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Sources: USNA subbed mids to look more diverse
Naval Academy leaders removed two midshipmen from a color guard that performed at the World Series last week because they were white men, and replaced them with a non-white man and a white woman so the academy could present a more “diverse” profile, according to...

Suspect in Hood shootings remains in coma
FORT HOOD, Texas — As if going off to war, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan cleaned out his apartment and called another to thank him for his friendship — common courtesies and routines of the...
Posted Friday Nov 6, 2009 21:58:37 EST
Tell us what you think: Buying your own gear
Ships stationed in Hampton Roads, Va., have become so starved for cash that sailors have taken to buying supplies and equipment with their own money — or they’re just not getting the gear...
Posted Friday Nov 6, 2009 13:48:18 EST
Authorities: Lejeune pvt. killed colleague
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. — A Marine private accused of killing another Marine at Camp Lejeune, N.C., was taken into custody Friday, base officials said.
Posted Friday Nov 6, 2009 15:45:30 EST
CG captain accused of adultery, indecent acts
The former commander of Coast Guard Sector Anchorage, Alaska, was charged Tuesday with multiple offenses, including indecent acts, sodomy, fraud and conduct unbecoming an officer.
Posted Thursday Nov 5, 2009 16:54:42 EST
Soldiers say carnage could have been worse
FORT HOOD, Texas — Pfc. Marquest Smith, on his way to Afghanistan in January, was completing routine paperwork about a bee-sting allergy when the sounds erupted.
Posted Friday Nov 6, 2009 19:52:11 EST
Obama makes the rounds at Walter Reed
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama spent nearly two hours visiting wounded U.S. service members Friday afternoon.
Posted Friday Nov 6, 2009 18:43:47 EST
War of words heats up over vets bill blockage
The chairman of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee remains hopeful that a roadblock holding up consideration of an omnibus veterans’ health care bill can be cleared early next week.
Posted Friday Nov 6, 2009 14:26:56 EST
Military’s stance on burn pits assailed
The Air Force bioenvironmental officer who was among the first to warn about the potential effects of open-air burn pits on U.S. troops deployed in the war zones said Friday that he does not believe...
Posted Friday Nov 6, 2009 15:23:14 EST
Obama: Do not jump to conclusions about Hood
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says the "whole nation is grieving right now" over the mass killings at Fort Hood. He urged people not to jump to conclusions while law enforcement officials...
Posted Friday Nov 6, 2009 12:32:06 EST
Memorial to be held for crash victims
SAN DIEGO — A memorial service will be held Friday for the seven Coast Guardsmen and two Marines killed when an airplane collided with a Marine helicopter off the coast of San Diego.
Posted Friday Nov 6, 2009 13:49:20 EST
82nd Airborne soldiers missing in Afghanistan
KABUL — Two American soldiers disappeared in western Afghanistan after a routine resupply mission, and more than 25 NATO and Afghan security forces members were wounded during the search...
Posted Friday Nov 6, 2009 14:05:02 EST
Details on Fort Hood suspect emerge
WASHINGTON — His name appears on radical Internet postings. A fellow officer says he fought his deployment to Afghanistan and argued with soldiers who supported U.S. wars. He required...
Posted Friday Nov 6, 2009 19:13:29 EST
Muslim group condemns Hood shootings
WASHINGTON — The Council on American-Islamic Relations is condemning the shootings at Fort Hood, although it’s not known whether the shooter was Muslim.
Posted Thursday Nov 5, 2009 19:42:49 EST
Online support follows Hood shootings
A flood of support is hitting the Army’s social media sites in the wake of the shootings at Fort Hood, Texas.
Posted Friday Nov 6, 2009 19:17:02 EST
USAA now open to honorably discharged vets
USAA has expanded its customer base to include all honorably discharged veterans and their families, making about 35 million more people eligible for membership.
Posted Thursday Nov 5, 2009 14:07:47 EST
Report: Vets need drug treatment, not jail
Treatment, not incarceration, should be the first option for veterans who commit nonviolent drug-related offenses, a group advocating alternatives to the nation’s “war on drugs”...
Posted Thursday Nov 5, 2009 14:25:31 EST
American Legion ups pressure on Coburn
The American Legion is organizing a grassroots campaign in Oklahoma to try to persuade Republican Sen. Tom Coburn to lift his hold on S 1963, an omnibus veterans bill, so it can be approved and...
Posted Thursday Nov 5, 2009 13:39:38 EST
VA homeless initiative has support of Legion
The nation’s largest veterans group vows to help the Veterans Affairs Department achieve an ambitious goal of eliminating homelessness among veterans within five years.
Posted Thursday Nov 5, 2009 11:10:25 EST
Lowe’s, Home Depot offer vets discounts
Home improvement retailers Lowe’s and Home Depot are offering a 10 percent discount to active-duty, National Guard and reserve members, retirees, veterans and their immediate family members in...
Posted Thursday Nov 5, 2009 11:07:29 EST
Antiwar demonstrators cut fence at sub base
BANGOR, Wash. — Five anti-war demonstrators were arrested after cutting through a security fence at the nuclear missile storage facility for Trident submarines at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor.
Posted Wednesday Nov 4, 2009 17:39:39 EST

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MONTAUK, N.Y. — A Coast Guard chief petty officer has been relieved of command after dramatic photos surfaced on the Internet of two rescue boats training in heavy surf generated by Hurricane Bill off the eastern end of Long Island.A Coast Guard...

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