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Army Generals Ordered To Testify In Sex Case

AP | MICHAEL BIESECKER | Posted 05.15.2013 | Politics
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FORT BRAGG, N.C. — A military judge on Tuesday ordered two U.S. Army generals to testify about whether they were pressured by superiors to charg...

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FATAL VISION REVISITED: Jailed Army Doc Pins Hope On DNA And New Witnesses

Posted 04.04.2013 | Crime
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An Army doctor controversially convicted of murdering his wife and two daughters in 1970 would be found not guilty if he got another trial because of ...

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Washington's Budget Battle May Sink This Business Owner

AP | MICHAEL BIESECKER and KRISTIN M. HALL | Posted 03.11.2013 | Small Business
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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. -- Like many who make their living in the commercial strip outside the gates of Fort Bragg, Mike Thomas is confident the $85 billio...

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Wife Of Female Army Officer Told She Can Join Spouses Club, Named 'Military Spouse of the Year'

AP | Posted 03.28.2013 | Gay Voices
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FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- A woman who is married to a female Army officer at Fort Bragg and who was recently denied membership in its officers' spouses club...

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Marines Lead, Ft. Bragg Lags... and Hagel Waits

Allyson D. Robinson | Posted 03.12.2013 | Gay Voices
Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Fort Bragg, Department of Defense, Chuck Hagel, Leon Panetta, Defense of Marriage Act, Hagel Don't Ask Don't Tell, Fort Bragg Discrimination, Gays in the Military, Don't Ask Don't Tell Repeal, Gay Voices News
Allyson D. Robinson

Having apologized for his own very public failures and committed himself to supporting gay and lesbian service members, Senator Hagel is now under pressure to detail how he plans to make good on that commitment. He would do well to follow Marine Commandant General Amos's example.

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Same-Sex Military Spouse Discrimination At Fort Bragg: What's The Bigger Picture?

Stephen Peters | Posted 02.17.2013 | Gay Voices
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Stephen Peters

While the situation in Fort Bragg is still developing, this whole situation could have been avoided if the DoD had made the aforementioned changes soon after the repeal of DADT and issued same-sex spouses military identification cards as "family members."

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An Open Letter To The President Of The Association of Bragg Officers' Spouses

Ashley Broadway | Posted 02.10.2013 | Gay Voices
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Ashley Broadway

Earlier this month I was delighted to find that there is an Officers' Spouse Club (OSC) on the Fort Bragg base. My wife and I have been together for 15 years, so I emailed and eagerly waited to hear back. When I did, I was incredibly disappointed to be told that I "do not qualify."

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Police Testing If Remains Found Near Base Are Missing Soldier

Posted 11.22.2012 | Crime
Read More: Kelli Bordeaux Missing, Video, North Carolina Crime, Kelli Bordeaux, Fort Bragg, Missing Persons, Fayetteville, Crime News

UPDATE: 11/22/12 -- Multiple sources report that the remains found near Fort Bragg are not human. ORIGINAL STORY: The discovery of remains on Tu...

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Key Events In 40-Year Saga Of Green Beret Who Denies Killing Pregnant Wife

AP | Posted 11.16.2012 | Crime
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- _ Feb. 17, 1970: Colette, Kimberley, and Kristen MacDonald – the wife and daughters of Capt. Jeffrey MacDonald – are kill...

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A Jury Said Jeffrey MacDonald Killed His Wife and Kids. So Did '60 Minutes' and a Bestseller. 40 Years Later, Errol Morris Counters With 500 Pages of Awkward Questions.

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 11.04.2012 | Books
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Jesse Kornbluth

Because on the basis of the evidence presented at trial and the evidence that was not allowed to be presented at trial, Errol Morris does not believe that Jeffrey MacDonald is guilty. If you followed this case, you know different.

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Guilty Plea In Hazing Death Case

AP | Posted 10.13.2012 | New York
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FORT BRAGG, N.C. — A second soldier accused of driving an Asian-American private to suicide has received a six-month prison sentence after plead...

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PHOTOS: Chinese-Americans Decry Soldier's Death

AP | VERENA DOBNIK | Posted 09.22.2012 | New York
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NEW YORK — Chinese-Americans decrying the suicide of a teenage Army private they say was hazed because of his ethnicity left Monday for the cour...

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An "Americafest" for All Our Country's Veterans

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 09.03.2012 | Impact
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Paul Rieckhoff

For 99% of Americans, this Fourth of July marks yet another annual tradition of barbecues, block parties and fireworks. It's the halfway point of a long hot summer. A day to celebrate freedom, 'Merica, and being born in the U.S.A. But for the other one percent? The war still rages on.

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Alleged Fort Bragg Shooter Dies

AP | Posted 07.02.2012 | Crime
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FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- A soldier who shot and killed his superior officer at Fort Bragg and then turned the gun on himself is also dead, military officia...

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Fort Bragg Shooter Accused Of Killing Soldier In Critical Condition

Reuters | Posted 08.30.2012 | Crime
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June 29 (Reuters) - A soldier at the Fort Bragg, North Carolina Army base suspected of killing one member of his unit, wounding another and then tur...

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1 Dead, 2 Wounded In Fort Bragg Shooting

Reuters | Posted 08.28.2012 | Crime
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(Adds details about unit involved) June 28 (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier killed a member of his unit during a safety briefing at Fort Bra...

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Missing Soldier's Husband Denies Couple Was Estranged

Posted 04.27.2012 | Crime
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The husband of missing Fort Bragg solider Kelli Bordeuax says that "there was no trouble" between the couple at the time of his wife's disappearance a...

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Sex Offender Who Last Saw Missing Soldier Arrested

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 04.23.2012 | Crime
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The 25-year-old bar hand -- and convicted sex offender -- who gave missing Fort Bragg soldier Kelli Bordeaux a ride home the last night she was seen w...

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How a Christian Fighter Pilot and FOX News Tried to Stop Fort Bragg Atheist Festival (And Failed)

Chris Rodda | Posted 05.15.2012 | Media
Read More: Religion, Rock Beyond Belief, Atheism, Fox News, Christianity, Fort Bragg, Rock Beyond Belief Concert, Religion in the Military, Video, Media News
Chris Rodda

While the upcoming Rock Beyond Belief festival at Fort Bragg is starting to get more media attention as its March 31 date approaches, the event has also been the subject of increased attacks by those who are attempting to stop it from taking place.

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Soldier Dad Dies Trying To Save Daughters From Burning Home

AP | MICHAEL BIESECKER and EMERY P. DALESIO | Posted 05.06.2012 | Impact
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HOPE MILLS, N.C. — A decorated Green Beret leapt from the second-story of his burning home early Tuesday, wrapped himself in a blanket and ran b...

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Obama Marks End Of Iraq War With Speech To Troops

AP | ERICA WERNER | Posted 02.13.2012 | Politics
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FORT BRAGG, N.C. — President Barack Obama on Wednesday saluted troops returning from Iraq, asserting that the nearly nine-year conflict was endi...

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Soldiers 'Jump' At Chance To Donate Toys

Posted 12.09.2011 | Impact
Read More: Holidays, Video, Charity, Gift Donations, Holiday Donations, Operation Toy Drop, Fort Bragg, Donations, Jonathan Maten, Toy Drive, Impact News

Donating a toy action figure and mimicking one is a long-standing tradition for soldiers in North Carolina. Fourteen years ago, Ft. Bragg began its...

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High-Profile Murder Suspect Killed By Police

AP | By BETH DUFF-BROWN | Posted 12.01.2011 | Crime
Read More: Video, Matthew Coleman, California Murder Suspect, Fort Bragg Councilman, Jere Melo, Aaron Bassler, Fort Bragg, Crime News

FORT BRAGG, Calif. -- A man suspected in the fatal shootings of a Fort Bragg city councilman and a county land trust official was shot and killed Satu...

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New Photo Shows California Murder Suspect At Large

AP | Posted 11.27.2011 | Crime
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FORT BRAGG, Calif. (Associated Press) -- Authorities say surveillance cameras have captured an image of the fugitive suspected of killing a Northern C...

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Former Mayor Killed, Suspect On The Loose

Robin Wilkey | Posted 10.29.2011 | San Francisco
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On Saturday morning, longtime forester and former mayor Jere Melo was shot and killed in Fort Bragg when he stumbled upon a poppy farm while investiga...

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