Navy, US Marine Corps

8 hrs ago | Examiner.com

PBS to Show the "Cecil B. DeMille Warriors" of The Ghost Army

"We're ASKING for the enemy to fire on us? It's a suicide assignment!" That is what one veteran of a unique U.S. Army unit in WW II recalls asking his commanding officer in clarifying their mission.

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12 hrs ago | Patch.com

Fort Monmouth: FMERA Board Taking Steps to Bring in Veterans' Community

A change to the original redevelopment plan for Fort Monmouth will allow a parcel to become a veterans' community.

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Related Topix: US Military, Fort Monmouth, Eatontown, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ

16 hrs ago | The Virginian-Pilot

Navy identifies Va. Beach-based SEAL killed in training mishap

A Virginia Beach-based Navy SEAL was killed Wednesday, and seven other sailors were injured when their Humvee overturned during a training exercise in Kentucky.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Navy, Fort Knox, Fort Knox, KY

Fri May 17, 2013

Examiner.com

Special Warfare Operator Third Class Jonathan H. Kaloust killed in training

Special Warfare Operator Third Class Jonathan H. Kaloust was killed during night training exercises and seven other special operators were injured in the accident.

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Related Topix: US Military, Fort Knox, Fort Knox, KY

KREX

Colorado Soldier Gets 21 Years in Fatal Shooting

An Iraq War veteran who was convicted of manslaughter in a motorcycle club shooting has been sentenced to 21 years in prison.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Life, Veteran Affairs, US Military, Fort Carson, Fort Carson, CO

The Orlando Sentinel

Sanford brothers accused in $1M scam involving Army equipment

Two Sanford brothers arrested this week bought and sold an estimated $1 million in stolen power tools from the U.S. Army and plotted to rip off the government for military equipment, including armor-piecing ammunition, federal officials say.

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WKRN

US Army: 1 dead, several injured in Navy training exercise at Fort Knox, Ky.

A U.S. Army spokesman says one member of the U.S. Navy was killed and several others injured during a training exercise at the Fort Knox, Ky., Army post.

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Army Times

Know the motorcycle rules DoD-wide and at the base level

Airman 1st Class James Mason, 28th Civil Engineer Squadron, rides his motorcycle around Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., on Aug.

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Related Topix: US Military, Ellsworth Air Force Base, US Air Force, Fort Benning, US Navy, US Marine Corps, Fort Benning, GA

Your News Now

Family and friends mourn death of Dalton soldier

Not surprisingly, friends and family of Mitch Daehling were emotional after hearing of his death.

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Related Topix: US Military, Dover Air Force Base, US Air Force

Patch.com

Fort Meade Discovers Exploded Device; Homes Evacuated

A half-dozen homes on Fort Meade were briefly evacuated Wednesday morning after a work crew found a WWII-era mortar round in the ground.

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Related Topix: Fort Meade, US Military, Fort Meade, MD

Thu May 16, 2013

WATE-TV Knoxville

Head of Fort Campbell harassment program arrested

A jury on Thursday convicted a Wahiawa man of second-degree murder after authorities say he went on a shooting rampage through Honolulu in 2011, killing a mother of 10 and wounding two other people as he opened fire... A jury on Thursday convicted a Wahiawa man of second-degree murder and other charges in a 2011 shooting rampage through Honolulu ... (more)

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Related Topix: US Military, Fort Campbell, Montgomery County, TN, White House, TN

WTVF Nashville

Head Of Fort Campbell Harassment Program Arrested

Army officials said the manager of the sexual assault response program at Fort Campbell has been arrested in a domestic dispute and relieved of his post.

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Related Topix: US Military, Fort Campbell, Clarksville, TN

The Daily Record

Sexual abuse cases put Pentagon under fire

One after another, the charges have tumbled out -- allegations of sexual assaults in the military that have triggered outrage, from local commanders to Capitol Hill and the Oval Office.

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Related Topix: US Military, Fort Hood, Fort Hood, TX, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Iol.co.za

US soldier gets life for Iraq deaths

A U.S. Army sergeant was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Thursday for killing five fellow servicemen in a shooting spree in Iraq, one of the worst cases of violence by an American soldier against other U.S. troops.

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Related Topix: US Military, Death Penalty, Iraq, World News, Texas

The Las Vegas Sun

Afghans tell of US soldier's killing rampage

Sitting on a dirty straw mat on the parched ground of southern Afghanistan, Masooma sank deeper inside a giant black shawl.

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Related Topix: Asia, Afghanistan, World News, US Military

River Front Times

Military Sexual Assault: Claire McCaskill Calls For Justice System Reforms

This week, the United States Army announced that one of its sergeants in Fort Hood, Texas, is facing allegations of pandering, abusive sexual contact, assault and maltreatment of subordinates.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Claire McCaskill, US Senate, Democrat, US Military, Fort Hood, Fort Hood, TX, Amy Klobuchar

KTVB Boise

Body of Idaho soldier returned home

BOISE An Idaho soldier who died earlier this month in Afghanistan was brought home today as part of an honorable transfer.

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Rocky Mount Telegram

Army general facing sex charges had porn on laptop

An expert in Afghan culture testified Wednesday that pornography found on the computer of a U.S. Army general then deployed to the Muslim country would be highly offensive to local residents.

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Related Topix: US Military, Fort Bragg, Anthropology, Science, US Marine Corps

Army Times

Fort Detrick getting new garrison commander

If you've ever ridden a horse, your first time in the saddle probably wasn't on a big, hot-blooded... Darden's new assignment is director of human resources for the Army Medical Department in the Washington-based Office of the Army Surgeon General.

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Related Topix: US Military, Fort Detrick, Infectious Diseases, Medicine