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Meyer awarded Medal of Honor at White House

WASHINGTON — President Obama on Thursday bestowed the nation’s highest military honor on Dakota Meyer, a young and humble Marine who defied orders and barreled straight into a ferocious “killing zone” in Afghanistan to save 36 lives at extraordinary risk … Continue reading

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Staff sgt. offered TV tryout after viral video

What started as a half-hour jam session for airmen working the night shift in Afghanistan has landed a staff sergeant an audition for the reality show “The Voice.”

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From Army-Navy to Iraq and Afghanistan

WEST POINT, N.Y. — Not long after the second World Trade Center tower came down, Nolan Gordon’s history professor at the U.S. Military Academy switched off the television and went back to his lesson.

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53rd Weather Squadron: At the eye of hurricanes

One week, Irene. The next week, Katia swirling in the Atlantic and another storm brewing in the Gulf. And, the next week, maybe a tropical depression bouncing around the Caribbean.

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TRICARE portability reduces moving stress

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Army may cut 10 brigade combat teams

The Army may cut 10 of its 45 active-duty brigade combat teams as it works to meet President Obama’s order to slice defense spending, said an Army official familiar with the budget deliberations.

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Sources: Raptor fleet to return to flight

The Air Force is planning to lift the four-month grounding of its F-22 Raptor fleet, although it has yet to figure out what went wrong in the aircraft’s oxygen system, sources said.

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Los Angeles AFB to go electric

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Petraeus: Budget cuts must not impair military

WASHINGTON — David Petraeus, the general widely credited with rescuing a failing U.S. war in Iraq, retired from the Army on Wednesday with a word of warning: Coming budget cuts must not impair the U.S. military’s ability to fight a … Continue reading

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Suspect admits killing airmen at German airport

FRANKFURT, Germany — A Kosovo Albanian man confessed Wednesday to killing two U.S. airmen at the Frankfurt airport, saying in emotional testimony at the opening of his trial that he had been influenced by radical Islamic propaganda online.

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