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10 Things You Don't Know About Military Marriages

HuffingtonPost.com | Natasha Burton | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Marriage, Military, Army Marriage, Memorial Day, Memorial Day 2012, Army Reserves, Military Marriage, US Army, US Navy, Weddings News

In honor of Memorial Day, we talked to four military spouses about what what their marriages are really like, especially when one spouse is far away o...

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Why the United States Military Should Run Corporate America

Jeffery Lay | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Military Economy, Corporate America, US Military, US Army, Books News

Does this really sound all that crazy? In a world where corporations get massive bailouts, and small business owners are under relentless attack, one has to wonder -- what happened to accountability?

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More Atrocities in Afghanistan - Why Are We Surprised?

Steve Nelson | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Atrocities, War Crimes, Military Training, U.S. Army, Vietnam War, Afghanistan War, World News

Here we go again. Photos published several weeks ago (taken in 2010) showed U.S. soldiers displaying the corpses and body parts of alleged Afghan ins...

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Images That Do Violence

Louis A. Ruprecht, Jr. | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: 82nd Airborne Division, Torture, Abortion Debate, War, Los Angeles Times, Christianity, Ethics, US Army, War Crimes, Religion News

The Los Angeles Times exposé a couple weeks ago offers chilling testimony of how badly sentiments and moral judgments can slide out of kilter in time of war.

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Vietnam-Era Army Secretary Dies

AP | DOUGLASS K. DANIEL | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Stanley Resor, Politics News, Lbj, Video, Stanley Resor Dead, Richard Nixon, Vietnam War, Obituary, US Army, World News, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Stanley R. Resor, who served two presidents as secretary of the Army for six years during the height of the Vietnam War and represented ...

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Missing Soldier May Be In Danger, Cops Say

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Video, Army, Kelli Bordeaux, Missing Fort Bragg Soldier, Missing Persons, US Army, Missing Soldier, Slidepollajax, Kelli Bordeaux in Danger, Kelli Bordeux, Crime News

Investigators believe that a missing Fort Bragg soldier could be in danger. Pfc. Kelli Bordeaux, a 23-year-old Army combat medic, was last seen on ...

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How Far Do First Amendment Rights Go?

Aubree Eliza Weaver | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: First Amendment, Marines, Facebook, Gary Stein, Constitutional Rights, President, First Amendment Rights, US Navy, Freedom of Speech, US Marines, Barack Obama, Armed Forces, Tea Party Facebook Group, Obama Administration, Tea Party, US Army, College News

How are First Amendment rights different for people serving our country? Now, hear me out when I say that I'm rather torn on this issue.

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U.S. Army Goes Green With Fuel-efficient Vehicles

AP | ED WHITE | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: US Army Lab, Video, US Army Fuel Efficiency, Fuel Cells, Hybrid Cars, Ground Systems Power and Energy Laboratory, Army Green Initiatives, US Army Green Technology, US Army, u.s. Army Green Energy, U.S. Army, Detroit News

WARREN, Mich. — The U.S. Army unveiled a new laboratory Wednesday that can simulate Afghanistan's desert heat and Antarctica's extreme cold in a...

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Green Army Training: 'It’s About Saving Lives'

Posted 03.23.2012

Read More: Video, US Military, Solar Energy, Military, Solar Panels US Army, Solar Panels, US Military Renewable Energy, US Military Renewables, US Army, US Army Solar Generators, US Army Solar, Solar Power, US Army Green, Green News

From EarthTechling's Pete Danko: For the first time, U.S. Army soldiers are receiving specialized training on how to use generators with solar-powe...

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For Veterans In Crisis, A Helping Hand

HuffingtonPost.com | David Wood | Posted 03.08.2012

Read More: Veterans Crisis Line, Department of Veterans Affairs, Afghanistan, Suicide, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Afghanistan War, Veterans, Iraq War, Veterans Suicide, Video, Military, Army, Ptsd, Iraq, U.S. Army, World News

CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. -- Hi, this is Tricia. Thank you for calling the Veterans Crisis Line. What’s going on tonight? Tricia, a crisis line operator,...

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Brown Backs Women In Combat

The Huffington Post | Max J. Rosenthal | Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Scott Brown, Women in Combat, Video, US Marines, Rick Santorum, Female Engagement Teams, US Army, Rick Santorum Women in Combat, Women in the Military, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Following the end of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, the military has faced increasing pressure to open its most dangerous combat jobs to women. ...

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Top Army General Cautions Against War With Iran

HuffingtonPost.com | David Wood | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Army Troop Cuts, Odierno, Persian Gulf, Ray Odierno, Joint-Chiefs-Iran, Iran Obama, Iran Sanctions, Iran, US Army, US-Army, US Army Troop Cuts, Obama and Iran, Syria, World News

WASHINGTON -- Anticipating continued trouble in the Middle East and a possible conflict with Iran, the Army got permission from the Obama administrat...

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An Open Letter About Pfc. Bradley Manning

Mary Keck | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Human Rights, Ray Odierno, Diplomatic Cables, Afghan War Diary, US Army, Bradley Manning, Collateral Murder, Justice, Wikileaks, Politics News

If the allegations that he leaked information to Wikileaks are true, he fulfilled his oath to protect and serve the citizens of the United States. His actions should be celebrated just as we would the deeds of any courageous service member.

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U.S. Army On Pinterest

Mashable | Alex Fitzpatrick | Posted 02.17.2012

Read More: Pinterest Army, Army, U.S. Army, Pinterest, Army Pinterest, Technology News

Pinterest, the social image-sharing site that has exploded in popularity over the past few months, has found itself with a strange bedfellow: the U.S....

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Afghanistan Base Named 'Aryan' Raises Objections From Soldiers

HuffingtonPost.com | Max J. Rosenthal | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Video, Army, Nazis, Afghanistan, Ss Flag, US Marines, US Army Afghanistan, US Army, Aryan, Afghanistan War, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Following last week's embarrassing controversy involving Marines displaying a flag with what appeared to be a Nazi insignia, American an...

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A Big Step Forward For Women In the Military

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Pentagon, Women in Combat, Video, Department of Defense, Military, Military Women, George Little, U.S. Army, Leon Panetta, Women in the Military, World News

WASHINGTON — New orders from the Pentagon: The military on Thursday formally opened thousands of jobs to women in units that are closer to the f...

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Controversial General Sounds Retreat

HuffingtonPost.com | Max J. Rosenthal | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: William Boykin West Point, West Point Boykin, Anti-Muslim, Vote Vets, National Prayer Breakfast, US Army, Anti-Muslim Bias, Jon Soltz, William Boykin, West Point, Video, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Liberal and religious freedom groups claimed victory on Monday night when Lt. Gen. William Boykin, famous for his strident anti-Muslim s...

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PHOTOS: Meet The Real 'Red Tails'

HuffingtonPost.com | Anna Almendrala | Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: Video, Red Tails Tuskegee Airmen, Red Tails, George Lucas, George Lucas Red Tails, Red Tails Screening, Tuskegee Airmen, Tuskegee Airmen Los Angeles, US Army, Red Tails Movie, Tuskegee Airmen Inc. Los Angeles Chapter, World War II, Black History Month, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES -- This week's most noteworthy film screening didn't take place in Hollywood or Beverly Hills. Instead of starlets gliding past photograph...

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Big Spike Seen In Violent Sex Crimes By U.S. Soldiers

HuffingtonPost.com | John Rudolf | Posted 01.20.2012

Read More: Veterans PTSD, Soldier Crimes, Soldier Sex Crimes, Military Sex Crimes, Iraq PTSD, Sex Crimes, US Army Sex Crimes, Military Sexual Assaults, Army Sex Crimes, US Army, Ptsd, US Army Violent Crime, Domestic Violence, Military Sexual Abuse, Crime News

Military leaders vowed this week to curb sexual assaults by and against U.S. soldiers after the release of a new report revealing that violent sex cri...

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Last Chemical Weapons Burned In Utah

AP | By PAUL FOY | Posted 01.19.2012

Read More: Cold War Chemical Weapons, Chemical Weapons, Weapons of Mass Destruction, U.S. Army, Destruction of Chemical Weapons, The Cold War, Deseret Chemical Depot, Chemical Weapons Working Group, Video, Denver News

STOCKTON, Utah -- Gary McCloskey may have destroyed more chemical weapons than any man alive, but he barely reacted when the final weapons from the wo...

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Driver Safety: Scooting Around the World

Dr. Caroline Cicero | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: Tom Hanks, Motor Scooters, Road Safety, Safety, Ntsb, Larry Crowne, Vietnam, United Nations, US Army, Suv, World Health Organization, America, Tracey Koehlmoos, World News

On both sides of the Pacific and in diverse countries with all types of economies, traffic accidents are a public health issue that cannot be ignored.

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Army Searches For Missing 'Sensitive Equipment'

AP | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Lewis-McChord Base Equipment Missing, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Military, Army, Lewis-McChord Base, Army Equipment Missing, Army Weapons Accessories Missing, US Army, World News

TACOMA, Wash. -- The Army says it's investigating the disappearance of "sensitive" equipment at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Lewis-McChord spokesman Mat...

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Soldier's Family Says That He Was Abused Almost Daily Before Suicide

AP | By DEEPTI HAJELA | Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: Manhattan, Video, Army, Ny News, Danny Chen Suicide, US Army, Danny Chen, Army Suicide, New York News

NEW YORK -- A teenage Army private who committed suicide just weeks after getting to Afghanistan had been mistreated by comrades on an almost daily ba...

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Military Academies Witness Rise In Reported Sexual Assaults, Study Finds

AP/Huffington Post | By BRIAN WITTE | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Video, US Military, Department of Defense, Army, Navy, US Army, Military Academies Sexual Assault Rise, Air Force, Sexual Assault, Military Academies, Crime News

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The number of reported sexual assaults at the nation's three major military academies rose overall in the latest academic year from ...

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WATCH: The History Of Glitter

Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Holidays, Handmade Crafts, Etsy, History, Art, Video, Crafts, Glitter, Wwii, Shiny, Holidays Crafts, Plastic, Product History, How It's Made, Glitterex, U.S. Army, Harry Rushman, Arts News

Etsy, the online marketplace for everything handmade has realeased an interesting short detailing the history of one of life's underrated joys: glitte...

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