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20K Marines to be cut, Pentagon announces
20K Marines to be cut, Pentagon announces The Marine Corps will slash 20,000 Marines as part of Defense Department-wide budget cuts, reducing its end strength to about 182,000, top Pentagon officials announced.

Budget
Big cuts coming; lower pay raises start in 2015
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin E. Dempsey outline the main areas of proposed spending cuts during a Pentagon news conference Jan. 26.
Big cuts coming; lower pay raises start in 2015 Service members can expect standard pay raises for the next two years — most likely 1.7 percent for 2013 — but that will change starting in 2015, according to the Pentagon.

Hadithah trial
Iraq vows legal action in Hadithah case
Iraq vows legal action in Hadithah case Iraq will take legal action to ensure justice for the families of 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians killed in a U.S. raid in Hadithah seven years ago, a government spokesman said Thursday.

At the movies
Neeson channels his inner wolf in 'The Grey'
Neeson channels his inner wolf in 'The Grey' Liam Neeson is peerless at playing flawed yet noble men, and he adds another such role to his résumé in "The Grey," an intense but often moving parable of survival in the Alaskan wilderness.

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MMA roundup
MMA roundup Check out a few military-themed (and almost-military-themed) notes on Saturday’s prime-time UFC card and other MMA events.

SEA STALLION CRASH


Crash victims identified
Crash victims identified The DoD identified the six Marines killed earlier this week in a helicopter crash in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

OSCAR TIME


Who ya got?
Who ya got? The Academy Awards nominations are out, which means it’s time to handicap the annual horse race for the top winners.
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