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Little Taliban resistance early in operation
Little Taliban resistance early in operation
NAWA, Afghanistan — Marines moved into villages in Taliban strongholds in southern Afghanistan on Friday, meeting little resistance as they tried to win over local chiefs on the second day of the biggest American military operation here since the fall of the Taliban...
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  • ‘Zulu’ Cobras get new targeting system
    The first sensor system that will provide Marine AH-1Z Super Cobra pilots with enhanced abilities to track targets rolled off the assembly line in late June, bringing the twin-engine attack...
    Posted Friday Jul 3, 2009 10:19:07 EDT
  • Few details known about soldier’s capture
    WASHINGTON — An American soldier is believed being held by the Taliban after he walked off his base in eastern Afghanistan without his body armor and weapon, officials said Thursday.
    Posted Friday Jul 3, 2009 9:26:18 EDT
  • NFL coaches visit troops in Iraq on USO trip
    The soldiers expressed their gratitude over and over to the NFL coaches who made the trip to Iraq.
    Posted Friday Jul 3, 2009 12:54:50 EDT
  • Military backing algae-based fuel research
    LOGAN, Utah — Somewhere among the beakers and the bubbling green-tinged tanks in this Utah State University lab, Jeff Muhs is searching for champion pond scum for the U.S. government.
    Posted Friday Jul 3, 2009 12:49:55 EDT
  • Biden’s wife visits troops in Germany
    BAMBERG, Germany — Jill Biden, the Second Lady of the United States, observed U.S. Independence Day by visiting American troops in Germany en route to an education conference in Paris.
    Posted Friday Jul 3, 2009 12:13:05 EDT
  • Officials: 17 die in U.S. strikes in Pakistan
    ISLAMABAD — U.S. missiles struck a training facility operated by Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud and a militant communication center Friday, killing 17 people and wounding 27 others,...
    Posted Friday Jul 3, 2009 11:41:19 EDT
  • Russia to facilitate U.S. arms movements
    MOSCOW — Russia will allow the U.S. to ship weapons across its territory to Afghanistan, a top Kremlin aide said Friday, a gesture aimed at bolstering U.S. military operations and improving...
    Posted Friday Jul 3, 2009 10:43:01 EDT
  • WWII fathers sought – and sometimes found
    OVERLAND, Mo. — John Wastle of Scotland has spent eight years and countless hours researching questions about the father he has never met.
    Posted Friday Jul 3, 2009 10:45:02 EDT
  • N. Korea missile launch toward U.S. feared
    SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea fired a barrage of short-range missiles off its east coast Thursday, a possible prelude to the launch of a long-range missile toward Hawaii over the July Fourth...
    Posted Thursday Jul 2, 2009 17:22:54 EDT
  • Lejeune Marine charged with murder
    JACKSONVILLE, N.C. — A North Carolina-based Marine was charged with murder Thursday after allegedly shooting his roommate a day earlier.
    Posted Thursday Jul 2, 2009 16:08:32 EDT
  • Rights groups: Pendleton killing was hate crime
    Gay activists are demanding answers from the Navy after an openly gay sailor was found dead early Tuesday in a guard shack at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., a victim of what gay rights...
    Posted Thursday Jul 2, 2009 16:53:39 EDT
  • Vice President Biden arrives in Iraq
    BAGHDAD — U.S. Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Iraq on Thursday to visit U.S. soldiers, just two days after American combat troops withdrew from Baghdad and all of Iraq’s cities and...
    Posted Thursday Jul 2, 2009 18:27:40 EDT
  • DA: Marines at Fort Sill had sex with girl, 12
    A Marine in training at Fort Sill, Okla., has been charged with first-degree rape in connection with a relationship with a 12-year-old girl that is expected to lead to charges against at least two...
    Posted Friday Jul 3, 2009 11:09:35 EDT
  • VA quiet on colonoscopies compensation
    CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — An attorney for veterans potentially exposed to HIV and other infections by colonoscopies at three Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals said his clients are waiting to...
    Posted Thursday Jul 2, 2009 15:54:54 EDT
  • Pendleton Marine cleared of disobeying orders
    CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — A court-martialed Marine who gave a newspaper interview about his role in the theft of government files has been acquitted of disobeying orders.
    Posted Wednesday Jul 1, 2009 19:20:08 EDT
  • Most diverse group of plebes arrives at USNA
    ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Wave goodbye. Get in line. “Hurry up and wait” for your uniform, your medical exam and a crash course in saluting.
    Posted Friday Jul 3, 2009 9:34:10 EDT
  • Iraq far behind in mine clearance
    BAGHDAD — The Iraqi government’s failure to grasp the scope of its land mine and bomb problem has derailed efforts to clear what is considered one of the world’s most contaminated...
    Posted Wednesday Jul 1, 2009 12:39:00 EDT
  • DoD cooperation on hold after Honduran coup
    WASHINGTON — The Pentagon says it has put cooperation with the Honduran military on hold.
    Posted Wednesday Jul 1, 2009 19:48:08 EDT
  • Obama sees difficulty in Iraq after pull-out
    BAGHDAD — As Iraq celebrated Tuesday’s deadline for U.S. troops to depart from the nation’s cities, a car bomb killed at least 33 people in the city of Kirkuk, spotlighting the...
    Posted Wednesday Jul 1, 2009 18:47:29 EDT
  • MCU foundation rocked by Ponzi scheme
    A prominent Marine charitable foundation had “more than a couple of million dollars” invested with a financial group accused of scamming billions of dollars from more than 28,000 clients...
    Posted Thursday Jul 2, 2009 15:55:48 EDT
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