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3 hrs ago | Seattle Times

Saturday memo: $600 million Powerball ... Armed Forces Day ... More Mercer mess

Got your ticket? Tonight's Powerball lottery drawing for $600 million is the largest-ever Powerball jackpot and the second-largest world jackpot of all time.

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7 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 Army, US Marine Corps

11 hrs ago | Northwest Florida Daily News

Students have flocked to the Navy's EOD school in recent years

As their time began to run out, they inserted protractors, rulers and other small measuring tools around the shells of the 50-caliber explosives burrowed in the sand.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force, Eglin Air Force Base, US News

15 hrs ago | The Miami Herald

Victims: Marines failed to safeguard water supply

A simple test could have alerted officials that the drinking water at Camp Lejeune was contaminated, long before authorities determined that as many as a million Marines and their families were exposed to a witch's brew of cancer-causing chemicals.

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19 hrs ago | Patch.com

Fort Belvoir's Defense Logistics Agency Launches DoD Healthy Base Initiative

The Defense Logistic Agency at Fort Belvoir kicked off its year-long Healthy Base Initiative, a demonstration project designed to improve the health of federal employees and soldiers working at Government installations.

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Related Topix: Fort Belvoir, VA, US Military, Falls Church, VA, Mountain Home Air Force Base, March Air Reserve Base, US Air Force, Yokota Air Base

Yesterday | AVweb

Navy Carrier and Liquid Hydrogen Drone Milestones

The U.S. Navy this week announced it has -- for the first time -- successfully launched the X-47B combat-capable aerial vehicle from an aircraft carrier and, separately, set a new record for flight endurance with a fuel cell-powered UAV with the Ion Tiger.

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Related Topix: Patuxent River, MD

Fri May 17, 2013

Journal Gazette

Top military chef profiled in Parade

If you are interested in this story, you might be interested in others from The Journal Gazette.

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Navy Times

Sexual assault reports rise as Navy tries to reduce incidents

The number of reported sexual assaults continues to rise, as the Navy continues to ramp up efforts to reduce them - and the stigma associated with reporting them.

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KCBD-TV Lubbock

Navy pilot earns degree in combat zone

The Navy lieutenant needed armed guards and an armored car to get to an exam site, in Kabul, Afghanistan.

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Related Topix: US Military, World News, Afghanistan, University of Southern California, University of Maryland University College

Marine Corps 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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WTVF Nashville

Sailor Dead, 5 Injured In Training Accident At Ft. Knox

Officials said one U.S. Navy sailor was killed and several others were hurt in a training exercise at Fort Knox in Kentucky.

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Jerusalem Post

One dead in US Navy SEAL training accident at Fort Knox

A US Navy enlisted man was killed and as many as seven people were injured when their Humvee vehicle rolled over during a training exercise for elite SEAL forces at Fort Knox, Kentucky, a SEAL spokesman said on Friday.

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The Miami Herald

1 sailor dead, others injured in training accident

Officials say one U.S. Navy sailor was killed and several others were hurt in a training exercise at Fort Knox in Kentucky.

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NBC Los Angeles

Navy Leader Accused of Sending Inappropriate Texts

Local Cmdr. Allen Maestas is accused of sending inappropriate text messages and emails to two female members of his command.

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Townhall

Diana West: Afghanistan's Benghazi: The Shoot-Down of Extortion 17

Grief and politics don't mix. When raw, aching grief and the dirtiest kind of politics meet, a hot volcano of pain and outrage erupts that is unstoppable.

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

Thu May 16, 2013

KFVS12

Soldier gets life without parole in Iraq killings

An Army sergeant was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without parole for the 2009 killings of five fellow service members at a combat stress clinic in Iraq.

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CBC News

Sailor with cancer charged for being AWOL over sick day

Able Seamen Carol Ann Deyoung, a breast cancer patient, is charged with two counts of disobeying a lawful command and one count of absence without leave.

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The China Post

Taiwan holds joint Navy, Coast Guard drill in overlapping waters with Philippines

Taiwan's military and the Coast Guard Administration yesterday held a joint exercise in overlapping waters with the Philippines in the South China Sea amid escalating tensions between the countries after the shooting and killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippine coast guard last week.

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Grey's Eric Dane is returning to TV

US cable channel TNT has given a series order to The Last Ship , which is the brainchild of executive producer Michael Bay and is based on the novel by William Brinkley.

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DC Military

Armed Forces Day in NDW: A Tradition of Serving Those who Serve

Capt. Monte L. Ulmer, commanding officer of Naval Support Activity Washington, answers questions during an interview with Brandon Nasby, radio host of The Boxer Show aired on 98.7 WMZQ-FM, as part of a week long special for Military Appreciation Month held at the Washington Navy Yard May 15.

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Related Topix: Anacostia (Washington, DC), Washington Navy Yard, Weather