GAO orders review of $3 billion Army contract
AP - Mon Dec 14, 7:33 pm ETThe U.S. Army must re-evaluate a $3 billion contract awarded to the Oshkosh Corp. for 23,000 military trucks and trailers, congressional investigators said Monday.
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The U.S. Army must re-evaluate a $3 billion contract awarded to the Oshkosh Corp. for 23,000 military trucks and trailers, congressional investigators said Monday.
(Beacon-News Photo/A. Evans) The body of Sgt. Kenneth Nichols Jr. was transported from Chrisman to Danville by processional Friday morning. Nichols, 28, was killed Dec. 1 while serving in the U.S. Army in Afghanistan and leaves behind a wife and four children. A Georgetown resident and graduate, he was a member of the Chrisman American Legion Post 477. American Legion, VFW and 40 & 8 members ...
The Permian Basin Welcome Home Committee is rounding up people to greet Jose H. Gonzales of the U.S. Army when he returns home. Gonzales is scheduled to return at 3:45 p.m. Friday at the Midland International Airport.
By ARNAUD DE BORCHGRAVE UPI Editor at Large WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- A three-way deal between the Afghan government, warlords and Taliban chief Mullah Omar is one way of keeping al-Qaida out of Afghanistan. After Iraq, we cannot afford another trillion-dollar war. Fewer than half the American public and only 41 percent of the prestigious Council on Foreign Relations believe the Taliban’s ...
The Rankin-Hinds Pearl River Flood and Drainage Control District voted this morning to move head with a levees-only flood-control plan endorsed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The Rev. Leo Edgerson was honored at the Mandeville City Council meeting Thursday night after retiring from the city’s Civil Service Board.
Mandeville Mayor Edward “Bubby” Lyons has whittled down the list of 42 applicants for the position of chief of police to a reasonable list of 23 qualified candidates.
NURISTAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan - U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Gilbert Lenz II, with the Nuristan Provincial Reconstruction Team security force, from Reno, talks with local students and their teacher in Lowkar village in eastern Afghanistan's Nuristan province, Dec. 10. The Nuristan PRT makes weekly visits to local villages to assess the education and sanitation of the village so they can help the locals ...
Collin County's District Attorney will have a new face at the helm beginning January 2011. Two term District Attorney John Roach has announced that he will not be seeking re-election. Following that announcement, several candidates have announced their intentions to run for the position.
TEWKSBURY - Tewksbury Public Schools conducted “Career Day” on November 24, 2009 at Tewksbury Memorial High School. Over 240 juniors were presented career overviews from representatives of 17 various careers.
The U.S. Army must re-evaluate a $3 billion contract awarded to the Oshkosh Corp. for 23,000 military trucks and trailers, congressional investigators said Monday.
On the face of it, the Aug. 8, 2007 assignment to restore the flow of water to a village near Baqubah, Iraq, seemed simple enough. Find the damage to a system sabotaged by insurgents and repair it.
CROWN POINT | Kevin Scanlon recalls arriving at Travis Air ForceBase in California aboard a medical transport in 1970 after beinginjured fighting in Vietnam with the U.S. Army 's 199th LightInfantry Brigade.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking comments on an application for a permit to breach the New River Spit at three sites between Bandon and Langlois.
Federal officials said Monday they would use $13 million in Great Lakes restoration funds to step up the fight against invasive Asian carp.
Ozark -- The Ozark Board of Aldermen unanimously passed a resolution Monday to allow City Attorney David Collignon to carry a city-issued concealed weapon in meetings.