Army to dole out $248M for barracks repairs
The Army recently cut $248 million from other programs to make immediate fixes to barracks at eight installations across the country.
Soldier, translator find love in Iraq
LACEY, Wash. — Their first real date lasted only 20 minutes. It ended because darkness was falling, when unimaginable new threats and nightmares could emerge on the streets of Baghdad. Posted Friday May 9, 2008 11:20:04 EDT
Paratrooper dies after he was shot off Bragg
FORT BRAGG, N.C. — A paratrooper has died from a gunshot wound he sustained at a residence outside Fort Bragg, the 82nd Airborne Division said Wednesday. Posted Friday May 9, 2008 10:16:48 EDT
House OKs longer foreclosure protection
The Neighborhood Stabilization Act approved by the House of Representatives Thursday includes language giving service members one year of protection from foreclosure after release from active duty. Posted Friday May 9, 2008 11:56:22 EDT
Detrick mom gets 15 years in poisoning
FREDERICK, Md. — A city woman accused of poisoning her young daughter to evoke sympathy for herself was ordered Thursday to serve 15 years of a 25-year sentence. Posted Friday May 9, 2008 10:50:02 EDT
N.Y. man convicted of killing soldier, teen
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — A North Carolina jury has convicted a Brooklyn, N.Y., man of killing a soldier and a 16-year-old girl at a home they shared near Fort Bragg three years ago. Posted Friday May 9, 2008 11:44:31 EDT
CBO: Better GI Bill would cut retention 16%
A new congressional report supports the Pentagon’s claims that vastly improved GI Bill benefits would hurt retention. Posted Friday May 9, 2008 10:49:14 EDT
Calif. man admits lying about Vietnam service
SACRAMENTO — An Oroville man has pleaded guilty to falsely representing himself as a decorated military hero from the Vietnam War. Posted Friday May 9, 2008 10:18:27 EDT
DoD: 43,000 unfit troops sent to war
WASHINGTON — More than 43,000 U.S. troops listed as medically unfit for combat in the weeks before their scheduled deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan since 2003 were sent anyway, Pentagon... Posted Friday May 9, 2008 6:58:43 EDT
U.S. denies al-Qaida in Iraq leader arrested
BAGHDAD — The U.S. military on Friday denied Iraqi government claims that the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq was captured and said a man with a similar name had been arrested in the northern city... Posted Friday May 9, 2008 8:08:06 EDT
House panel adds $950M for readiness needs
A House subcommittee has approved a $950 million increase in operations and maintenance funds in hopes of restoring combat readiness, set aside $650 million to improve living conditions on military... Posted Friday May 9, 2008 8:02:40 EDT
Lewis engineers to return Sunday
Soldiers from the 864th Engineer Combat Battalion will return Sunday from a 15-month deployment to Afghanistan, according to a press release from Fort Lewis, Wash. Posted Friday May 9, 2008 8:13:35 EDT
Army responds to comments by author King
BANGOR, Maine — The Army is weighing in on writer Stephen King’s remark about literacy and the military that drew the ire of conservative critics this week. Posted Friday May 9, 2008 8:35:47 EDT
BCT commander wounded in Iraq shares insights
FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — Regardless of what happened before he got to Sadr City or what happened after he left, Col. B.D. Farris gives his 15 months in the Baghdad slum good marks. Posted Thursday May 8, 2008 12:47:22 EDT
Autopsy done on Carson GI who died at Irwin
Authorities have completed the autopsy on a Fort Carson, Colo., soldier who was found unconscious in her sleeping bag while at Fort Irwin, Calif., for training. Posted Thursday May 8, 2008 12:47:41 EDT
Motorist: Soldiers open fire in Kuwait dispute
KUWAIT CITY — The U.S. military in Kuwait says it’s investigating a traffic dispute between American soldiers and a Kuwaiti motorist claiming the troops fired shots during the wrangle. Posted Thursday May 8, 2008 12:06:13 EDT
WWI motorcycle unearthed near museum
CAMP RIPLEY, Minn. — A bit of military history has been unearthed at Camp Ripley. Posted Friday May 9, 2008 10:58:03 EDT
180 Neb. guardsmen return from Iraq
LINCOLN, Neb. — About 180 soldiers in the National Guard are heading home to Nebraska after more than nine months in Iraq. Posted Friday May 9, 2008 10:53:37 EDT
McChord, Lewis posts to merge in 2010
The merger of McChord Air Force Base and Fort Lewis, Wash., into a joint base will not take effect until 2010, giving officials at both bases an extra year to work out the details of how they will... Posted Friday May 9, 2008 10:44:27 EDT
Ex-soldier admits stealing weapons in Iraq
BURLINGTON, Vt. — A former Vermont National Guard soldier has admitted stealing weapons while in Iraq, mailing them home and trying to sell them. Posted Friday May 9, 2008 10:44:42 EDT
Report: Thousands living in shoddy barracks
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — Spc. Kaila Colvin is looking forward to getting married for the usual reasons, and for one more particular to a soldier: not having to live in Fort Campbell’s... Posted Friday May 9, 2008 11:02:06 EDT
About-face on the war
The 2006 Military Times poll finds that support among U.S. troops for President Bush and the Iraq war has declined. Read the full report.
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