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NEWS ABOUT: military training

military training stories: 5 news summaries

 Air Force Pulls Video After 
 Marines Complain 

Recruiting vid says airman 'in better shape'

Oct 16, 09 12:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Air Force hastily pulled down its latest recruiting video yesterday in response to a complaint from a high-ranking Marine Corps official. In the video, an Air Force instructor boasts that his charges leave basic training “in better shape than most Marines.” Marines spotted it on the Air... More »

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military • Air Force • US military • recruiting • military training • military recruits • Marines • Marine Corps sergeant major

GLOSSIES

 Hitchens Agrees: 
 Waterboarding Is Torture 

Controversial writer puts his money where his mouth is, takes plunge for Vanity Fair

Jul 3, 08 3:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - "You may have read by now the official lie about this treatment, which is that it simulates the feeling of drowning," Christopher Hitchens writes of waterboarding in Vanity Fair. "You feel that you are drowning because you are drowning," concludes the author, who experienced the controversial... More »

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Iraq • torture • Christopher Hitchens • waterboarding • interrogation techniques • military training

Who Are You Calling 'Devil Dog'?

Marines now balk at WWI nickname once
used with pride

Apr 28, 08 8:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Once used with pride, the Marines moniker "Devil Dog" now has a nasty bite to it, the Marine Corps Times reports. Young Marines recoil at the term that troops earned by fighting off Germans in a bloody World War I battle. They say it reminds them of angry COs:... More »

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military • officer • Marine • military training • terminology

Behold
the Mighty
Medicine Ball

Weighty exercise aid goes back a lot longer than you'd think

Apr 14, 08 12:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - The thunk of a medicine ball may evoke images of football players doing strength and resistance training, but its history reaches far beyond the advent of modern fitness regimens. ESPN the Magazine chronicles the medicine ball through the ages, from gladiators' workouts to Renaissance medical texts to the earliest days... More »

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athlete • history • Romans • fitness • Matt Ryan • military training • strength training • medicine ball

Indignant NATO Allies Blast Gates' Critique

It's 'bloody outrageous,' says angry Brit official

Jan 17, 08 5:02 AM CST
(Newser) - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has sparked an uproar among America's allies after he complained to the Los Angeles Times that some NATO forces are unprepared for their jobs in Afghanistan. The Dutch, British and Canadians—who all have troops in the south of the country—immediately slammed the comments,... More »

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Afghanistan • NATO • Robert Gates • Canada • Netherlands • Britain • military training • counter insurgency

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