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fort hood shooting

 Hero Cop 
 Took Down 
 Shooter in 
 'Amazing  
 Performance' 

Swiftly responding officer shot once as she put 4 in Hasan

Nov 6, 09 10:56 AM CST
(Newser) - Sgt. Kimberly Munley, a civilian police officer, has earned the highest praise for taking down the Fort Hood gunman. She and her partner responded to the scene within 3 minutes, base commander Lt. Gen. Robert Cone reports, and she pumped four bullets into Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, from just a... More »

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Texas • US military • US Army • military bases • police officer • Fort Hood • Fort Hood shooting • Nidal Malik Hasan • Robert Cone • Kimberly Munley

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 12 Dead, 31 Wounded 
 in Fort Hood Shootings 

Soldier gunman is dead; two other suspects are in custody

Nov 5, 09 4:09 PM CST
(AP) - Twelve people are dead and 31 wounded after a shooting spree at Fort Hood, the Texas Army base. One shooter is among the dead and two more suspects are in custody. All are US soldiers, said an Army official. All the casualties took place at the base's Soldier Readiness Center,... More »

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Texas • US military • massacre • US Army • military bases • shooting • Fort Hood • Fort Hood shooting

 Taliban Claim Victory 
 as US Quits Base 

Insurgents take control of remote outpost where 8 troops were killed last week

Oct 9, 09 8:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Taliban claimed to have won a major victory over the US yesterday as American troops abandoned a remote base in eastern Afghanistan where eight soldiers were killed in a firefight last weekend. "The white flag of the Taliban is raised above Kamdesh," crowed a Taliban spokesman. NATO ... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • US military • military bases • Afghanistan war

New Challenge for US in
Iraq: Pulling Out

Military faces mammoth task hauling equipment out of Iraq as withdrawal gathers pace

Oct 9, 09 6:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - American forces in Iraq have devoted a full sixth of their manpower to a task one commander compares to moving the entire population of Alaska across the world—with all their stuff. The military, in the biggest movement of personnel and material in over 40 years, is dismantling some 300... More »

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Iraq • US military • troop withdrawal • military bases • Iraq war

(Newser) - When the island nation of Palau agreed to help President Obama close Gitmo by taking in 13 detainees, few Americans had heard of the tiny country. But the US and Palau share a close bond, NPR reports. “It’s a small island nation, but its status as a sovereign... More »

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tourism • Guantanamo Bay • military bases • Guantanamo prisoners • jellyfish • Palau

 2 US Troops Killed in 
 Attack on Afghan Base 

30 Taliban killed in gun battle at base near Pakistan border

Jul 4, 09 5:57 AM CDT
(AP) - Two American troops were killed when militants attacked a base in eastern Afghanistan today, exploding a truck loaded with gravel outside the gates and sparking a 2-hour gunbattle, the AP reports. US forces called in airstrikes to end the clash, killing over 30 insurgents, the governor of Paktika province says.... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • US military • Paktika • military bases • Afghanistan war

 Colo. Ranchers Battle 
 Army Land Grab 

Coloradans balk at plans to expand training base onto vast tract of rangeland

Jun 24, 09 6:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ranchers in southeast Colorado have fought the US Army to a standstill over plans to expand a training site onto their land, the Wall Street Journal reports. An Army analysis found that the grasslands were ideal for combat training, and recommended the military acquire 7 million acres, but the ranchers... More »

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US military • US Army • military bases • ranch • Colorado • land rights • eminent domain

 Army Lifts Ban on Social Media 

Soldiers can use Twitter, Facebook from bases

Jun 11, 09 2:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US Army has lifted a years-long ban on online social networks, commanding bases to let soldiers access sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr so they can “tell the Army story,” Wired reports. The change doesn’t apply to all overseas bases or other armed forces, and it... More »

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technology • Internet • Facebook • US Army • military bases • Twitter

 Swine Flu Hits 
 US Troops 
 in Kuwait 

First cases reported in the Gulf region

May 24, 09 5:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the first appearance of swine flu in the Gulf region, 18 American soldiers have tested positive for the disease, reports the BBC. All affected troops have left Kuwait and received medical attention. The soldiers at the military base—a logistics outpost for troops serving in Iraq—did not come... More »

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military bases • Kuwait • Gulf Coast • swine flu • H1N1 virus

16 Iraqi Soldiers Killed in Suicide Attack on Base

Bomber was dressed in Iraqi army uniform: colonel

Apr 16, 09 9:27 AM CDT
(AP) - A suicide bomber dressed in an Iraqi army uniform detonated an explosives belt today among Iraqi soldiers lined up for lunch at a base west of Baghdad, killing at least 16 and wounding 50, Iraqi officials said. Iraqi soldiers and US troops share the base, in the former Sunni insurgent... More »

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Iraq • suicide bomber • suicide bombing • US troops • Iraqi soldiers • military bases • Iraq Army • Habbaniyah

 Dead Girl, 16, 
 Found in Army Barracks 

Fort Lewis investigating after 1 civilian teen found dead, another unconscious

Feb 17, 09 7:49 AM CST
(Newser) - A 16-year-old girl was found dead and another girl the same age was found unconscious in an Army barracks at Fort Lewis, Wash., early Sunday, the Tacoma News-Tribune reports. The girls were found by emergency personnel responding to a 911 call. A soldier who allegedly knew at least one of... More »

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US military • death • Washington state • military bases • barracks • teenager

 Halliburton, KBR 
 Sued for Sickening 
 Iraq Troops 

Suit charges contractors supplied spoiled food, contaminated water

Dec 4, 08 1:51 AM CST
(Newser) - A lawsuit filed against Halliburton and KBR accuses the military contractors of exposing troops and civilian workers on a US base in Iraq to spoiled food, contaminated water, and toxic fumes from a burn pit, the Military Times reports. The lead plaintiff in the suit said he still has nightmares... More »

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Iraq • US military • Halliburton • military bases • Iraq contractors • KBR

Russia's 'Buffer Zone' Includes Georgia Territory

Moscow moves closer to recognizing breakaway enclaves

Aug 20, 08 3:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Russia may soon officially recognize the sovereignty of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, lawmakers said today, even as the military moved to establish so-called buffer zones that include Georgian territory, the Wall Street Journal reports. Then-president Vladimir Putin used the move to recognize the secessionist republics to criticize countries which did... More »

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Russia • Georgia • independence • military bases • secession • Abkhazia • South Ossetia

Shoddy Electrical Work Killing US Troops in Iraq

Hazard from substandard work worse than Pentagon has acknowledged

Jul 18, 08 4:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Shoddy electrical work by private contractors is making Iraq an even deadlier place for US troops, reports the New York Times. At least 13 troops have died from electrocution and many more have been injured. Others have perished in electrical fires. The problem is worse than the Pentagon has acknowledged,... More »

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Iraq • US military • military bases • electrocution • Iraq contractors • electrical shocks • KBR

In Wartime, Soldiers' Kids Graduate Alone

Parents' duty sets
apart students at military-base school

May 23, 08 4:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fort Campbell High’s graduation had the usual pomp and circumstance—along with a familiar pall. Many of the seniors crossing the stage did so without a mom or dad watching from the audience. Fort Campbell is the biggest military base high school in the US, and nearly every student... More »

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military bases • military families • Iraq war

Japan Busts
US Sailor in Murder-Robbery

Navy man charged in
cabbie's stabbing
outside Tokyo

Apr 3, 08 6:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Japanese police arrested a US sailor today on suspicion of stabbing a taxi driver to death and then robbing him, Reuters reports. The 22-year-old Nigerian national serving in the American Navy was already in US custody on charges of desertion. The American ambassador to Japan was forced to apologize for... More »

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crime • Japan • robbery • murder • US military • sailor • military bases

 Okinawa Protesters
 Rip US Military Crimes 

Rape case sparks calls for slashing bases

Mar 23, 08 11:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Thousands poured into the streets of Okinawa today to protest crimes by US servicemen and to demand a smaller American military presence on the Japanese island, Reuters reports. "Crimes and accidents have happened over and over," said the mayor of Okinawa City. "But each time, our voices... More »

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military • Japan • rape • Okinawa • military bases • bases • Okinawa City

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

US Bases
Block Google
Camera Crews

General warns of security breach after base photos go online

Mar 7, 08 4:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Google camera teams have been banned from US military installations after panoramic views of the inside of a Texas base ended up on the internet, the AP reports. The street-level images show "where all the guards are, how the barriers go up and down, how to get in and... More »

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Google • Pentagon • Google Earth • privacy • Street View • Department of Defense • military bases • Google Maps

US Troops Confined to Base in Japanese Uproar

Military personnel confined to bases indefinitely

Feb 20, 08 6:44 AM CST
(Newser) - The US military has ordered 45,000 American troops, civilian employees and their families in Japan restricted to their military bases, homes and workplaces in a move to quell growing Japanese outrage at problem Marines. The orders, in place indefinitely, will effectively bar Marines nationwide and all military personnel on... More »

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Japan • US military • rape • Okinawa • military bases • Marine

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