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Army Allowing Spouses
to Live Together in Iraq

Long-standing policy gives way in name of boosting morale, re-enlistment

Mar 31, 08 4:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Desperate to combat sagging morale from repeated deployments to Iraq, the US Army has quietly eased rules against married soldiers living together at war, the AP reports. Wedded soldiers in certain camps can now cohabitate in private trailers. "It makes a lot of things easier," said soldier and... More »

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Iraq • deployment • marriage • US military • US Army • soldier • military families • cohabitation

OPINION

 Next Prez's To-Do: Fix Military 

Budget woes aren't the only defense issue facing White House's next denizen

Mar 31, 08 3:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Has President Bush done irreparable damage to our armed forces? Not necessarily, Phillip Carter and Fred Kaplan write in Slate, offering a to-do list for the next president to tackle as he or she begins the process of fixing a military "in strange shambles."
  1. Overhaul the budget:
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Iraq • War on Terror • military • Air Force • Navy • US Army • soldier • war cost

Nonprofit Builds Free
Houses for Wounded Vets

Mass. group provides 'great ending to bad beginning'

Mar 20, 08 3:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - A nonprofit group is putting up customized homes for badly injured vets returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Massachusetts-based Homes for Our Troops is building in 20 states, fueled by donated supplies, land, and labor. “When a vet is in need, people come out of... More »

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military • soldier • volunteer • wounded • Iraq veterans • Afghanistan veterans • Iraq war • returning troops • Homes for Our Troops • troops' families • injured

Deserters Fleeing War Go North—Again

In Canada, AWOL troops join forces with Vietnam draft-dodgers

Mar 17, 08 3:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iraq war deserters aren't crossing the Canadian border in VW buses, but they are trickling across—and connecting with Vietnam draft dodgers who made the same trek 4 decades ago. About 200 Iraq resisters have migrated north, the Washington Post reports. Some grew disillusioned in Baghdad; others went AWOL from... More »

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Iraq • Canada • soldier • Vietnam War • Iraq war • draft dodgers • conscientious objector • deserter • AWOL

GI Killed by German Police

Soldier held former girlfriend hostage,  threatened cops with assault rifle

Mar 15, 08 8:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - A US Army soldier stationed in Germany was shot and killed by local police after holding his ex-girlfriend hostage, the New York Times reports. The unnamed soldier was located after the woman escaped; when he threatened a SWAT unit with an assault rifle, he was shot, and later died... More »

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Germany • US Army • soldier • military bases • Bavaria • Iraq war • Konigsberg • assault rifles

 Wounded Warriors
 Saluted at Pentagon

Quiet indoor ceremony honors injured

Mar 13, 08 12:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - A poignant and little-known ceremony featuring wounded vets is held privately indoors at the Pentagon every six weeks, reports the Wall Street Journal. It's called the "Wounded Warrior March." Hundreds of Defense Department employees line the corridors of the Pentagon to applaud, cheer, shake hands, or hug... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • Pentagon • Department of Defense • soldier • Walter Reed Army Medical Center • wounded • Marine • Wounded Warrior March • caskets • bereaved • Maj. Zachary Miller • Diane Bodman • Maj. Lyndon Marshall

Army Cadet Found After
66 Years

Crew perished during WWII training flight; military funeral planned

Mar 11, 08 12:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sixty-six years after his disappearance, a full military funeral is planned for a cadet lost in a flight accident during World War II, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The Army has identified a recently discovered body as Aviation Cadet Ernest Munn of Ohio, who crashed with three other crewmen in... More »

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California • Ohio • soldier • World War II • accidental death • MIA • Mather airfield • military funeral

German Soldiers Too Fat: Study

'Compared to the British, we're viewed as pathetic,' soldier complains

Mar 6, 08 12:19 PM CST
(Newser) - The German army is fat. It’s also unfit, smokes too much, and eats badly, according to a recent parliamentary update, the Guardian reports. About 40% of German soldiers are overweight—8.5% seriously so—and 70% smoke. “This has much to do with poor equipment and lack of... More »

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obesity • health • Germany • smoking • draft • soldier • German army

Secret No More: Prince Harry's
in Afghanistan

UK press promised silence, but foreign media leaked story

Feb 28, 08 1:47 PM CST
(Newser) - Prince Harry is indeed in Afghanistan fighting the Taliban, the BBC reports. The news was leaked by foreign media and confirmed by the UK government despite a press agreement to stay mum on Harry’s military service. The prince, nicknamed “bullet magnet,” said he appreciates frontline duty: “... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Prince Harry • Richard Dannatt • soldier • British Army • British royals • bullet magnet

UK Military Wives Freezing Husbands' Sperm

More women planning for kids should husbands die in combat

Feb 17, 08 7:35 PM CST
(Newser) - More UK military wives are freezing their husbands' sperm before the men serve in the Middle East. One London fertility clinic expected interest from soldiers but was surprised by the "wives and girlfriends who want to have children should anything happen," a spokesman said. But servicemen must give... More »

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fertility • sperm • United Kingdom • embryo • soldier • British military • fertility clinic • War Widows Association of Great Britain

Thousands Glued to WWI Blog

Private Harry Lamin's letters appear in real time online

Jan 6, 08 5:38 PM CST
(Newser) - Does he live, or lose his life to "liquid fire and bombs"? That question is keeping tens of thousands glued to a site that is posting the letters of a World War I soldier in real time, 90 years after they were written. The soldier's grandson, who collected... More »

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Internet • letters • soldier • blog • Britain • World War I

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

Ethiopia Forces Untrained Civilians Into War

Clerks, teachers, administrators sent into action against Ogaden rebels

Dec 15, 07 11:08 AM CST
(Newser) - Ethiopa's overstretched army is forcing untrained civilians into the bush to fight guerrillas, the New York Times reports. Office clerks, teachers, and other white-collar workers face imprisonment or torture if they refuse to comply, but many have been killed in battle, say aid workers. “We don’t know how... More »

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United Nations • Ethiopia • soldier • humanitarian crisis • Ogaden

Hpy Thxgvng: Text Your Troops

Project allows free messages of support for the holiday

Nov 22, 07 7:06 AM CST
(Newser) - A college freshman has helped the Department of Defense launch a project to send text messages of support to US troops, reports ABC. Cell companies are backing the "Giving Thanks" initiative, allowing participants to send free messages to the number 8-9-2-7-9 until midnight Thanksgiving Day. More »

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Iraq • US military • Department of Defense • soldier • Thanksgiving • texting

Army Desertion Rate High and Getting Higher

Multiple lengthy deployments lead to 80% jump over 2003

Nov 16, 07 6:09 PM CST
(Newser) - The Army desertion rate for 2007 is up 43% over last year and a whopping 80% since the 2003 Iraq invasion, figures out today show. The rate is the highest since 1980, the AP reports. Moreover, it's increasing: Nearly two-thirds of this year's desertions were in the second half of... More »

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troop surge • missing soldiers • US Army • soldier • Iraq war

Got a Record?
No Problem

US military wants to ease entry, but some officers worry about 'problem children'

Nov 6, 07 8:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Seeking to swell enlisted ranks, the Pentagon may let more minor criminals enlist in the military, the AP reports. "I do believe it needs to be done," an Army official said of the proposed plan. "There are really anomalies out there"—like recruits who have youthful... More »

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Pentagon • Army recruiting • US military • soldier • officer • Chiefs of Staff

Bush Nominates Doc to Head Veteran Affairs

James B. Peake would be first physician and general to hold post

Oct 30, 07 9:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush today nominated James B. Peake, a doctor and retired Army lieutenant general, to head the Veteran Affairs department, the LA Times reports. With his medical and military backgrounds, Peake is the perfect choice to overhaul the nation’s system for treating wounded soldiers, Bush says. A major report... More »

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Department of Veterans Affairs • soldier • Walter Reed Army Medical Center • Bob Dole • James B. Peake • medical • wounded • George W. Bush

Anti-War T-Shirt Draws Flak

They want him to stop using fallen soldiers' names on shirts

Sep 24, 07 9:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Arizona entrepreneur who prints the name of troops killed in Iraq on anti-war T-shirts is getting heat from soldiers' families who say he's disrespecting the dead. Dan Frazier's shirts have slogans such as "Bush Lied" and "They Died" superimposed over the names.  Five states have passed... More »

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Iraq • soldier • T shirts • casualties • Iraq war

Burns' War Epic Starts Tomorrow

His latest PBS doc pays tribute to 'generic' US soldiers, including his own father

Sep 22, 07 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - After 7 years and $13 million, Ken Burns' historical documentary The War will start airing tomorrow on PBS. The film centers on people rather than politics or weaponry, the Seattle Times reports: Celebrities and guns can "distract you from an experience of war, of what it was like to... More »

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war • soldier • World War II • PBS • Ken Burns

2 Soldiers Who Questioned War in Times Killed

GIs were skeptical of progress, but vowed to keep fighting

Sep 13, 07 3:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two of the seven soldiers who wrote last month's influential New York Times op-ed criticizing the Iraq war died Monday when their truck veered off an elevated highway and flipped over. Seven GIs and two detainees were killed when the 5-ton cargo truck crashed. The military made no mention of... More »

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Iraq • War on Terror • New York Times • Iraq death toll • soldier • Yance Gray • Omar Mora • Jeremy Murphy • Iraq war

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