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Hood community gathers to mourn rampage victims
Hood community gathers to mourn rampage victims
FORT HOOD, Texas — A chaplain exhorted hundreds of mourners gathered at a candlelight vigil to not give up hope in the aftermath of a deadly shooting spree at Fort Hood.
  • Airman among 6 killed in Mexico bar shooting
    CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — A gang of gunmen killed an off-duty U.S. airman and five other people early Wednesday at a bar in the violent Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, authorities said.
    Posted Thursday Nov 5, 2009 14:33:24 EST
  • Italy convicts Air Force O-6 in CIA kidnap case
    An Italian judge on Wednesday convicted an Air Force colonel and 22 other Americans in absentia of the 2003 kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric from a Milan street, in a landmark case involving the...
    Posted Thursday Nov 5, 2009 9:51:43 EST
  • AF reflective belts draw jeers on Facebook
    Thousands of Facebook users have joined a group called “I Hate Reflective Belts” to protest and mock an Air Force requirement that airmen wear reflective belts during hours of darkness....
    Posted Monday Nov 2, 2009 11:55:46 EST
  • Soldiers say carnage could have been worse
    FORT HOOD, Texas — Pfc. Marquest Smith, on his way to Afghanistan in January, was completing routine paperwork about a bee-sting allergy when the sounds erupted.
    Posted Friday Nov 6, 2009 19:52:11 EST
  • Obama makes the rounds at Walter Reed
    WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama spent nearly two hours visiting wounded U.S. service members Friday afternoon.
    Posted Friday Nov 6, 2009 18:43:47 EST
  • War of words heats up over vets bill blockage
    The chairman of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee remains hopeful that a roadblock holding up consideration of an omnibus veterans’ health care bill can be cleared early next week.
    Posted Friday Nov 6, 2009 14:26:56 EST
  • Military’s stance on burn pits assailed
    The Air Force bioenvironmental officer who was among the first to warn about the potential effects of open-air burn pits on U.S. troops deployed in the war zones said Friday that he does not believe...
    Posted Friday Nov 6, 2009 15:23:14 EST
  • Obama: Do not jump to conclusions about Hood
    WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says the "whole nation is grieving right now" over the mass killings at Fort Hood. He urged people not to jump to conclusions while law enforcement officials...
    Posted Friday Nov 6, 2009 12:32:06 EST
  • 82nd Airborne soldiers missing in Afghanistan
    KABUL — Two American soldiers disappeared in western Afghanistan after a routine resupply mission, and more than 25 NATO and Afghan security forces members were wounded during the search...
    Posted Friday Nov 6, 2009 14:05:02 EST
  • Air Force, Army teams to recognize Hood victims
    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The Air Force Academy will hold a moment of silence in memory of the Fort Hood shooting victims before Saturday’s Army-Air Force game at Falcon Stadium.
    Posted Friday Nov 6, 2009 11:55:23 EST
  • Details on Fort Hood suspect emerge
    WASHINGTON — His name appears on radical Internet postings. A fellow officer says he fought his deployment to Afghanistan and argued with soldiers who supported U.S. wars. He required...
    Posted Friday Nov 6, 2009 19:13:29 EST
  • Muslim group condemns Hood shootings
    WASHINGTON — The Council on American-Islamic Relations is condemning the shootings at Fort Hood, although it’s not known whether the shooter was Muslim.
    Posted Thursday Nov 5, 2009 19:42:49 EST
  • Online support follows Hood shootings
    A flood of support is hitting the Army’s social media sites in the wake of the shootings at Fort Hood, Texas.
    Posted Friday Nov 6, 2009 19:17:02 EST
  • Names of chief master sergeant picks released
    The Air Force has released the names of eligible senior master sergeants selected for promotion to chief master sergeant.
    Posted Thursday Nov 5, 2009 14:19:22 EST
  • USAA now open to honorably discharged vets
    USAA has expanded its customer base to include all honorably discharged veterans and their families, making about 35 million more people eligible for membership.
    Posted Thursday Nov 5, 2009 14:07:47 EST
  • Report: Vets need drug treatment, not jail
    Treatment, not incarceration, should be the first option for veterans who commit nonviolent drug-related offenses, a group advocating alternatives to the nation’s “war on drugs”...
    Posted Thursday Nov 5, 2009 14:25:31 EST
  • American Legion ups pressure on Coburn
    The American Legion is organizing a grassroots campaign in Oklahoma to try to persuade Republican Sen. Tom Coburn to lift his hold on S 1963, an omnibus veterans bill, so it can be approved and...
    Posted Thursday Nov 5, 2009 13:39:38 EST
  • China’s air force sees major improvements
    BEIJING — China’s rapidly modernizing air force is planning a display of its new military might for its 60th anniversary, showcasing a wide-ranging technical upgrade that has boosted its...
    Posted Thursday Nov 5, 2009 15:18:53 EST
  • VA homeless initiative has support of Legion
    The nation’s largest veterans group vows to help the Veterans Affairs Department achieve an ambitious goal of eliminating homelessness among veterans within five years.
    Posted Thursday Nov 5, 2009 11:10:25 EST
  • Lowe’s, Home Depot offer vets discounts
    Home improvement retailers Lowe’s and Home Depot are offering a 10 percent discount to active-duty, National Guard and reserve members, retirees, veterans and their immediate family members in...
    Posted Thursday Nov 5, 2009 11:07:29 EST

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