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Day 2 Operation Khanjar - Marines enter key centres in Helmand
Marines began to secure key centres in Helmand on Friday. Operation Khanjar which aims at pushing out the Taliban entered Day 2. Neither US or NATO troops have operated in this area in large numbers. ... 322 views | 56 recommendations | 10 comments
CAP issues five-step plan for repealing DADT
The Centre for American Progress (CAP) has issued a five-step plan for repealing "Don't ask, don't tell" (DADT), the common term for the policy about homosexuality in the U.S. armed forces mandated by federal law... Canadian Students Buy Sensitive US Defense Info for $40 in Ghana
A group of Canadian journalism graduate students from the University of British Columbia (UBC) were able to buy sensitive US defense information for $40CAN from a company that deals in discarded North American... Civilian Workers Strike Continues at Vance AFB
Rick Boardman can say all he wants to a reporter for the Enid (Okla.) News & Eagle — as he does in this video — in an attempt to justify the decision to strike that garnered support of 94 percent of the union members for whom he serves as president. What he... Astronomers Lose Access to Military Data
Astronomers have lost a valuable information source in their search of the heavens. The US military has maintained an informal relationship with astronomers tracking meteors and meteorites. The Pentagon...
created by Barbara McPherson | 3 wks ago | updated 3 wks ago
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Transformers: Coming to an Army Near You
This time, the Pentagon may have outdone itself. And I'm not even referring to death tolls, leaked documents, scandals, or borderline war crimes.No, this one can go under #straight-up-insanely-cool-science-and-technology.The Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects... Oklahoma Soldier Facing Miscarriage of Justice
Army Ranger 1st Lt. Michael Behenna of Edmond, Okla., was convicted of executing an Iraqi detainee, Ali Mansur, on May 16, 2008, according to a recent report at NewsOK.com. Many, including a bipartisan group... Lt Gen McChrystal to face Senate on Afghan Plans
The Senate Armed Services Committee will be drilling Lt Gen McChrystal, late on today, on the future plans for Afghanistan. McChrystal replaces Lt Gen McKiernan, who was abruptly removed by the... Bi-Partisan New Weapon Acquisition Reform Act for DOD
This morning, President Obama signed this important bill on May 22, to curb wasteful military spending that was sponsored and voted by members of Republican and Democrat parties. Senators Carl Levin... New York's Fixed Wing Aviators Gear Up for Afghanistan Deployment
New York National Guard Story by Canadian Forces Sgt Steven PetiboneDate: 02.27.2009 ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. - Four New York Army National Guard aviation Soldiers got a taste of high-altitude flying in... GQ Slams Rumsfeld for Relying Upon Scripture
By Bob McCarty at BobMcCarty.com Published under the GQ headline, “AND HE WILL BE JUDGED,” Robert Draper’s lengthy feature article about Donald Rumsfeld is chock full of criticism about the former secretary... US Senate Blocks Guantanamo Detainee Transfer, Camp Closure Funds
The US Senate voted 90-6 on Wednesday to reject the planned transfer of 240 detainees from Guantanamo Bay and refused the $80 million funding request Obama's administration had previously made to close down the...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 6 wks ago | updated 6 wks ago
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296 views | 24 recommendations | 2 comments
Obama Blocks New Abu Ghraib Photos Showing 'Abuse of Prisoners'
The U.S. Department of Defense was set to release "hundreds of photographs" to the public that showed alleged abuse of prisoners in Afghanistan and Iraq, but President Obama ordered a stop to their release last...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 6 wks ago | updated 6 wks ago
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637 views | 6 recommendations | 5 comments
GQ Reports Pentagon Papers Contained Bible Verses From Rumsfeld
According to GQ Magazine, in an article about former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, September 10, 2003 was the first morning the daily briefing memo prepared entitled Worldwide Intelligence Update,... Pentagon Spy: Official Charged in Classified Info Leak to China
James Fondren Jr, the former deputy director of the Washington liaison office for U.S. Pacific Command at the Department of Defense has been charged with conspiring "to relay classified information to a foreign...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 7 wks ago | updated 7 wks ago
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