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The Pentagon is making detailed plans to send about 34,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan in anticipation of President Obama's decision on the future of the eight-year-old war, a defense official said Tuesday.
IDG News Service - A 32-year-old California man has pleaded guilty to charges that he sold thousands of counterfeit chips to the U.S. Navy.
Thirty American students announced as Rhodes Scholars include two students who teach philosophy and poetry to inmates, three All-Americans in swimming and a U.S. Army second lieutenant mentored by Gen. David Petraeus.
Here are letters to the editor from Daily News editions of Nov. 25, 2009:Letter of the Day: A tip for AmericaEditor, Daily News:I could not help but respond to Nina Mold’s letter of the day concerning tipping in restaurants.While it is true that restaurants should be required to pay, as she says, “a living wage” to their employees, one could make the same statement concerning her business or any ...
The Department of Defense announced Tuesday the death of a Maryland National Guard Soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Army 1st Lt. Scott Wyly graduated from the U.S. Army Aviation Center’s flight school at Fort Rucker, Ala. Wyly rejoined 5-159th Aviation Regiment in Clearwater, Fla., as a platoon leader.In October his Blackhawk helicopter squadron was deployed to Camp Udari, Kuwait .Wyly is a 2001 graduate of Newbury Park High School.Army Reserve Pvt. Eduardo Montano has graduated from basic combat training at ...
ROTC cadets at Topeka High loaded a truck with food for Let's Help.
Topeka High School ROTC members spent today loading a truck with food for a local charity.
Peter T. Boltuch, son of Noel T. and Melissa P. Boltuch of King of Prussia and a a 2006 graduate of Upper Merion Area High School, has graduated from the Army ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) Leader Development and Assessment Course, also known as “Operation Warrior Forge,” at Fort Lewis, Tacoma, Wash.
Eight years after the U.S. Coast Guard and the NAACP signed a voluntary agreement to work together to boost the number of African-Americans at its 1,000-cadet service academy, the annual enrollment and graduation figures for blacks remain in single digits.
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama is preparing to lay out for the American public his strategy for the Afghanistan war next week and said he intends to “finish the job” there.
A Moreno Valley paratrooper was killed Sunday in Afghanistan , Department of Defense officials announced Tuesday. U.S. Army Pfc. Marcus A. Tynes, 19, was killed in Zabul Province, along with Sgt. James M. Nolen, 25, of Alvin, Texas, when their vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device, the Department of Defense said.
The Topeka High School ROTC boxed cans for those in need Tuesday.
Next week, 140 members of the New Hampshire Army National Guard will ship out to begin a deployment, which will include a tour of duty in Afghanistan.
A U.S. Navy reservist with ties to the Rochester area has been killed in Kuwait...
The Department of Defense has identified 4,356 American service members who have died since the start of the Iraq war.
Soldiers from the 1083 Transportation Company of the Louisiana National Guard returned home in time for Thanksgiving Monday after four months in Tikrit, Iraq.
A Canadian unit of defense contractor General Dynamics Corp. has won a $2.2 billion contract from the U.S. Army for 724 light armored vehicles.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers violated federal environmental laws by failing to give the public enough of a say before issuing permits for mountaintop removal coal mines in West Virginia, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
Photo by SANDI FAHY Members of Heisler-Johnson American Legion Post Auxiliary Unit 119 in Largo take time out for a photo while getting ready for the group's annual rummage sale on November 21. Proceeds from the event will help pay for a Christmas party for children in the community.
Gospel singing Cedar View Baptist in Olive Branch, is hosting a concert Saturday at 6 p.m. Call (662) 895-6967.Abundant Grace Ministries Church, 9239 E. Holmes Road, presents the Almost Famous Gospel Singing Jubilee, Friday beginning at 7 p.m. Call (901) 299-8831 or (662) 349-3822.Jackson Chapel Methodist Church, 2231 Grays Creek Road in Hernando, will have a gospel singing Saturday at 7 p.m ...
