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As it mobilizes for an Afghanistan troop buildup, the US Army will have to delay plans to allow war-weary soldiers more time at home between combat tours, the chief military officer said.
Some women with very advanced breast cancer may have a new treatment option.
ANNAPOLIS, MD--(Marketwire - 12/11/09) - TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) (NASDAQ: TSYS - News ), a leading provider of mission-critical wireless communications, today announced that it has received a three-year, $5.9 Million contract incrementally funded at $2 million from the Defense Information Technology Contracting Office (DITCO) to provide the U.S. Army Central Command (CENTCOM) with ...
Dwight L. Lord, 94, of Callaway, formerly of McCool Junction, died Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009, at Callaway District Hospital.
Sergeant Lucas Carr's U.S. Army Ranger company may have been on the other side of the world and in the fight of their lives, but he and his fellow soldiers carried a...
Dale Holland couldn't wait to enlist in the United States Air Force. The year was 1942 and his dream of becoming a pilot was well within reach. “I was always interested in aviation,” said Holland, 88, of Dearborn. “I built model airplanes; flying was a very popular occupation then.” His dream came true, and before he knew it, he was behind the controls of a B-24, awaiting take-off on a mission ...
The news of possible recruiting violations by the Tennessee football program wasn't surprising to Duncan, S.C., native and Vols commitment Brandon Willis. The NCAA has already been to Byrnes High School to talk to Willis and his teammates, Corey Miller and Marcus Lattimore.
Rich Coller, 79, and his wife, Tina Coller, 75, of Baker City and Caldwell, Idaho, died in an automobile accident Dec. 6, 2009, near North Powder.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- A 5-ton cannon recovered from a sunken Civil War-era gunboat was displayed at Texas A&M University Thursday, school officials said.
The Touchdown Club of Houston will play host to the fifth Sterling Bank High School Sportsmanship Award banquet Jan. 20 at the JW Marriott.
ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, S.D. -- In a scene from the movie "Patton," U.S. Army General George S. Patton, played by George C. Scott, encounters a soldier at a field hospital who is suffering from the emotional stress of the battlefield.
One U.S. Army Corps of Engineers boat that sank this week in the Columbia River has been retrieved, and a second should be out of the water by the end of the day, the Corps said.
(Submitted photo) Pierre Renaud received the Department of Defense Patriotic Award for helping his Cascades Plastics employee, Henry Barnes, who was on active duty with the U.S. Army.
The death of Sgt. Mark Renninger is an enormous loss, said the Most Rev. John O. Barres, Bishop of the Diocese of Allentown.
The Fort Des Moines Players are planning to take their audience on a sentimental journey to Christmases past with their presentation of "It’s a Wonderful Life" given as an old-time radio show.
At the Command and General Staff College's Intermediate Level Education graduation ceremony Dec. 11, several members of the class of 2009-02 will be singled out for honors and awards.
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