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Thanksgiving hosted at East Lake Village by local For Families of Active Military group.

Around the Army, as Soldiers enjoy a Thanksgiving meal or open packages from home, some are helping less fortunate members of the community.

Charles Melton Photo credit Staff Sgt. Matthew Clifton Secretary of the Army John McHugh tours Medina Wasl, one of several villages built at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif., to approximate an Iraqi town complete with a marketplace, hotel, mosque, restaurants, and a police department.

In the northeastern reaches of the Mojave Desert lie a series of small villages with exotic names such as Medina Wasl, Al Jaff and Wadi Al-Raa id.

Let's leave aside for the moment the fact that military vehicles are some of the most fuel-inefficient out there, and issues with wars and environmental degradation .

On a per-soldier basis, the amount of fuel used by the U.S. military in combat operation is up 175 percent since the Vietnam War, according to new analysis by Deloitte.

Share + Nov 13, 2009 9:33 am US/Eastern Reporting Don Dahler FORT HOOD, Texas Click to enlarge 1 of 12 An interior view is seen of Major Nidal Malik Hasan's apartment in the Casa Del Norte apartment complex November 11, 2009 in Killeen, Texas.

Army psychiatrist Major Nidal Hasan was charged Thursday with 13 counts of premeditated murder in last week's Fort Hood mass shootings.

Capt. Graham Glover, chaplain for the 1st Battalion, 41th Field Artillery, 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team, shares some thoughts with a group of single soldiers about ways to stregthen their relationships during a single soldier retreat on Hilton Head Island this past week.

Close U.S. NEWS NOVEMBER 9, 2009 By YOCHI J. DREAZEN The deadly rampage at Fort Hood is forcing Pentagon officials to confront difficult questions about the military's growing Muslim population.

Soldiers hold a candlelight vigil Friday at Fort Hood, Texas, to remember the victims of the shooting, which included 13 people killed.

The soldier accused of killing 13 people and wounding 30 others at Fort Hood, Texas, on Thursday attended Barstow Community College from spring 1989 to spring 1990, college records show.

Security was tightened Thursday at the Marine Corps Air Combat Center in Twentynine Palms after the shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, where 12 soldiers were killed and 31 wounded by a fellow soldier.

By David Danelski The Press-Enterprise The U.S. Army, joining the push to turn Mojave Desert sunshine into electricity, plans to blanket as much as 21 square miles at Fort Irwin with solar mirrors and panels.

FORT IRWIN Most soldiers at Fort Irwin have tried or at least heard of regional barbecue styles like Texas or Memphis barbecue - but California barbecue? On Tuesday, hundreds of fort soldiers got their first taste of what David Biber, owner of Two Guys Grilling, has officially dubbed "California Q." Biber's team and volunteer soldier cooks fired up ...

Lt. Col. John "Red" Walker, the 549th Combat Training Squadron's commander, poses in an F-16 fighter jet at Nellis Air Force Base.

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Previously announced as having 500 megawatts in capacity, the Fort Irwin solar facility may end up double that size.

The Army signed a memorandum of agreement Oct. 15, for an enhanced-use lease to begin development of a 500-megawatt solar power plant at Fort Irwin, Calif.

The U.S. military is tackling a new mission in the field of alternative energy, moving to power up a 500-megawatt solar facility at Fort Irwin's sprawling desert complex in California.