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Pentagon Quits Cremating Troops Alongside Pets

Military remains had been sent to facility handling animals

May 10, 08 10:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Pentagon will stop sending fallen troops to a crematorium that also handles pets, McClatchy reports. A Delaware Air Force base had been sending the bodies of troops killed in battle to a crematorium that had two separate facilities, one for humans, another for pets. The move was prompted by... More »

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Dems Assail McCain on War

Obama would defy Petraeus to withdraw; DNC ads knock Mac's '100 years' in Iraq

Apr 27, 08 4:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama and John McCain clashed over Iraq today, as the DNC readies an ad campaign criticizing McCain's now-infamous remark about keeping troops in Iraq for 100 years. In a Fox News interview, Obama pledged to withdraw troops from Iraq even if Gen. David Petraeus advised against it. But the... More »

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Iraq • Barack Obama • John McCain • Iraq pullout • Howard Dean • US troops • troop withdrawal • Obama 2008 • campaign advertising • advertising campaign • McCain 2008 • campaign commercials • Iraq exit strategy • DNC • Iraq war spending

Military Families Fight for Right
to Sue

High court ruling
forbids suits against military hospitals

Apr 20, 08 5:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Many grieving families are outraged that they cannot sue over medical malpractice in military hospitals, the Los Angeles Times reports. Some have seen sons and husbands—all active duty service members—die in hospitals where resources are stretched thin. But a 1950 Supreme Court ruling created the Feres doctrine, which... More »

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medical malpractice • US military • US troops • military hospitals • negligence • US Supreme Court • malpractice • Feres vs. United States

Petraeus Sees No New Troop Buildup in Iraq

General wraps up
two days of testimony before Congress

Apr 9, 08 8:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Gen. David H. Petraeus told the House Armed Forces Committee today that he does not foresee another buildup of US armed forces in Iraq, calling the possibility of a new surge "a pretty remote thought in my mind." If violences escalates again, the Army will make do with... More »

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Iraq • troop surge • David Petraeus • US troops • troop withdrawal • House Armed Services Committee • troop levels • Iraq war • Iraq war spending • war cost • troop drawdown

Baghdad Rockets Kill 3 US Soldiers, Wound 31

Another killed in roadside bombing; death count now 4,022

Apr 6, 08 5:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Battles erupted in Baghdad today as rocket attacks killed three US soldiers and wounded 31, CNN reports. The first strike killed one and wounded 14 at a military outpost; “a couple of rounds of fire” killed two more and wounded 17 in the Green Zone soon after, a military... More »

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Nouri al-Maliki • US military • US troops • death toll • Shiite militia • casualties • Muqtada al-Sadr

Female Troops' Divorce Rate More than Double Men's

Rate was much higher even in peacetime

Apr 6, 08 12:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Female troops divorce at nearly twice the rate of their male comrades, Divorce360 reports, and the military is stumped as to why. Data from 2006 show male soldiers divorce at a rate of 2.7%—lower than the general population's 3.6%—but that leaps to 7% among women. The... More »

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divorce • marriage • US military • US troops • US Army • US Navy • US Air Force • divorce rate • female troops

Bush Pledges More Troops for Afghanistan

Gates confident new administration will honor promise to NATO

Apr 4, 08 1:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US will boost the number of its troops committed to NATO's effort in Afghanistan in 2009, President Bush told fellow alliance members at this week's summit, Reuters reports. Defense Secretary Robert Gates related the pledge to reporters as he left the Bucharest summit. He didn’t specify a figure,... More »

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Afghanistan • Russia • War on Terror • NATO • US military • US troops • supply chain • George W. Bush • NATO summit

States Weigh Lowering Drinking Age

Battlefield-bar disparity irks during wartime, argue supporters

Mar 21, 08 3:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Several states are considering lowering the drinking age, spurred in part by concerns that teenage service members can fight overseas but can’t drink at home, USA Today reports. Kentucky, Wisconsin, and South Carolina are weighing a military-only change to alcohol laws, while other states may lower the legal age... More »

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Wisconsin • alcohol • South Carolina • Kentucky • Vermont • beer • US troops • South Dakota • Minnesota • Missouri • state governments • teenager • drinking age

 Numbers Tell the Tale in Iraq 

As US deaths approach 4,000, here's a look behind the statistics

Mar 21, 08 2:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - As US troop losses in Iraq near 4,000, USA Today profiles the dead: 98% were male, and the most common age among those killed was 21—but one in six was younger. The bloodiest day was Jan. 26, 2005, when a helicopter crash killed 31 and six died in... More »

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Pentagon Delayed Brain Scans for Returning Troops

Brass feared troops would blame health woes on TBI

Mar 18, 08 6:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Seeking to duck controversy, the Pentagon did not screen returning US troops for brain injuries for more than 2 years. Top brass feared that soldiers would blame minor health woes on brain trauma—which could spark another Gulf War Syndrome, Air Force Col. Kenneth Cox told USA Today. But one... More »

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Pentagon • health • health screenings • Robert Gates • US military • US troops • Gulf War • traumatic brain injury • Gulf War Syndrome • Kenneth Cox • brain scans

Repeat Combat Tours Zap Troops' Mental Health

Survey finds steep rise in mental problems among soldiers on third, fourth tours

Mar 7, 08 3:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Cutting the time soldiers have between tours of duty helped the Pentagon boost troop numbers in Iraq—but has taken a heavy toll on soldiers' mental health, Reuters reports. An Army survey found a steep rise in mental health problems among soldiers returning for their third or fourth combat tour,... More »

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Iraq Tours to Cut by 3 Months This Summer

Top Army general
plans to return to
yearlong stints





Feb 20, 08 10:34 AM CST
(Newser) - American soldiers deployed to Iraq this summer will likely serve shorter tours, the AP reports. Soldiers at war today are serving 15 months and coming home for a year before going back to Iraq for another tour. War tours are expected to be shortened to 12 months for units leaving... More »

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Iraq • troop surge • deployment • US troops • troop withdrawal • US Army • Gen. George Casey • Marine • Iraq war

US Troops Kill
9 Iraqi Civilians

Houses bombed during hunt for al-Qaeda suspects: Iraqi police

Feb 4, 08 5:40 AM CST
(Newser) - American military forces accidentally killed nine Iraqi civilians and injured three during raids south of Baghdad Saturday, US officials revealed today. The incident occurred near Iskandariyah, when a helicopter air strike was ordered on a checkpoint after a convoy of US troops in pursuit of Al Qaeda in Iraq came... More »

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Bush May Stall Iraq Troop Cuts

Levels could be at least as high as last year when president leaves office

Jan 30, 08 4:49 AM CST
(Newser) - President Bush is signaling that troop reductions in Iraq may slow or stop after this summer, reports the New York Times. Insiders say Bush is preparing Americans for the possibility that troop levels may be at least as large as they were a year ago when he leaves office.... More »

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US May Send 3,000
Marines to Afghanistan

Pentagon considers more troops to ward off Taliban offensive

Jan 9, 08 9:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Afghanistan may receive its own troop surge this April, the AP reports. To fend off a resurgent Taliban, the Pentagon will consider deploying another 3,000 Marines for 7 months. Military commanders say they actually need another 7,500 troops to fend off the expected offensive, and defense chief Robert... More »

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Afghanistan • Pentagon • Robert Gates • US troops • surge • Department of Defense • Marine

Iraqi Soldier
Kills Two
US Troops

He turned on them during joint patrol;
3 others wounded

Jan 5, 08 8:22 AM CST
(Newser) - An Iraqi insurgent who joined the country’s military force shot and killed two American troops, the BBC reports. Three other US soldiers were injured in the Dec. 26 shooting, which happened during a joint patrol in northern Iraq. After the patrol was besieged by gunmen, the Iraqi soldier “... More »

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Iraq • insurgents • London • Baghdad • Nouri al-Maliki • Baquba • roadside bomb • US troops • Iraq Army • al-Qaeda

US Troops Rebuild With Old Enemies
in Iraq

'Hard pill to swallow,' Marine says

Dec 30, 07 5:23 PM CST
(Newser) - Capt. Sean Miller keeps up an easy calm as he helps manage rebuilding efforts in Anbar province these days. But when an Iraqi contractor claimed he was promised money to bury Saddam's solders, the 32-year-old Marine captain lost it. "Those guys were trying to kill me,” Miller said.... More »

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US troops • soldier • Anbar • rebuild • Iraq reconstruction • Marine

Al-Qaeda In
Iraq Down 75%, Baghdad Says

But Petraeus calls
the group country's
'biggest threat'

Dec 29, 07 5:23 PM CST
(Newser) - Al-Qaeda in Iraq is down 75%, one Baghdad official said today—but US Gen. David Petraeus maintained that al-Qaeda is still “the most significant challenge" facing the country. Maj. Gen. Abdul Kareem Khalaf attributed the alleged al-Qaeda cut to beefed Iraq security, armed Sunni fighters, and the recent US... More »

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Iraq • insurgents • David Petraeus • US troops • Sunnis • Iraqi soldiers • Iraq Civil War • al-Qaeda

Iraq: We Need Troops
for 10 More Years

But nation won't accept permanent bases

Dec 17, 07 5:52 AM CST
(Newser) - Despite improved security, Iraq will need US troops for 10 more years, but won’t accept permanent bases, an Iraqi official said yesterday. "For 10 years our army will not be able to defend Iraq," said government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh. Iraq has asked the United Nations Security Council... More »

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Heirloom Harmonicas Head Overseas

Late entertainer's sons plan to share dad's legacy with troops

Nov 27, 07 3:15 PM CST
(Newser) - The twin sons of the late entertainer Herb Shriner, after finding 400 antique harmonicas among their dad's effects, have a morale-boosting plan: They want to send them to US troops overseas, reports the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. "It beats sending them tubas," said son Wil, the actor/director. "They're... More »

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music • US troops • Herb Shriner • harmonica • Wil Shriner • Kin Shriner

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