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War can lead to family financial battle

NEW YORK — Maria Del Carmen Del Toro couldn't access her husband Israel's bank account for more than four months while he lay comatose after a roadside bomb attack in Afghanistan.

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Guardsmen, senators rip Air Force C-130 plan

Guardsmen and lawmakers are up in arms over an Air Force plan to cut 21 C-130 Hercules aircraft from the Air National Guard’s inventory in fiscal 2011. The Air Force’s budget calls for 12 C-130s to be transferred from several … Continue reading

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W.Va. Guard chief: We can’t lose 2 C-130s

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Adjutant General Allen Tackett is sounding the alarm that an Air Force proposal could cost the state’s Air National Guard two C-130 cargo planes.“It’s a plane grab, that’s all it is,” Tackett said. “The Air … Continue reading

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Sikh graduates from Army officer basic

SAN ANTONIO — Amid lines of soldiers, one after the other in standard-issue fatigues and combat boots, was one in a turban and full beard on Monday — the first Sikh in a generation allowed to complete U.S. Army officer … Continue reading

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Mullen’s tweet heard round the world

News about one of the biggest changes for the modern U.S. military circulated around the world this week at the speed of light — and in fewer than 140 characters.In case there was any doubt, the chairman of the Joint … Continue reading

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Mullen’s tweet heard round the world

News about one of the biggest changes for the modern U.S. military circulated around the world this week at the speed of light — and in fewer than 140 characters.In case there was any doubt, the chairman of the Joint … Continue reading

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Mullen’s post: Tweet heard round the world

News about one of the biggest changes for the modern U.S. military circulated around the world this week at the speed of light — and in fewer than 140 characters.In case there was any doubt, the chairman of the Joint … Continue reading

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Mullen’s post: Tweet heard round the world

News about one of the biggest changes for the modern U.S. military circulated around the world this week at the speed of light — and in fewer than 140 characters.In case there was any doubt, the chairman of the Joint … Continue reading

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Unconventional officer flourishes in Afghan war

ALTIMUR, Afghanistan — You may wonder how Thomas Gukeisen made it to lieutenant colonel, and by age 39 at that. He breaks Army rules and operates by his own rendition of counterinsurgency warfare whose arsenal includes Afghan poetry, chaos theory … Continue reading

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Deputy defense secretary outlines protections for information

Although information technology enables the Defense Department to make gains in military capabilities, those gains come at a cost, the deputy defense secretary told industry executives in New York. “The Defense Department makes a tempting target,” Mr. William J. Lynn … Continue reading

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