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Half-inch crack blamed for F-35 fighter jet grounding: sources 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1491
Palace: Govt probe will have access to USS Guardian crew 1 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 1 1561
USS Guardian salvage op fails to push through due to bad weather, huge waves 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 2161
The Draft: A War-Killer 2 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 2 1741
Judge grants access to secret Guantanamo camp 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 1 1384
Yale University Statement on Proposed USSOCOM Center 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1492
We Could All End Up Like Bradley Manning – Marking 1000 Days in Detention 1 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 3 1616
U.S. deploys Predator drones to Niger: official 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1530
War Or Peace, Drones Market Will Grow, Especially For Infantry 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1563
SecAF Donley Says KC-46 Tanker Contract At Risk; Hill Must OK $1B 1 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1571
Air Force Chief Says 70% of ALL Combat Aircraft 'Non Combat Capable By July' 11 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 2 2999
Pentagon Grounds JSF Fleet After Turbine Blade Cracks; 'Potential Exists For Catastrophic Failure' 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1930
The 10 Years' War: Army Plans For Sequestration Cuts Through 2022 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1800
The Atrocity Lessons: What the U.S. Military Learned From Vietnam 5 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 6 3058
U.S. drone strikes up sharply in Afghanistan 1 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 2460
US grounds F-35 fighter jets over cracked engine blade 2 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 2305
Blackwater Off the Hook Again in Plea Deal With Bush-Appointed Judge 1 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 2 1592
Sequestration Broadly Is Terrible Policy, But Our Military is Overdue for Downsizing 1 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 2 1501
What If the Chinese Killed the Dalai Lama with a Drone Strike? 1 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 1 1571
Bradley Manning: 1,000 days in detention and secrecy still reigns 1 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 8 1620
Boehner says US veterans' claims system is broken 6 MindMover Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 2222
Paula Broadwell's promotion stalled 1 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1834
Panetta, Germany differ on troop numbers in Afghanistan 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1464
'I'm a monster': Veterans 'alone' in their guilt 6 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 9 3835
Rolling Stone: The Drone Industry Wants a Makeover 1 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1702
War's Lingering Phantoms 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 1 1413
Jet Fighter Wings into Wind Turbine Blades 2 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 3 1679
What’s wrong with Barack Obama’s drone policy 2 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 3 1819
Drunk Driving in the American Military: The Danger of Soldiers Who Can’t Follow the Laws 4 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 2822
Defense-Cut Hypocrisy Makes GOP Converge With Democrats 1 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1562

Veterans Continued...

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Bloomberg's take on the LCS target barge: 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1732
Defense Budget at Center of Spending War 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1412
F-35 warplane costs driven up by production choice: U.S. general 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 1 1501
U.S. debates F-35 fighter jets: It's time to kill this trillion dollar relic 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 1 1637
Army Attendance At AUSA Winter Conference Slashed 95 Percent: The Drawdown Begins 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 2023
NATO chief urges countries to halt defense cuts 1 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1553
Stanley McChrystal says the U.S. should reinstitute the draft 4 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 2 2352
Privacy concerns Public to shape drone policy 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 1 1388
Brig. Gen. Sinclair to appear in Fort Bragg court Thursday 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1530
Micro-drones will “hide in plain sight” 1 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 2 1722
United Nations says U.S. drones killed more civilians in Afghanistan in 2012 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1395
PRESCRIPTION PROBLEMS FOR VETS ON REFLUX DRUGS 0 littlemissmartypants Feb 2013 Feb 2013 2 1535
Big waves, poor visibility hamper crane ship's work to salvage USS Guardian 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 2972
States hardest hit by Army cuts 1 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 1 1965
Lawmaker: Army program needs more oversight 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 1 1511
Congress: End Endless War and Stop Becoming “the Evil That We Deplore” 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1447
(Max) Cleland Could Win in Georgia 1 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 3 1734
(Canadian) National Defence to buy fewer bombs if F-35 selected as new air force fighter 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1618
The Wizards At Lexington Institute Attack Time Magazine For F-35 Article 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1583
The F-35 Stealth Fighter Is Designed for No One 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 3321
The Saga of the F-35…And the Coming Sequester Flak 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1614
F-35 warplane costs driven up by production choice: U.S. general 1 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 1 1633
Beechcraft Exits Bankruptcy On Eve Of Air Force's Light Air Support Pick 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 2087
Pentagon reworks PTSD strategy 2 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 2 1766
Soldier Suicides rare in some foreign outposts 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 1 1518
Sen. Coons: U.S. will likely have more active military role in Mali 1 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1658
Lackland trainer's trial first of four in 5 weeks 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 2 1976
CIA's covert drone program may shift further to Pentagon 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1679
Drone debate extends to Iowa 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 1 1521
Afghanistan Airstrike Ban: Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford Says He Can Work With Air Raid Prohibition 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1792

Veterans Continued...

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Army plows ahead with troubled war-zone program 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1851
The War Christopher Dorner Brought Home 9 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 10 3048
Arms sales drop for first time since 1990s 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1497
Is the US Collapsing Militarily and Economically after the Arab Spring Conspiracy? 1 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 1 2409
Chaotic Guantanamo trials face more troubles as confidence in court wanes 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1421
General: U.S., NATO will abide by Afghan president’s decree 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1549
Karzai To Ban Airstrikes Requested By Afghan Security Forces 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1505
Obama's Guantanamo Is Never Going To Close, So Everyone Might As Well Get Comfortable 2 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 1 1773
At Pentagon, ‘pivot to Asia’ becomes ‘shift to Africa’ 1 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1625
Karzai says Afghan forces can't request airstrikes 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1468
Chiefs detail readiness crisis; Congress offers no relief 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 1 1451
As Afghan army gets cash to buy its own supplies, some worry about corruption 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1429
More Boots on the Ground for Peace 1 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 1 1563
The Five Percent Whine 2 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 1 1649
Proposed bill would make full benefits to same sex military spouses a federal law (xpost from LGBT) 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 1 3814
Retired Lt. Gen. Deptula: Drones Best Weapons We've Got For Accuracy, Control, Oversight; Critics Do 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1728
New medal for modern warfare sparks strong reaction 8 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 2 2133
Afghan troop cuts invite comparison to Iraq 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1524
FAA takes step toward widespread US drone flights 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1505
Deckhouse of new ($5 BILLION) destroyer ZUMWALT (DDG 1000) makes unplanned stop at Norfolk 1 unhappycamper Nov 2012 Oct 2013 1 2253
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