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Corps explores partnership with hard-core trainer

You’ve probably seen her picture — sporting serious pythons, rock-hard abs, camouflage pants and an expression that says, “I can destroy you.”

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Corruption eyed as motive in Kabul shooting

U.S. advisers had suspected misuse of aircraft by the Afghan National Air Force before an Afghan pilot, a colonel named Ahmed Gul, shot to death eight U.S. airmen and a contractor and then turned the gun on himself a year … Continue reading

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Obama: Rocket test would isolate North Korea

SEOUL, South Korea — Warning North Korea from its doorstep, President Barack Obama said Pyongyang risks deepening its isolation in the international community if it proceeds with a planned long-range rocket launch.

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New applications accepted for Tricare Dental

Metropolitan Life, the company that will assume management of the Tricare Dental Program on May 1, has started taking new enrollment applications.

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Air Force officials announce third round of VERA/VSIP

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Bales formally charged with Afghan shootings

WASHINGTON — Charges filed Friday against Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales reflect the horror of the crime: 17 counts of premeditated murder, more than half of them children, during a shooting rampage in southern Afghanistan. But while Afghans are calling … Continue reading

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30 academy cadets suspected of substance use

An Air Force Academy official said about 30 cadets are suspected of using banned substances, which is double the number of cadets the school said it was investigating in January.

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AEFIs ensure Airmen know deployment window

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5 Air Force officers nominated to add a star

The Defense Department has announced five general officers have been nominated for promotion and new assignments.

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VA funding may depend on making cuts elsewhere

The powerful chairman of the House Appropriations Committee warned Wednesday that the fate of funding for veterans programs rests on whether other government spending can be brought under control.

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