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Big cuts coming; lower pay raises start in 2015

Service members can expect standard pay raises for the next two years — most likely 1.7 percent for 2013 — but that will change starting in 2015, according to a new budget plan unveiled at the Pentagon on Thursday.

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AF officials announce Lance P. Sijan Award winners

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National database helps protect military from financial fraud

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Air Force now investigating sheep-beating video

The Air Force is now handling an investigation into a video showing U.S. troops cheering as they watch while a sheep is beaten to death with a baseball bat, a service spokesman said.

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SEALs free American, Dane in Somalia raid

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Navy SEALs parachuted into Somalia under cover of darkness early Wednesday and crept up to an outdoor camp where an American woman and Danish man were being held hostage. Soon, nine kidnappers were dead and both hostages … Continue reading

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AFAF video contest submissions due Jan. 31

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Silver Star awarded to combat controller

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Junior officers among force-cutting targets

If you’re an officer just beginning your career or trying to make it to retirement after being twice passed over for promotion, get ready to go before a force-shaping board this year.

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General: Taliban turning on one another

Taliban leader Mullah Omar’s grip on the insurgency is loosening as battlefield successes in southern Afghanistan have helped sow discord among the Taliban’s top ranks and weakened the organization, a top U.S. commander said.

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MQ-9 performs emergency landing

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