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Rush Limbaugh Attacks Obama over Pirate Shooting

While most are praising US President Obama for the way he handled this latest pirate attack, Rush Limbaugh has found yet another way to attack him.  He mockingly called the pirates "merchant marine organizers,"...

Mass dolphin strandings blamed on military sonar

Mass dolphin strandings in some parts of the world are being blamed on military sonar, as the animals become temporarily deaf for about 40 minutes after sonar has passed through the region. Hearing is important to...

Seal populations continue to climb off New England coast

Seal populations off the coast of New England are continuing to rise, and the animals that were once such marine pests that hunters could kill as many as they liked until there were barely any left, have now made a...

National Guard gears up for 2009 hurricane season

""One team, one fight" is the mantra for local, state and federal leaders preparing for a 2009 hurricane season that forecasters say could include nine major storms. "If that forecast is even close to being accurate, the timing of this [workshop] is vital to us being...

Marine Investigated for Threats Against President Obama

The Secret Service will only state they are investigating a marine formerly stationed at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina but, it is widely believed the man under investigation is former Lance Corporal Kody...

Leaders meet for high-level "Warfighter Talks"

"WASHINGTON - Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. George W. Casey Jr. and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz, along with 35 other general officers from both services, met Feb. 10 in the Pentagon for...

Admiral Mullen: 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan

Thirty thousand more will be  enough to secure cities and roads, mostly,   but will not be nearly enough to defeat the Taliban.  This looks much  like Iraq 5 years ago." Mullen's comments...

Obama Stalls: Pentagon to Study Gay Ban

Retired Brigadier General for the U.S. Marine Corps, General Hugh Aitken, has questioned the Obama administration plan to form a commission to study "don't ask, don't tell", the common term used for the policy...

Australia's coral reef growth is slowest ever

Australia's Great Barrier Reef has experienced the slowest coral growth ever in the past 400 years. This decline of growth rate puts the species that the reef supports in danger of not being able to sustain them...

Danger of a fuel spill after US Airways flight 1549 crash

After US Airways Flight 1549 crashed in the Hudson River today, environmentalists are concerned about the dangers of an oil spill occuring in the river from the fuel that is located on the plane.  Oil spills...

Live dissection of great white shark today

For the first time ever, a live dissection of a great white shark happened on webcam today on in front of 1,500 people in Auckland New Zealand. The young female shark weighed 300 kg and viewers got a first hand look...

Royal Marine killed by Explosion Marks End of Bloodiest Year

During the invasion of Afghanistan by America and their allies in winter almost the resistance gone down and it was very hard to fight for both side resistance and the NATO in winter. but this year the realities...

Royal Marine who died on Christmas Eve

" Lance Corporal Benjamin Whatley, from Lima Company, 42 Commando Royal Marines Photo: MOD The soldier was named as L/Cpl Benjamin Whatley, 20, from King’s Lynn in Norfolk who was serving...

D.C. Cops accused of stealing from Toys for Tots

Four Washington, D.C. police officers are suspected of stealing toys donated to the Marine Corps' Toys for Tots program, police said Wednesday." No arrests have been made in the incident, which is still under an internal investigation, according to Metropolitan Police...

Military jet crash in San Diego kills 3; 1 missing

"Residents near Marine Corps Air Station Miramar are accustomed to loud, low-flying military jets, but they immediately knew something was wrong when they heard the skies thunder. The explosions came moments...

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