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Biden visits with troops in Baghdad
BAGHDAD — Vice President Joe Biden celebrated the Fourth of July with his son and other American troops Saturday in Iraq, a day after warning Iraqi leaders that U.S. assistance will be jeopardized if the country reverts to ethnic and sectarian violence.

2 troops dead in Afghanistan blast
KABUL — A blast in eastern Afghanistan killed two American troops and wounded four others Saturday, a U.S. military spokeswoman said.
Posted Saturday Jul 4, 2009 10:20:18 EDT
Missile firing a sign of N. Korean defiance
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea fired seven ballistic missiles off its eastern coast Saturday, South Korea said, a violation of U.N. resolutions and an apparent message of defiance to the...
Posted Saturday Jul 4, 2009 10:20:42 EDT
HRC gets ready for consolidation
Human Resources Command is preparing for its move to consolidate its separate components at Fort Knox, Ky., in the summer of 2010.
Posted Saturday Jul 4, 2009 9:10:58 EDT
Army IDs 4 guardsmen killed in Iraq
WILMINGTON, N.C. — Four North Carolina National Guard soldiers were killed in Baghdad on the last day of regular combat operations for U.S. forces in Iraqi cities, the military said Thursday.
Posted Thursday Jul 2, 2009 19:54:54 EDT
Few details known about soldier’s capture
WASHINGTON — An American soldier is believed being held by the Taliban after he walked off his base in eastern Afghanistan without his body armor and weapon, officials said Thursday.
Posted Saturday Jul 4, 2009 9:11:35 EDT
Petraeus acknowledges persistence of Taliban
CALGARY, Alberta — The head of U.S. Central Command warned Friday that the thousands of American troops surging into Afghanistan’s turbulent Helmand province to battle the Taliban are in...
Posted Saturday Jul 4, 2009 10:24:57 EDT
Soldier found dead near Savannah airfield
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Police say a 21-year-old soldier from Hunter Army Airfield was found dead on Savannah’s Hutchinson Island, not long before his 1-year-old child was discovered unharmed in...
Posted Saturday Jul 4, 2009 10:27:44 EDT
NFL coaches visit troops in Iraq on USO trip
The soldiers expressed their gratitude over and over to the NFL coaches who made the trip to Iraq.
Posted Friday Jul 3, 2009 12:54:50 EDT
Military backing algae-based fuel research
LOGAN, Utah — Somewhere among the beakers and the bubbling green-tinged tanks in this Utah State University lab, Jeff Muhs is searching for champion pond scum for the U.S. government.
Posted Friday Jul 3, 2009 12:49:55 EDT
Biden’s wife visits troops in Germany
BAMBERG, Germany — Jill Biden, the Second Lady of the United States, observed U.S. Independence Day by visiting American troops in Germany en route to an education conference in Paris.
Posted Friday Jul 3, 2009 12:13:05 EDT
Work winds down at Ala. weapons incinerator
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Army’s $1 billion chemical weapons incinerator in Alabama started its final phase of work by taking apart dozens of old mortars filled with mustard agent, officials...
Posted Friday Jul 3, 2009 12:45:18 EDT
Officials: 17 die in U.S. strikes in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD — U.S. missiles struck a training facility operated by Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud and a militant communication center Friday, killing 17 people and wounding 27 others,...
Posted Friday Jul 3, 2009 11:41:19 EDT
Russia to facilitate U.S. arms movements
MOSCOW — Russia will allow the U.S. to ship weapons across its territory to Afghanistan, a top Kremlin aide said Friday, a gesture aimed at bolstering U.S. military operations and improving...
Posted Friday Jul 3, 2009 10:43:01 EDT
Jackson event marks Independence Day
FORT JACKSON, S.C. — Fort Jackson celebrates America’s Independence Day with a military ceremony that recognizes each state and territory.
Posted Friday Jul 3, 2009 10:43:01 EDT
WWII fathers sought – and sometimes found
OVERLAND, Mo. — John Wastle of Scotland has spent eight years and countless hours researching questions about the father he has never met.
Posted Friday Jul 3, 2009 10:45:02 EDT
82nd receives 1st batch of M320s
Soldiers with the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, N.C., on June 16 were the first to receive the Army’s new 40mm M320 grenade launcher. More than 320 soldiers will begin training with the...
Posted Saturday Jul 4, 2009 10:43:34 EDT
Ky. hopes eliminating tax draws more residents
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Home to two Army bases and thousands of soldiers, Kentucky is looking to entice more troops to become full-time residents by exempting them from the state’s income tax.
Posted Thursday Jul 2, 2009 20:05:10 EDT
N. Korea missile launch toward U.S. feared
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea fired a barrage of short-range missiles off its east coast Thursday, a possible prelude to the launch of a long-range missile toward Hawaii over the July Fourth...
Posted Thursday Jul 2, 2009 17:22:54 EDT
1,500 Vt. guardsmen headed to Afghanistan
COLCHESTER, Vt. — The Vermont Army National Guard will send about 1,500 members to Afghanistan next winter in what will be the state’s largest National Guard call-up since World War II.
Posted Thursday Jul 2, 2009 18:11:24 EDT
Vice President Biden arrives in Iraq
BAGHDAD — U.S. Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Iraq on Thursday to visit U.S. soldiers, just two days after American combat troops withdrew from Baghdad and all of Iraq’s cities and...
Posted Thursday Jul 2, 2009 18:27:40 EDT

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