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Inside My Military Divorce

Natasha Burton | Posted 05.28.2012

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According to the Defense Department, the divorce rate among military couples has been steadily increasing for the past 10 years, from 2.6 percent in 2...

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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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PHOTOS: Fleet Week Is Here

Posted 05.24.2012

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Some 6,000 sailors, marines and coast guardsman were shipped into New York City Wednesday for the beginning of Fleet Week, this year marking the 200th...

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I Served My Country and Lost My Privacy

Carey D. Lohrenz | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Military Women, Women in the Military, Women in Combat, Carey D. Lohrenz, US Navy, Women Pilots, Navy, Female Pilots, Female Soldiers, Women Soldiers, Politics News

Little did I know at that time that by choosing to fly combat jets I was giving up my rights to privacy and the right to defend my reputation.

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Navy Study Says Sonar And Blasts May Hurt More Sea Life

AP | AUDREY McAVOY | Posted 05.14.2012

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HONOLULU (AP) — The U.S. Navy may hurt more dolphins and whales by using sonar and explosives in Hawaii and California under a more thorough analysi...

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How Far Do First Amendment Rights Go?

Aubree Eliza Weaver | Posted 04.11.2012

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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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Lippold Book Seeks to Put 'Forgotten' USS Cole Bombing Back On 'Front Burner'

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 04.11.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Eleven months before the 9/11 attacks, suicide bombers sent by Osama bin Laden blew a huge hole in a U.S. Navy destroyer that had stoppe...

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Navy To Compensate Those Affected By Jet Crash

AP | BROCK VERGAKIS | Posted 04.09.2012

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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A slew of residents who lost their homes after a Navy jet crashed into their apartment complex began picking up government...

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A Dire Strait

Dan Rather | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Oil, Persian Gulf, Iran, Strait of Hormuz, US Navy, Strait of Hormuz Blockade, Iran Attack, Video, World News

Two weeks ago, I made the transit through the Strait of Hormuz to the Arabian Sea. Surrounded by a destroyer, a missile cruiser and several Seahawk helicopters, we were hardly inconspicuous as we transited the Strait. And that is the point.

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It's the GOP vs. the Navy -- on Clean Energy Use

Clint Wilder | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Elections 2012, Oil, Clean Energy, Military, Biofuels, Solyndra, House Republicans, US Navy, Solar, Green News

In 2012, if you want to reduce your use of fossil fuels in favor of clean energy sources, expect to be taken to task by Republicans. Even if you're the United States Armed Forces.

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Meet the Bangor 5

Helen Young | Posted 05.15.2012

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Why is the federal government so interested in a rail-thin octogenarian? The answer can be found in Bangor 5, which follows the federal case against five unlikely "commandos" who executed a bold and daring break-in at one of America's most highly sensitive military installations.

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Navy Secretary Defends Biofuels Investment

AP | BROCK VERGAKIS | Posted 05.13.2012

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NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Navy Secretary Ray Mabus defended the service's investment on biofuels Monday, saying that it is a "false choice" for critics to...

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WATCH: Navy Testing Incredibly Powerful Railgun

Posted 03.02.2012

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Railguns are not just the stuff of science fiction and videogames. The U.S. Navy announced Tuesday that it's testing a prototype of an electromagn...

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Cheap and Deadly: Iran's Sea Mines May Pose Challenge To U.S. Navy

HuffingtonPost.com | David Wood | Posted 02.28.2012

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If the tense confrontation with Iran ignites into war, strategists say they expect Iran will strike with thousands of deadly sea mines to try to halt ...

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Navy Takes Bids Online For Old Puerto Rico Base

AP | bf | Posted 02.14.2012

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- An online auction began Monday for more than 2,000 acres of land overlooking the Caribbean that was once part of the bustling...

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PHOTOS: Divers Aim To Solve Mystery Of Rhode Island Shipwreck

AP | DAVID KLEPPER | Posted 05.01.2012

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WESTERLY, R.I. (Associated Press) — For two centuries it rested a mile from shore, shrouded by a treacherous reef from the pleasure boaters and beac...

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PHOTOS: SEALAB And The Race To ‘Inner Space'

Ben Hellwarth | Posted 04.03.2012

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Back in the 1960s, it looked as though the space race might be matched by a race in the opposite direction.

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Is Navy Sonar Training Hurting Whales?

AP | GENE JOHNSON | Posted 03.27.2012

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SEATTLE (AP) — A group of conservationists and American Indian tribes are suing over the Navy's expanded use of sonar in training exercises off the ...

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Watchdog Groups Slam Military's Ongoing 'Secrecy' Over Camp Lejeune Water Contamination

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 01.24.2012

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Government watchdogs are crying "bullshit" and calling the U.S. Navy a "bully" in response to a redacted federal report on the drinking water supply a...

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U.S. Navy Rescues Iranian Fishermen, Again

Posted 01.19.2012

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For the third time this month, the U.S. Navy has come to the aid of Iranian fishermen. On Wednesday, the guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey came th...

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Toxic Secret: Navy Letter Hints At Camp Lejeune Water Contamination Cover-Up

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 01.13.2012

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The U.S. Navy is asking government investigators to suppress information concerning the toxic water scandal at the Marine Corps' Camp Lejeune, accordi...

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It All Starts With A Kiss

Kathryn Hamm | Posted 03.09.2012

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In some ways, it seems like a really small thing. It was just a kiss. A G-rated kiss. The kind of kiss that most folks wouldn't pay much attention to if they walked past the embrace on a city block.

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US Navy Bails Out Commandeered Iranian Fishing Boat

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 03.07.2012

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WASHINGTON — The political tensions between the U.S. and Iran over transit in and around the Persian Gulf gave way Friday to photos of rescued I...

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Blacks Outpace Other Female Recruits In U.S. Military

The New York Times | JAMES DAO | Posted 12.23.2011

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Black women are enlisting in the military at far higher rates than are white or Hispanic women, and they now represent nearly a third of all the women...

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Lesbian Naval Officers Share Coveted Kiss After DADT Repeal

AP | By BROCK VERGAKIS | Posted 03.01.2012

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By Brock Vergakis Associated Press VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- A Navy tradition caught up with the repeal of the U.S. military's "don't ask, don't te...

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