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    U.S. says Pakistan curbing explosive fertilizers

    Pakistan has taken a number of steps to prevent fertilizers made within its borders for agriculture from being used as explosives in roadside bombs that target American troops in Afghanistan, said a top U.S. military officer Monday.

    • May. 20, 2013
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    In this July 2012 file photo, Ruth Moore of Milbridge, Maine, who was raped twice while serving in the Navy, testifies before the Veterans Affairs subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs on Capitol Hill in Washington. More than 85,000 veterans were treated last year for mental health and substance abuse problems connected to military sexual trauma and another 4,000 sought disability compensation. Jacquelyn Martin / AP

    Military sex abuse victims seek help

    More than 85,000 veterans were treated last year for injuries or illness stemming from sexual abuse in the military, and 4,000 sought disability benefits, underscoring the staggering long-term impact of a crisis that has roiled the Pentagon and been conde

    • May. 20, 2013
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    Obama to give counterterrorism speech Thursday

    President Obama will deliver a counterterrorism speech Thursday that may also be a defense of two much criticized programs: Drone strikes and the terrorism prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

    • May. 20, 2013
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    Disabled veteran robbed in Philly home invasion

    Philadelphia police are seeking six suspects who beat and robbed a disabled war veteran during a home invasion.

    • May. 20, 2013
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    VA still giving addictive drugs for PTSD

    Veterans treated at Veterans Affairs Department medical facilities for post-traumatic stress disorder often receive highly addictive sedatives even though the department's own guidelines issued in 2010 recommend against their use for the condition.

    • May. 20, 2013
  1. Col. Kris Stillings talks to prospective officers' family members at Officer Candidates School in December. A reader says Stillings removal as head of OCS was unjustified. Lance Cpl. Antwaun L. Jefferson/Marine Corps

    Letters to the editor: Errors, enlisted and enemies

    It is my opinion that Gen. Jim Amos is one of the best Marine Corps commandants in recent memory. But I think his removal of the head of Officer Candidates School ['A matter of accountability,' May 6] makes it clear he needs a break.

    • May. 20, 2013
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    Commandant Gen. Jim Amos speaks to Marine officers and staff NCOs during the Heritage Brief at the Pentagon in 2012. Cpl. Cody A. Fodale/Marine Corps

    Marine Corps commandant, legal staff targeted in IG complaint

    The top Marine general and four of his legal advisers are implicated in a complaint to the Defense Department Inspector General charging they inappropriately inserted themselves into the prosecution of cases stemming from the infamous video showing scout

    • May. 19, 2013
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    A sign cautions visitors outside a 'pump and treat' facility on the Marine base at Camp Lejeune, N.C., on Feb. 27. The sprawling installation is the site of one of the worst drinking water contaminations in U.S. history. Allen Breed/AP

    Victims: Marines failed to safeguard water supply

    A simple test could have alerted officials that the drinking water at Camp Lejeune was contaminated, long before authorities determined that as many as a million Marines and their families were exposed to a witch's brew of cancer-causing chemicals.

    • May. 19, 2013
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    Coast Guard officer wins Marine Corps Historic Half Marathon

    Coast Guard Lt. Patrick Fernandez ran away from a field of more than 10,000 runners to win the sixth annual Marine Corps Historic Half Marathon on a grey and drizzly morning in Fredricksburg, Va.

    • May. 19, 2013
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    Marines and sailors use 'stop' cards to show presenters when they think a scenario has gone too far during a Sex Signals presentation April 10 at Camp Hansen. Sex Signals is different from typical sexual assault prevention programs because it incorporates improvisation, education and audience participation to provide insight on dating, sex and consent. Lance Cpl. Brianna Turner/U.S. Marines

    NCOs focus of new anti sex-assault push

    Junior Marines and noncommissioned officers will receive enhanced training in the wake of a May 8 report from the Pentagon indicating sexual assaults are up, but that's only one piece of the Marine Corps' new prevention efforts.

    • May. 19, 2013
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    Report: Iran hangs 2 men convicted of spying

    Iran's state radio says authorities have executed two men convicted of spying for Israel's Mossad and the American CIA spy agency.

    • May. 19, 2013
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    Mary Blakely clears dirt and grass from a 60-year-old temporary tin marker in the 'Babyland' section of Onslow Memorial Park in Jacksonville, N.C., on Feb. 27. The Marine's daughter scoured this and other graveyards for the names of children who may have died because of contaminated water at nearby Camp Lejeune. Allen Breed/AP

    Marine daughter seeks dignity for 'Devil Dog pups'

    As she flipped through the cemetery register, Mary Blakely's eyes filled with tears. On line after line, the entry read simply 'Baby Boy' or 'Baby Girl,' followed by a surname and a burial date.

    • May. 19, 2013
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    North Korea fires projectile into eastern waters

    North Korea fired a projectile into waters off its eastern coast Sunday, a day after launching three short-range missiles in the same area, officials said.

    • May. 19, 2013
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    Rachel Crawford, wife of a major at Camp Lejeune, N.C., founded her own company, Teamotions, which offers a 'Semper Fi' line of teas. Colin Kelly/Staff

    Semper Chai: Marine spouse promotes healing power of tea

    A Marine spouse believes she has found a remedy for deployment separation anxiety, post-traumatic stress and even battlefield wounds — and it's all in a cup of hot tea.

    • May. 19, 2013
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    Cars enter the main gate at Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, N.C. The sprawling military installation is the site of one of the worst drinking water contaminations in U.S. history. Gerry Broome/AP

    After nearly 30 years, Camp Lejeune coming clean

    Purple wildflowers sprout in abundance around the bright-yellow pipe, one of several jutting from the sandy soil in this unassuming patch of grass and mud. A dirty hose runs from the pipe to an idling truck and into a large tank labeled,

    • May. 19, 2013
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    This undated image provided by Capt. Bobby Rice shows Ron Poirier fishing for tuna. As a young Marine electronics technician at Camp Lejeune in the mid-1970s, Poirier figured he'd dumped hundreds of gallons of toxic solvents onto the ground. Bobby Rice/AP

    Marine who dumped toxins felt illness was payback

    Ron Poirier couldn't escape the feeling that his cancer was somehow a punishment.

    • May. 19, 2013
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    Suspected U.S. drone in Yemen kills 4 militants

    A suspected U.S. drone strike killed four al-Qaida militants Saturday in a southern Yemeni province once overrun by the group, according to security officials.

    • May. 18, 2013
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    Sergeants major study leadership, ethics

    Marine Corps leaders are pressing forward with the development of a new course for freshly minted sergeants major that stresses leadership and professional ethics as they prepare to oversee an entire battalion or squadron of Marines.

    • May. 18, 2013
  2. Cindy Gardner, wife of Navy retiree John Gardner, traveling Space-A aboard a KC-135. Photos courtesy of Cindy Gardner

    Space-A: The 'A' is for adventure!

    The three oldest Gloden boys have been known to zip their remote control cars through the expansive deck of a C-17 transport as their family flies on military Space Available flights.

    • May. 18, 2013
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    At a news conference with Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, on Friday ordered the military to recertify every person involved in programs designed to prevent and respond to sexual assault. Carolyn Kaster / AP

    Hagel orders review of sex-abuse prevention

    Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Friday ordered the military to recertify all 25,000 people involved in programs designed to prevent and respond to sexual assault, an acknowledgement that assaults have escalated beyond the Pentagon's control.

    • May. 17, 2013
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    Benghazi e-mails show 'no conspiracy,' expert says

    E-mails released by the White House that describe how the CIA's assessment of the Benghazi attack was edited to exclude any mention of terrorism appear to be part of a routine process by Washington bureaucrats, says a former CIA agent who used to take par

    • May. 17, 2013
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    Reservist charged with assault on college hoops player

    A Connecticut Marine accused in an assault that left a Brown University basketball player with severe head injuries acted in self-defense, his attorney said Friday.

    • May. 17, 2013
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    Marine Sgt. Ross Gundlach, of Madison, Wisc., gets a kiss from Casey, a four-year-old yellow lab he had worked with while deployed in Afghanistan, as the two are reunited during a surprise ceremony Friday at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa. Charlie Neibergall / AP

    Marine reunites with dog from Afghanistan

    When Marine Sgt. Ross Gundlach served as a dog handler in Afghanistan, he told the yellow lab who was his constant companion that he'd look her up when he returned home.

    • May. 17, 2013
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    The newly approved security technical implementation guide will open up access for government-issued Apple mobile phones and tablets already in use. It will not allow personal iOS devices to access DoD networks. Army

    Pentagon networks to allow official use of iPhones, iPads

    The Defense Department announced Friday that officials have taken the first step that will allow government-issued iPhones and iPads to access DoD computer networks.

    • May. 17, 2013
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    DoD makes final push for 1 percent raise

    The Defense Department is making a final plea to Congress to cap the 2014 military pay raise at 1 percent.

    • May. 17, 2013

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