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Aberdeen Proving Ground deaths: Navy says 2 face charges
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A spokeswoman said Wednesday the unidentified defendants are "senior leaders" in Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit Two. Navy Diver 1st Class James Reyher of Caldwell, Ohio, and Navy Diver 2nd Class Ryan Harris of Gladstone, Mo., belonged to that unit.
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NATO: 4 service members killed in plane crash
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NATO says a plane crash in southern Afghanistan has killed four international service members.
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One-fifth of female military members have reported sexual assault, report says
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About one-fifth of female members of the United States military have reported unwanted sexual contact according to a new Pentagon survey, Military Times reports, with 30 percent of female Marines reporting abuse.
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Army restored tuition assistance program
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The United States Army has reinstated its tuition assistance program through the end of Fiscal Year 2013, Military Times reports.
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USS Arlington joins fleet in memory of 9/11
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A Navy ship named in honor of the victims and first responders of the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon has joined the fleet.
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Defense of Marriage Act: Military members keeping close eye on SCOTUS ruling
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Gay members of the military are keeping an especially close on on Supreme Court arguments on the Defense of Marriage act, Military Times reports.
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National Guard accidentally sends out furlough notices
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The National Guard mistakenly sent out furlough notices to Guard members in 21 states, despite the Pentagon's decision on Thursday to delay the notification of unpaid time off for two more weeks.
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U.S. troops hand over last detention facility to Afghans
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The U.S. military gave control of its last detention facility in Afghanistan to Kabul on Monday, a year after the two sides initially agreed on the transfer.
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Michelle Obama brings Easter gifts to military families
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The first lady stopped by the Fisher House at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., on Wednesday as families decorated Easter cards.
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Bombings in Iraq kill 65 a decade after invasion
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The symbolism of Tuesday's attacks was strong, coming 10 years to the day, Washington time, that President George W. Bush announced the start of hostilities against Iraq. It was already early March 20, 2003, in Iraq when the airstrikes began.
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Pentagon spending $1 billion on unemployment program for veterans
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Even as it faces budget cuts and forced employee furloughs, the Pentagon is spending nearly a $1 billion a year on a program that sends unemployment checks to former troops who left the military voluntarily.
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Sequestration 2013: Military services may suffer once cuts kick in
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Services provided to the military outside of their annual salary may be among the major things to be cut once sequestration measures kick in, Federal News Radio reports.
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Military sexual assault victims detail humiliation
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Victims of sexual assault and violence in the military urged Congress to make changes in the law that would stem the rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment that they said are pervasive in the service branches.
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Iraq reconstruction: U.S. spent too much money, too few results, inspector says
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Ten years and $60 billion in American taxpayer funds later, Iraq is still so unstable and broken that even its leaders question whether U.S. efforts to rebuild the war-torn nation were worth the cost.
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Gen. John Allen retiring from United States military
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President Obama says he has accepted Gen. John Allen 's request to retire from military.
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Afghanistan troop withdrawawl will bring 34,000 troops home
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President Barack Obama will announce during the State of the Union that 34,000 U.S. troops will be home from Afghanistan within a year.
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VA adds 1,000 mental health professionals to staff
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The VA needs to add about 550 more doctors, nurses and counselors by June 30 to comply with the executive order.
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U.S. in Afghanistan: U.S. pulling military equipment out of Afghanistan
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The U.S. has started using the land route through Pakistan to pull American military equipment out of Afghanistan as it draws down its troops in the country, U.S. and Pakistani officials said Monday.
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