US Marines launch offensive in Afghanistan
AP - 17 minutes agoU.S. Marines swooped down behind Taliban lines in helicopters and Osprey aircraft Friday in the first offensive since President Barack Obama announced an American troop surge.
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US Marines launch big offensive in Afghanistan
AP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours 3 minutes agoU.S. Marines swooped down behind Taliban lines in helicopters and Osprey aircraft Friday in the biggest offensive since President Barack Obama announced an American troop surge.
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US Marines launch large offensive in Afghanistan
AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 4, 11:35 am ETU.S. Marines and Afghan troops on Friday launched the first offensive since President Barack Obama announced an American troop surge, striking against Taliban communications and supply lines in a southern insurgent stronghold, a military spokesman said.
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US Marines launch large Afghan offensive
AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 4, 8:54 am ETU.S. Marines and Afghan troops have launched the first offensive since President Barack Obama announced an American troop surge.
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DoD nixes vendor of online monitoring software over privacy concerns
Computerworld - 18 minutes agoComputerworld - Echometrix Inc., a vendor of parental control software that is already under fire for alleged violations of an online children's privacy law, has been suspended from selling its products on a Department of Defense shopping portal because of privacy concerns.
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Report slams flaws in DoD sex assault program - Navy News, news from Iraq - Navy Times
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U.S. Marines launch large offensive in Afghanistan
Deseret News - Fri Dec 4, 12:21 pm ETU.S. Marines and Afghan troops on Friday launched the first offensive since President Barack Obama announced an American...
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U.S. Marines launch large offensive
The Washington Times - Fri Dec 4, 12:16 pm ETKABUL (AP) -- U.S. Marines and Afghan troops Friday launched the first offensive since President Barack Obama announced an American troop surge, striking against Taliban communications and supply lines in a southern insurgent stronghold, a military spokesman said. Hundreds of troops from the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines and the Marine reconnaissance unit Task Force Raider were dropped by ...
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Greenville National Guard deploying to Iraq
WZZM 13 Grand Rapids - 16 minutes agoFriends and family are bidding farewell to approximately 150 Michigan National Guard Soldiers from the 1073rd Maintenance Company as they depart for Camp Shelby, Miss., and then Iraq for a 12-month tour of duty.
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Wisconsin Air National Guard wins prestigious award
WEAU Eau Claire - 31 minutes agoThe Wisconsin Air National Guard's 115th fighter wing has earned a prestigious workplace safety award.
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Lonoke High getting ROTC program
The Lonoke Democrat - 13 minutes agoLonoke High School will have an Army Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps program for the next school year.
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National Guard armory groundbreaking is set
Cabot Star-Herald - 19 minutes agoAfter about a 100-year absence, an Arkansas National Guard unit soon will call Cabot home. Construction of the long-awaited National Guard armory will begin Thursday with a ceremonial groundbreaking, at 10:30 a.m. at the armory site on Commerce Park Drive in the Cabot Commerce Center.
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Surge force of 30,000 going to Afghanistan will grow to 33,000, Defense Secretary Gates says
New York Daily News - Fri Dec 4, 2:00 am ETDefense Secretary Robert Gates told Congress on Thursday that the surge force of 30,000 going to Afghanistan will grow to at least 33,000 when support troops are included.
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Area Men And Women Receive Promotions In National Guard
Times Newsweekly - 1 hour 3 minutes agoMaj. Gen. Joseph J. Taluto, the Adjutant General for the State of New York, announced the promotion of members of the New York Army National Guard in recognition of their capabilities for additional responsibility and leadership. Local men and women who received promotions include: read more
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US Marines launch large Afghan offensive
KENS 5 San Antonio - Fri Dec 4, 10:05 am ETKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — U.S. Marines and Afghan troops have launched the first offensive since President Barack Obama announced an American troop surge. KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — U.S. Marines and Afghan troops have launched the first offensive since President Barack Obama announced an American troop surge. Maj. William Pelletier, a U.S. military spokesman, said about 1,000 Marines as well as ...
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Kansas National Guard Change Of Authority Cermony Scheduled For Command Sergeant Majors
WIBW Topeka - Fri Dec 4, 10:05 am ETCommand Sgt. Maj. Scott W. Haworth will take responsibility as the State Command Sergeant Major for the Kansas National Guard in a Change of Authority ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 5.
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Obama tells vet he'll improve VA services
AP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours 40 minutes agoA military veteran who's now a college student in Pennsylvania has taken his complaint about the Veterans Administration right to the top.
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New Afghan push takes aim at militants
CNN - Fri Dec 4, 11:47 am ETMore than 1,000 troops have started a big push against insurgents in a militant stronghold of southern Afghanistan, the U.S. Marines said Friday.
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Public can give National Guard a grand send-off
The Houma Courier - 2 hours 26 minutes agoJohn DeSantis Senior Staff Writer HOUMA — Families of local soldiers headed for Iraq next month are hoping their neighbors will turn out Saturday night outside the Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center, where an invitation-only dinner is being held in the troops' honor.
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U.S. Marines launch first offensive since Obama's address
Columbia Missourian - Fri Dec 4, 11:37 am ETKABUL — U.S. Marines and Afghan troops Friday launched the first offensive since President Barack Obama announced an American troop surge, striking against Taliban communications and supply lines in a southern insurgent stronghold, a military spokesman said. Hundreds of troops from the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines and the Marine reconnaissance unit Task Force Raider were dropped by helicopter and ...
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U.S. Marines launch major Afghan offensive
MSNBC - Fri Dec 4, 9:53 am ETMarines and Afghan troops launched the first offensive since Barack Obama announced an American troop surge, striking against Taliban communications and supply lines.
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