"American children are getting fat - and no one wants to accept the blame. National Nutrition Month is a good time to do a little self examination. Maybe it's our parenting that is at fault. I was digging through a box of old mementoes a few weeks ago and came upon a stack...
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About 300 servicemembers, veterans and their family members turned out for the post's Veterans Day celebration Friday at Memorial Circle, during which specific veterans were recognized and 10 Soldiers from eight...
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FORT BRAGG, NC - The U.S. Army Parachute Team the Golden Knights' 2008 Assessment and Selection program graduated 12 Soldiers earning the prestigious honor of wearing the black and gold uniform-representing the...
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www.Army.milCommunity members who live and work on the installation know that Fort Polk's barracks are aging. Original construction of the buildings in the late '70s and early '80s was designed for a 50 year...
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www.Army.milFORT LEWIS, Wash. - The deep boom of an explosion shook the ground and awoke Staff Sgt. Christopher Waiters from sleep on April 5, 2007. The 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division Soldier had bedded down...
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www.Army.milA Soldier competing in the "Best Warrior" competition participates in a night-fire exercise at Fort Lee, Va., Oct. 2. Twenty-four of the Army's finest warriors representing 12 commands from across the...
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" Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:15:47 GMT Iranian and Portuguese experts mull over restoration of fortress built by Portuguese navigators on south Iranian Persian Gulf island of Hormoz. Portugal's Ambassador to...
It seems small businesses are having to take up the slack for a government that only gives lip service to the phrase "support our troops". Here is a story from Central Texas, home to Fort Hood, the largest army post in the United States and the only two-division post in...
....I can not count the number of times I wanted to "drop trow" and say "Debate This"!The key there is "wanted to", Thinking about an action and checking yourself before you do it are two different things.What happens when teachers and coaches sink below behavioral levels of...
" Bobby Minnis, 45, of Fort Lauderdale pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Paul C. Huck at the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of Florida. According to information presented at the plea hearing, Minnis flew from Fort Lauderdale , Fla. , in 2005 to Texas...
This security issue is a huge concern to many others: intruders managed to slip past a security fence near New York City bridge. I really wonder how someone or something just slip past a heavily guarded...
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A whale which got stuck on the beach near Inverness, Scotland has died, bringing the creature's sad story to a conclusion. Send in any photos or videos you might have of attempts to rescue this poor thing."A...
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The FBI has narrowed its focus to "about four" suspects in the 6 1/2-year investigation of the deadly anthrax attacks of 2001, and at least three of those suspects are linked to the Army’s bioweapons...
"FORT WORTH, Texas | A teenager shown on a video coaxing his 2- and 4-year-old nephews into smoking marijuana was sentenced Thursday to eight years in prison.Demetris McCoy, 18, pleaded guilty to two charges of injury to a child/causing bodily injury and agreed to testify...
I thought with all of the controvsey over whether things are better or worse in Iraq, I found a blog of a reporter who is in country with first hand knowlege. He relates that the last of the troop...