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Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Fake Chips to US Navy

PC World - Wed Nov 25, 8:50 am ET

A 32-year-old California man has pleaded guilty to charges that he sold thousands of counterfeit chips to the U.S. Navy.

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Sons of the American Legion to sell Christmas Trees
Yardley News - Wed Nov 25, 11:20 am ET
On Thanksgiving morning, while many of us will be preparing big family meals or watching football, members of the Sons of the American Legion will be setting up for their Second Annual Christmas Tree Sale. The sale, which will be held every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from Black Friday through Christmas, will benefit both activities in Yardley Borough and the veterans of the Knowles-Doyle ...
American Legion Auxiliary seeks donations for boxes to troops
The Mississippi Press - Wed Nov 25, 11:12 am ET
American Legion Auxiliary Unit 160 of Pascagoula is brightening the holiday spirits of the troops by sending boxes to military personnel overseas.
U.S. Army Agrees That The M-4 Sucks
Strategy Page - Wed Nov 25, 5:34 am ET
November 25, 2009: The U.S. Army has finally addressed years of complaints about the M-4 and M-16 assault rifles. The M-4 is a short barrel M-16, and has become very popular with the troops.
A Step Beyond Human
Forbes - 1 hour 6 minutes ago
MIT professor and double amputee Hugh Herr is building the world's most advanced prosthetic foot.
Kan. National Guard to close 18 armories
The Hays Daily News - Wed Nov 25, 10:56 am ET
TOPEKA (AP) â€” State budget cuts have prompted the Kansas adjutant general to do his own version of base realignment and closure. Maj. Gen. Tod Bunting plans to close 18 of the stateâ€™s 56 National Guard armories.
American Legion raising funds for recovering heroes
Clarinda Herald-Journal - Wed Nov 25, 10:40 am ET
The American Legion is renewing its fundraising efforts for the holiday season to purchase comfort items for troops recovering in U.S. military hospitals and warrior transition units around the world through its Operation Comfort Warriors campaign.
U.S. Army deal for Gen. Dynamics Canada
UPI - Wed Nov 25, 9:33 am ET
LONDON, Ontario, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- A $2.2 billion U.S. military contract for manufacturing light armored vehicles has been awarded to General Dynamics Canada in London, Ontario.
American Legion unveils renovations
Eastern Arizona Courier - Wed Nov 25, 10:37 am ET
This Veterans Day, the members of American Legion Swift Murphy Post #32 celebrated the renovations to the building that houses the post.
The Inter-Mountain donating to American Legion food basket project
The Inter-Mountain - Wed Nov 25, 9:52 am ET
Once again those who subscribe to The Inter-Mountain have the opportunity help local families have a hearty holiday meal and get local news delivered to their home. For more than 30 years, the H.W. Daniels American Legion Post 29 has put together food baskets for families who may not otherwise have a traditional Christmas dinner.
US Navy plans to donate retired aircraft carrier
WFMJ Youngstown - Wed Nov 25, 9:36 am ET
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The U.S. Navy plans to donate the retired aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy as a museum or memorial. The ship is currently at the Navy's Inactive Ships Maintenance Office in Philadelphia.
Pratt & Whitney Delivers 400th F119 Engine To U.S. Air Force
The Aero-News Network - Wed Nov 25, 5:06 am ET
Engine Has Logged More Than 125K Flight Hours Pratt & Whitney has delivered the 400th F119 engine, which powers the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, to the U.S. Air Force. The company says this milestone delivery marks a significant accomplishment for the only operational fifth generation fighter engine in service today.
US Air Force Buying Another 2,200 PS3s
Slashdot - Wed Nov 25, 4:17 am ET
bleedingpegasus sends word that the US Air Force will be grabbing up 2,200 new PlayStation 3 consoles for research into supercomputing. They already have a cluster made from 336 of the old-style (non-Slim) consoles, which they've used for a variety of purposes, including "processing multiple radar images into higher resolution composite images (known as synthetic aperture radar image formation ...
Long Hill American Legion commander urges all to do whatâs right by veterans
Echoes-Sentinel - Wed Nov 25, 7:10 am ET
LONG HILL TWP. – Retiring Post Commander Richard Q. Hofacker Jr. read the presidential proclamation from President Barack Obama recognizing all veterans and gave his own remarks at the Long Hill Veterans Day Ceremony Wednesday, Nov. 11, at the American Legion Post 484, Union Street, Stirling.
U.S. sending swimmers, poets among 2010 Rhodes Scholars
USA Today - Tue Nov 24, 1:14 pm ET
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.
Letters to the editor: Nov. 25, 2009
Naples Daily News - Tue Nov 24, 8:10 pm ET
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 ...
Obama to Give Afghan War Decision in Speech Dec. 1 (Update2)
Bloomberg - 38 minutes ago
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama will lay out his strategy for the war in Afghanistan on Dec. 1 in a nationwide address from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York.
US troop buildup carries high costs
AFP via Yahoo! News - 42 minutes ago
If President Barack Obama orders tens of thousands more US troops to Afghanistan next Tuesday as expected there will be an enormous cost both in terms of soldiers' lives and money.
Md. National Guardsman Killed In Afghanistan
CBS 13 Baltimore - Tue Nov 24, 7:10 pm ET
The Department of Defense announced Tuesday the death of a Maryland National Guard Soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Horizon students serving by giving
Kearney Hub - 24 minutes ago
Members of LuAnn Brown’s quality time class at Horizon Middle School box items Tuesday afternoon for members of the U.S. Army National Guard’s 1195th Transportation Company in Baghdad. Eric Elder, left, and Robbie Potthoff check the boxes for the community service project. For information on getting packages to troops by Christmas, go to usps.com/SupportingOurTroops.
Operation: Military Kids supports children affected by family member deployment
Clarinda Herald-Journal - Wed Nov 25, 10:38 am ET
Children from all over Iowa are affected by the Department of Defense’s announced deployment of 3,500 Iowa National Guard Soldiers for duty in Afghanistan, scheduled for fall 2010. And, this is not the first time many of these children will experience the deployment of their parent, sibling or other family member, says Chris Gleason, project director for Iowa State University Extension 4-H’s ...