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Not everyone sold on combat policing training
Grunts everywhere, prepare to face the Crips of Kabul. The same techniques used by inner-city cops to fight street gangs in the U.S. are headed to Afghanistan - this time to root out insurgents, collect intelligence on improvised explosive device networks and build sources in Afghan villages.
Obama finalizes plan to send 34,000 troops to Afghanistan
President Barack Obama met Monday evening with his national security team to finalize a plan to dispatch some 34,000 additional U.S. troops over the next year to what he's called "a war of necessity" in Afghanistan, U.S. officials told McClatchy Newspapers.
Heritage Center assembles men and women who took part in Veterans History Project
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP For the first time, in honor of Veterans Day, the servicemen and women who have had their oral histories taken by the Atlantic Heritage Center for the Library of Congress were brought together Saturday afternoon, Nov.
Fired therapist: Stressed Marines get shoddy care
US MARINES MENTAL HEALTH Dr. Kernan Manion poses for a photograph in his officer in Hampstead, N.C., Friday, Nov.
NC manufacturer to provide care packages to troops
Workers at a North Carolina aircraft manufacturer will be sending care packages to troops who have been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan.
Fort Hood slayings prompt full Pentagon review
The Pentagon will investigate its procedures in light of the Fort Hood shooting rampage, looking at how all the military services keep a watch on potential problems in their ranks, officials said Tuesday.
Happiness is a warm gun, bang bang, shoot shoot
A quick round up of Veteran's issues: GOP amendment allows A A A mentally incapacitatedA A A vets to buy guns [...] A press release issued by Republican North Carolina Sen.
Texas Marine killed in Afghanistan
The Marine Corps has identified a 22-year-old Marine from Central Texas killed in hostile action in Afghanistan.
Injured Fostoria soldier gets new home
Shane Parsons has given part of his life for his surrounding community and country, now, his neighbors are giving something back.
Camp Lejeune whistle-blower fired
Last April, two Marines at Camp Lejeune predicted to a psychiatrist that some Marine back from war was going to "lose it." Concerned, the psychiatrist asked what that meant.
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Unusual ally aids Sheriff's Office in annexation fight
Published: Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 3:32 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 3:32 p.m. The Alachua County Sheriff's Office had a somewhat unusual ally in its successful fight against the annexation this past week of a patch of land in southeast Gainesville: Gainesville Police Officer and union chief Jeff McAdams.
Injured Marine fights to 'move forward'
"Mom, it's me," Lance Cpl. Robert Rae said, his voice shaky and weak. "I've been blown up.
NC mom charged with killing baby could face death
Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty against a North Carolina woman accused of killing her 11-month-old daughter and hiding her body in an attic.
Marine From Hamilton Died From Blows To The Head
A Marine from Hamilton whose body was found near his barracks at Camp Lejeune died from blows to the head.
Obama To Send 40,000 More Troops To Afghanistan
Share + Nov 9, 2009 7:05 pm US/Central Facebook YouTube WASHINGTON 1 of 1 Marines in the 3rd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, prepare to deploy to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom on Nov.
Hope for answers as US Army shooter awakes from coma
The suspected shooter accused of killing 13 people at a US military base has regained consciousness and can talk, raising hopes he may soon reveal the motive behind the attack.
Simulator helps attack controllers train
5. The JTAC Virtual Trainer is a system of training applications and simulators providing joint terminal attack controllers with an opportunity to hone their aircraft-control skills in a field environment with pilots in aircraft simulators that could be located anywhere in the world, said Phil Shevis, who works in the operations office of Joint ...
Camp Lejeune Homicide; Suspected Marine Murders Marine - Body Found
No sooner after the Fort Hood Army shooting by insane gunman Major Nidal Malik Hasan did a killing occur around Camp Lejeune.
What to do with threats from within?
Following a deadly shooting attack at a Texas Army post and a homicide Friday morning aboard Camp Lejeune, officials on base say they will monitor the incidents and assess what they mean for security procedures.
Lejeune Marine accused of killing fellow Marine
Submitted by WWAY on 6 November 2009 - 12:53pm. The Marine Corps says a Camp Lejeune Marine is in custody for the alleged murder of another Marine early this morning.
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