Fort Hood victim buried in Arlington National Cemetery
Washington Post - Wed Nov 25, 3:21 pm ETAn Army psychologist from Woodbridge who was killed in the Fort Hood shootings was buried at Arlington National Cemetery Wednesday.
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Kan. National Guard to close 18 armories
The Hays Daily News - Wed Nov 25, 10:56 am ETTOPEKA (AP) — 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 state’s 56 National Guard armories.
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American Legion raising funds for recovering heroes
Clarinda Herald-Journal - Wed Nov 25, 10:40 am ETThe 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.
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U.S. Army deal for Gen. Dynamics Canada
UPI - Wed Nov 25, 9:33 am ETLONDON, 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.
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American Legion unveils renovations
Eastern Arizona Courier - Wed Nov 25, 10:37 am ETThis Veterans Day, the members of American Legion Swift Murphy Post #32 celebrated the renovations to the building that houses the post.
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Families of Military Suicides Seek White House Condolences
International Herald Tribune - 30 minutes agoUnder a policy that has existed at least since the Clinton administration, presidents have not sent letters to survivors of those who took their own lives.
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The Inter-Mountain donating to American Legion food basket project
The Inter-Mountain - Wed Nov 25, 9:52 am ETOnce 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.
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US Navy plans to donate retired aircraft carrier
WFMJ Youngstown - Wed Nov 25, 9:36 am ETPHILADELPHIA (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.
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Pratt & Whitney Delivers 400th F119 Engine To U.S. Air Force
The Aero-News Network - Wed Nov 25, 5:06 am ETEngine 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.
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Fighting Afghan Taliban with Islamic credit unions
Reuters via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 12 minutes agoAfter the Taliban made nine threatening phone calls and fired a Kalashnikov outside his house, Shah Mohammad Mir left his hometown for months before returning with a new car and a new telephone number.
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Congress Spends Billions in Earmarks
CBS News - 1 hour 21 minutes agoDepartment of Defense Budget Has $5 Billion in Pet Projects
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TiER1 awarded phase II from Air Force
UPI - 1 hour 35 minutes agoCOVINGTON, Ky., Nov. 25 (UPI) -- The U.S. Air Force has awarded TiER1 Performance Solutions a phase II contract to continue development of insider threat recognition training methods.
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GD contracted for 724 LAVs delivery
UPI - 1 hour 35 minutes agoLONDON, Ontario, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- General Dynamics has received an order to deliver its Light Armored Vehicles from the U.S. Army to support a foreign military sale.
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NG delivers MQ-8B Fire Scout UAVs
UPI - 1 hour 35 minutes agoSAN DIEGO, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy has received an initial delivery of Northrop Grumman's MQ-8B Fire Scout tactical unmanned aerial vehicle technologies.
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NG completes a design phase for carrier
UPI - 1 hour 36 minutes agoNEWPORT NEWS, Va., Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Northrop Grumman announced a milestone in the development of the U.S. Navy's Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier following the completion of a design phase.
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Will talk of Afghan 'off-ramps' prompt Taliban to hang tough?
McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 37 minutes agoWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will unveil his long-awaited Afghanistan strategy in a prime-time address from West Point, N.Y., on Dec. 1, the White House said Wednesday, but the administration's advance remarks have sparked concern that talk of an eventual U.S. withdrawal will encourage Islamist insurgents to persevere.
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US Air Force Buying Another 2,200 PS3s
Slashdot - Wed Nov 25, 4:17 am ETbleedingpegasus 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 ...
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Will heads roll in Pentagon probe of Fort Hood shootings?
The Christian Science Monitor - 2 hours 17 minutes agoThe Pentagon review will recommend disciplinary action if it finds individuals failed to do their job in the run up to Fort Hood shootings, officials say. The alleged shooter is an Army psychiatrist who reportedly exhibited some troubling behavior.
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Long Hill American Legion commander urges all to do whatâs right by veterans
Echoes-Sentinel - Wed Nov 25, 7:10 am ETLONG 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.
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U.S. sending swimmers, poets among 2010 Rhodes Scholars
USA Today - Tue Nov 24, 1:14 pm ETThirty 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.
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Obama to unveil his Afghan plan Tuesday
AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 25, 4:38 pm ETUS President Barack Obama will announce his new Afghan strategy in an address to the nation Tuesday from the prestigious West Point military academy, the White House said.
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