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Airmen speak out against reflective belts

Complain all you want. It won’t do you any good. That reflective belt that offends your sensibilities isn’t going away.The Air Force is standing firm on the uniform accessory you love to hate: You will wear a neon yellow strap … Continue reading

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Transportation officials confident in Afghan deployment

U.S. Transportation Command officials are confident they can accomplish the mission of delivering 30,000 U.S. troops and their equipment to Afghanistan when they are needed. Planners at the command based at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., are working with operations … 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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Hunter to Gates: Review SEAL abuse claims

SAN DIEGO — A San Diego area congressman and Iraq war veteran is asking Defense Secretary Robert Gates to look into charges levied against three Navy SEALs in connection with the alleged abuse of a detainee in Iraq in early … Continue reading

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Afghanistan — the way ahead: McChrystal sends message to troops

Army Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, has posted a message to the troops on the way ahead. The full text follows: We have been presented a great opportunity to take the tremendous work … 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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Marines to be first wave in Afghanistan plan

WASHINGTON — New infusions of Marines will begin moving into Afghanistan almost as soon as President Barack Obama announces a redrawn battle strategy, a plan widely expected to include more than 30,000 additional U.S. forces.Obama will try to sell a … Continue reading

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Trigger-happy security complicates convoys

HUTAL, Afghanistan — Ill-disciplined private security guards escorting supply convoys to coalition bases are wreaking havoc as they pass through western Kandahar province, undermining the coalition’s counterinsurgency strategy here and leading to at least one confrontation with U.S. forces, say … Continue reading

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Patrols and turkey in Afghan war zone

BARAKI-BARAK, Afghanistan — Thanksgiving Day for soldiers in this valley ringed by towering snowy peaks began with a six-mile slog to aid village schools without desks and windows, and ended with five, once scrawny local turkeys soldiers have been fattening … Continue reading

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Agency delivers ‘taste of home’ to deployed troops

How do you plan Thanksgiving dinner for 180,000 people more than 6,000 miles away? If you’re a food buyer at the Defense Logistics Agency, you start by making a shopping list in April for meals to be served to U.S. … Continue reading

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