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Category Archives: News
CENTCOM: RPG downed Chinook in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan — U.S. military investigators have concluded that the Chinook helicopter crash in Afghanistan that killed 30 U.S. troops in August was downed by a rocket-propelled grenade that hit the rear rotor, causing the aircraft to fall vertically to … Continue reading
Army says number of medically unfit GIs on rise
As the Army faces a prospective drawdown, it is grappling with a growing percentage of soldiers who aren’t medically fit for duty, Army Surgeon General Lt. Gen. Eric Schoomaker said Monday.
Tell us what you think: PT test fairness
Human nature is bound to come into play now that airmen are back to giving each other the PT test. What is a push-up to one airman might not be to another. Same goes for sit-ups. And the abdominal circumference … Continue reading
1 in 4 sex assault hotlines fails in Navy audit
Naval auditors have found that one out of four test phone calls to Navy and Marine sexual assault hotlines either failed or were improperly handled, according to a recent report.
AFSOC airmen ready to begin annual march
Eighteen Air Force special operators will begin an 812-mile memorial walk Oct. 16 to honor three of their comrades who were killed when their CH-47 Chinook was shot down in Afghanistan on Aug. 6.
Spec ops, CIA first in, last out of Afghanistan
FORT BRAGG, N.C. — They were the first Americans into Afghanistan after the Sept. 11 attacks and will probably be the last U.S. forces to leave.
VirtuSphere sim immerses airmen in mission
MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. — Imagine a trackball 100 times bigger than the one inside your computer mouse. Now imagine yourself inside it, moving it with your feet to enter a virtual village in Afghanistan.
Service officials could decommission carrier
Under heavy pressure to find real cuts, Navy officials are seriously considering decommissioning a nuclear aircraft carrier halfway through its planned lifespan, two Pentagon sources confirmed.
VA pulls questionable hat from D.C. store
Someone at the Veterans Affairs Department Medical Center in Washington, D.C., has an odd sense of humor.
After a decade of war, life grim for Afghans
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Asif Khan sits on a dirty, once-white blanket in an abandoned cinema and fights back tears of desperation.