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Report details mistakes that cost airman legs

Airman 1st Class Colton Read was in the intensive care unit, unconscious. Jessica Read was on the telephone with a master sergeant from her husband’s unit. She was so upset the senior NCO could barely make out what she was … Continue reading

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Report details mistakes that cost airman legs

Airman 1st Class Colton Read was in the intensive care unit, unconscious. Jessica Read was on the telephone with a master sergeant from her husband’s unit. She was so upset the senior NCO could barely make out what she was … Continue reading

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Navy’s Haiti duties winding down

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Even though the Navy and the Marine Corps were all but finished with their missions here in early March, local officials said the real work in Haiti is only just beginning. The Military Sealift Command hospital ship … Continue reading

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Navy wins 8th straight over Army, 17-3

PHILADELPHIA — Navy has made sports’ most patriotic rivalry a lopsided one.The Mids beat Army 17-3 on Saturday for their eighth straight win in the series. The loss eliminated the Black Knights’ shot at playing in their first bowl game … Continue reading

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2 SEALs arraigned in detainee abuse case

NORFOLK, Va. — The Navy SEAL charged with assaulting an alleged terrorist in Iraq in September declined to enter a plea during his Monday arraignment here, then took the unusual step of speaking to supporters and the media after the … Continue reading

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Col.: Lejeune’s 1/6 to lead Afghan surge

A North Carolina-based infantry battalion will be the first U.S. unit to deploy to Afghanistan as part of an additional 30,000 troops who will be sent into combat during the next six months, said a Marine official overseeing the unit.Camp … Continue reading

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Obama: 30,000 to Afghanistan by summer

Declaring “our security is at stake,” President Barack Obama ordered an additional 30,000 U.S. troops into the long war in Afghanistan on Tuesday night, nearly tripling the force he inherited but promising an impatient public to begin withdrawal in 18 … Continue reading

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CG: Sept. 11 training event ‘ill-advised’

A Coast Guard training exercise held on Sept. 11 was “ill-advised” on a day when Washingtonians were commemorating the loss of Pentagon employees in a terrorist attack eight years earlier, Vice Adm. R.J. Papp Jr. said in a report released … Continue reading

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MoH ceremony honors Monti’s sacrifice

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Thursday praised a U.S. soldier who three times left cover for an attempted rescue while Taliban bullets and grenades rained around him, ultimately losing his own life while trying to save his comrade on … Continue reading

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MoH ceremony recognizes Monti’s sacrifice

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Thursday praised a U.S. soldier who three times left cover for an attempted rescue while Taliban bullets and grenades rained around him, ultimately losing his own life while trying to save his comrade on … Continue reading

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