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soldier stories: 101 news summaries

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 Body of Missing US Soldier 
 Found in Afghan River 

Second American is still missing, believed drowned

Nov 11, 09 11:27 AM CST
(AP) - Military divers have found the body of a US soldier who disappeared last week with a fellow soldier as the two tried to recover airdropped supplies from a river in western Afghanistan. The two Americans, from the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, went missing Nov. 4 in Badghis... More »

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fort hood shooting

Gunman Identified as US Army Major

Malik Nadal Hasan, about 40, was being sent to Iraq

Nov 5, 09 6:23 PM CST
(Newser) - The shooter in today's rampage at the Fort Hood Army base has been identified as Major Malik Nadal Hasan. He is described as an Army psychiatrist, 39, who was to be sent to Iraq on Nov. 28, reports ABC . Hasan was reported killed after opening fire at a soldier processing... More »

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US Army • soldier • shooting • mass shootings • Fort Hood • Fort Hood shooting • Nidal Malik Hasan

Interview



 Gitmo Guard: Why 
 I Embraced Islam 

Terry Holdbrooks sympathized with the detainees, and was soon bounced from the army

Oct 7, 09 2:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Terry Holdbrooks didn’t know anything about Islam when he was assigned to guard the Guantanamo Bay detention center. The lone son of junkie parents, raised by his ex-hippie grandparents, he liked hard drinking, hard rock, and tattoos. But once there he became intensely curious about Islam, wondering how the... More »

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Islam • Guantanamo Bay • soldier • Muslim convert • Terry Holdbrooks

Israel Will Free 20 Palestinian Prisoners for Video of Soldier

Hamas says footage proves Shalit is alive

Sep 30, 09 11:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Israel will release 20 Palestinian women from jail in exchange for a video from Hamas proving that a young soldier captured three years ago is alive. The swap is expected to take place Friday and will lead to further negotiations for the release of Gilad Shalit, now 23, who was... More »

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Israel • Hamas • Gilad Shalit • Israel and Palestinians • soldier • prisoner of war • Arab Israeli conflict

US Soldier Killed in Iraq Blackhawk Crash

Aircraft crashes have become less common in Iraq

Sep 20, 09 8:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - An American solider was killed and 12 others were wounded last night when a Blackhawk helicopter crashed at a US base in Iraq, the AP reports. The cause of the crash is unknown and is now under investigation. Air crashes have become less common in Iraq, Reuters says, since the... More »

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British Army Blasts Rescued Times Reporter

'Irresponsible' Taliban abductee was warned of imminent danger

Sep 10, 09 6:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - The death of British soldier during the rescue of a New York Times reporter has British Army brass up in arms, the Telegraph reports. Corporal John Harrison and interpreter Sultan Munadi died early yesterday in an area of Afghanistan journalist Stephen Farrell had been cautioned about. “When... More »

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Afghanistan • New York Times • United Kingdom • England • reporter • soldier • rescue mission • Stephen Farrell • Sultan Munadi • John Harrison • commando

 Aussies May Let 
 Female Soldiers Fight 

Proposal sparks fierce debate over women's fitness for combat role

Sep 9, 09 7:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Australian military may change its guidelines to allow women soldiers to serve in front-line combat roles, the AP reports. The country's defense minister says he believes all service roles should be open to women if they can meet the physical demands, and the move may help persuade more females... More »

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GI's Capture Fuels Desertion Controversy

Lawmakers rip Fox analyst; blogger says Bergdahl left unarmed

Jul 24, 09 1:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - With some speculating that the US soldier kidnapped by the Taliban deserted his Afghanistan post, conservative media are hot on the trail. Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl “walked off (his base) with a water bottle and (a military ration pack) on some kind of he-man expedition,” a military blogger tells... More »

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Congress • Taliban • propaganda • kidnapping • Fox News • soldier • desertion • conservative media • capture • Bowe Bergdahl

 Database Takes 
 Scholars to 
 Medieval 
 Battlefields 

Free searchable database includes facts on salary, health, knighthood

Jul 21, 09 4:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - British researchers have posted records of some 250,000 medieval soldiers in a searchable online database, the BBC reports. Now, interested parties can easily learn about the lives of fighters in the Hundred Years’ War, including salary, health, and knighthood information—for free. The “remarkable” records, says one researcher,... More »

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(AP) - The Taliban released a video today of a captured American soldier who went missing from his base in eastern Afghanistan on June 30. The Pentagon has not publicly identified him yet. The soldier is shown in the 28-minute video with his head shaved and dressed in a nondescript, gray outfit.... More »

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(Newser) - The Taliban says it will execute a captured American soldier if the US does not withdraw from two districts in southeastern Afghanistan, the Voice of America reports. A Taliban rep said today the soldier is healthy but will be killed if operations in Paktika and Ghazni continue. The fate of... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • captives • US military • Paktika • US Army • soldier • Ghazni • Mullah Omar • Afghanistan war • American soldiers • capture

Reservist: Obama's Not a Citizen, Can't Send Me to War

Reservist says he shouldn't have to serve since Obama isn't a citizen

Jul 14, 09 6:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - An Army reservist has devised a creative way to try to avoid going to Afghanistan: He says he isn’t obligated to follow the commander-in-chief’s orders because Barack Obama isn’t a citizen and therefore can’t legally be president, reports the Ledger-Enquirer of Columbus, Ga. His attorney, who... More »

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Afghanistan • Barack Obama • presidency • Army Reserves • US Army • soldier • Afghanistan war • birther

Little Left for Fiancée of
Fallen Soldier

Unmarried loved ones have no standing, get nothing from Army

May 25, 09 1:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - To the US Army bureaucracy, love means little without a marriage certificate—so the fiancée of a man killed in Iraq was left with nothing other than what his family was willing to part with. Now, the Washington Post reports, Kyle Harper, 27, is trying to forge a path... More »

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Iraq • military • marriage • US military • bureaucracy • US Army • soldier • engagement • engagement ring • Iraq war • fiancee • Michael Hullender • Kyle Harper

OPINION

The Death
of the 'Old
Army Buddy'

Draft's end means a generation sans sense of service, camaraderie

May 24, 09 11:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - On Memorial Day, former soldiers of all ages will be touching base with their brothers in arms, but as Michael Auslin writes in the Washington Post, real Old Army Buddies are on the verge of extinction. The men who willingly served during the drafts of the '50s and '60s came... More »

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(Newser) - Top Army brass are meeting monthly to figure out the disturbing rise in soldier suicides, the Washington Post reports. The generals pore through case studies and examine factors such as solitude, multiple tours of duty, and interactions between anti-depressants and high-caffeine drinks like Rip It popular among soldiers. “... More »

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suicide • Joint Chiefs of Staff • US military • soldier • Iraq war • Afghanistan war • Army general • combat stress • Gen. Peter Chiarelli

(Newser) - A US soldier who took up the fight against the Taliban sans pants and clad in “I Love NY” pink boxers got a vote of his support from the nation’s defense chief last night, reports Reuters. “Any soldier who goes into battle against the Taliban in pink... More »

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Afghanistan • military • Taliban • Robert Gates • soldier • boxers • Zachary Boyd

3 US Troops Among
25 Killed in Iraq Bombings

25 total dead in
series of attacks

May 21, 09 7:36 AM CDT
(AP) - Three American soldiers were killed and nine others wounded today as bombings in Baghdad and the northern city of Kirkuk claimed at least 25 lives, the AP reports. The attacks came a day after a car bomb exploded near a group of restaurants in a Shiite neighborhood of northwest Baghdad,... More »

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Brit Families
Can Sue Over Soldier Deaths

Court: Troops protected by human rights law, even on battlefield

May 19, 09 8:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - A British court has ruled that defense heads can be sued for neglecting soldiers’ human rights—meaning decisions made on the battlefield could be subject to litigation, the Times of London reports. The ruling stemmed from an inquest into the heatstroke death of a soldier due to what the coroner... More »

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 US Soldier Battles Taliban in Pink Boxers

Private didn't have time to don pants before rushing to return Taliban fire

May 16, 09 6:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - An American soldier who rushed out of bed when the Taliban attacked his Afghanistan base ended up on the front page of the New York Times in his underwear, the Daily Telegraph reports. Zachary Boyd grabbed his weapon, body armor, and helmet then joined the firefight clad in a red... More »

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Ex-US Soldier Guilty of Rape, Murder in Iraq

Private killed girl, 14, along with her family; faces death penalty

May 7, 09 9:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - A jury in Kentucky convicted a former US soldier of raping a 14-year-old lraqi girl and killing her and her family, Reuters reports. Former Private 1st Class Steven Green faces the death penalty when the sentencing phase of his trial begins Monday. Green, 24, was the leader of a group... More »

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Iraq • murder • rape • soldier • Iraq war • Steven Green

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