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Divorces rise among military couples (www.usatoday.com)
Enlisted soldiers and Marines divorced their spouses at a higher rate in fiscal 2008 than at any other time in at least 16 years, according to Pentagon data released Tuesday. About 4% of married... More
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Hey! Pundits! Bob Gates Is Pretty Much OK With Withdrawing Combat Troops From Iraq on a 16-Month Timeline!
(washingtonindependent.com)
I was on the phone during Bob Gates’ first presser since being reappointed as defense secretary by President-elect Obama, but my man Matt DeLong kept me covered and sent along his notes. And look at... More
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Air National Guard Unit Going Back To Iraq (www.courant.com)
The Connecticut Air National Guard's 103rd Air Control Squadron has been mobilized for service in Iraq. About 50 members of the Orange-based unit are to be honored today at 5 p.m. at a send-off... More
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NC National Guard Units Hold Deployment Ceremonies (johnston.mync.com)
The North Carolina National Guard held a ceremony in Smithfield Monday morning for about 100 men and women in the 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, which will deploy to Iraq in the spring. The... More
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First and Only National Guard Stryker Brigade Prepares to Deploy To Iraq (www.blackanthem.com)
Approximately 4,000 Soldiers representing the only Stryker brigade in the National Guard will deploy to Iraq in early 2009. The Pennsylvania National Guard's 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team... More
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U.S. troops may be out of Iraq in 16 months: Obama (www.reuters.com)
President-elect Barack Obama said on Monday he believed U.S. combat troops should leave Iraq within 16 months of his taking office but he would listen to advice from military commanders. "I believe... More
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Dozens killed, scores wounded in spate of Iraq attacks (www.mcclatchydc.com)
As many as 38 people were killed and more than 100 were wounded Monday in multiple attacks across Iraq, including one in which a man detonated a suicide vest near a convoy of coalition vehicles in... More
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Akaka wants DoD, VA to review war-zone toxins (www.militarytimes.com)
Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, chairman of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, has asked that the co-chairs of the Defense Department and Veterans Affairs Oversight Committee begin a review of... More
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As Suicides Climb, a Search for 'Why?' (www.military.com)
"Do you think that God's going to send me to hell for killing innocent people?" former Sgt. Joshua Barber asked his wife one day last summer. Kelly Barber tried to reassure her distraught husband.... More
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Official: Long deployments less effective (www.stripes.com)
The Army has concluded it is very difficult to sustain effective unit deployments longer than 12 months, a top Army official said. Undersecretary of the Army Nelson Ford was responding to a... More
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