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US Military

With stubborn, costly conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, our armed forces are facing unprecedented pressures

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July 2008
- US Weighs Faster Iraq Withdrawal
  
  newser | New York Times | Jul 13, 08 7:29 AM CDT
  
  US officials in Washington and Baghdad may pull as many as three brigades from Iraq by the time George Bush leaves office, the New York Times reports. The move, driven in part by a need to bolster the American presence in Afghanistan, could remove far more troops than seemed likely just months ago, and would mark a major shift in policy from the past few years. More »
- Soldier Missing After Blaze in NC Apartment
  
  newser | Fayetteville Observer (NC) | Jul 11, 08 5:25 PM CDT
  
  North Carolina police are searching for a female soldier who disappeared yesterday, her apartment blackened by a fire police are calling an arson, the Fayetteville Observer reports. Holley Lynn Wimunc, 24, was in divorce proceedings with her husband, against whom she'd recently gained a restraining order after a domestic-violence incident. Police found her car in the apartment's parking lot. More »
- Bodies of 2 Missing GIs Found
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jul 11, 08 2:59 AM CDT
  
  The families of two US soldiers missing in Iraq for over a year have been informed that their bodies have been found, reports AP. Alex Jimenez, 25, and Byron Fouty, 19, were seized by insurgents in a May 2007 ambush. Four other soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division "Polar Bears" died in the attack. The body of a third kidnapped soldier was found weeks later. More »
- Generation Kill On Target
  
  newser | Variety | Jul 10, 08 4:31 PM CDT
  
  From the mean streets of Baltimore to the meaner ones of Baghdad, the force behind The Wire scores a direct hit with HBO's new Generation Kill , writes Brian Lowry for Variety . Following a cast of Marines during the Iraqi invasion’s first 40 days, the 7-episode miniseries may make you forget it's a work of fiction as it "offers offers a chance to see those troops in their full, unfettered, foul-mouthed glory." It begins Sunday. More »
- Senate Confirms Iraq Generals in New Jobs
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jul 10, 08 2:43 PM CDT
  
  The Senate today confirmed Gen. David Petraeus as the top commander in the Middle East and Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno to replace Petraeus as the chief military officer in Iraq. Last year, Petraeus helped to tame growing opposition to the Iraq war in Congress by providing measured assessments of progress and warning that an exodus of US troops would result in chaos. More »
- Iraq Insurgents Gain Deadly New Weapon
  
  newser | Washington Post | Jul 10, 08 9:18 AM CDT
  
  Shiite insurgents in Iraq have been attacking US forces with a new weapon the military fears could kill dozens of troops at a time, reports the Washington Post . Rocket-propelled bombs, made of propane tanks packed with hundreds of pounds of explosives, have killed at least 21 people this year, including three US troops—and are being used with increasing frequency. More »
- Union Ad Urges Vets to Abandon McCain
  
  newser | The Swamp | Jul 9, 08 5:05 PM CDT
  
  Worried about the appeal John McCain has for military veterans among its members, the AFL-CIO is launching an advertising campaign criticizing the Republican's economic policies, the Chicago Tribune reports. The union will spend $53.4 million on the campaign, running mainly in places like Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Virginia— battleground states hit hard by the economic downturn. More »
- Vets Slipping Into the Bottle
  
  newser | New York Times | Jul 8, 08 5:36 AM CDT
  
  A rise in alcohol abuse among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans is worrying military officials, the New York Times reports. Counseling services for vets suffering post-traumatic stress disorder are stretched to the limit and many tormented former soldiers are turning instead to the bottle. The increase in binge drinking, and a smaller rise in illegal drug use, is blamed for a rise in crimes and other misconduct involving veterans. More »
- Iraq Films Get Army's Attention
  
  newser | Los Angeles Times | Jul 7, 08 1:58 PM CDT
  
  War films can help shape public perception, and the Army is trying to guide moviemakers away from negative portrayals of the Iraq conflict like the ones that dominated films about Vietnam. Army liaisons to Hollywood offer equipment, expertise—and script alterations that some filmmakers see as spin. The LA Times looks at an area in which, one military liaison says, "There doesn't seem to be a lot of room for nuance." More »
- Hitchens Agrees: Waterboarding Is Torture
  
  newser | Vanity Fair | Jul 3, 08 3:10 PM CDT
  
  "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 interrogation technique himself. "I find I don't want to tell you how little time I lasted." More »
- Pentagon Backtracks, Extends Afghanistan Tours
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jul 3, 08 2:57 PM CDT
  
  The Pentagon has extended the tour of 2,200 Marines in Afghanistan, after insisting for months the unit would come home on time. The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which is doing combat operations in the volatile south, will stay an extra 30 days and come home in early November rather than October, a spokesman confirmed today. More »
- Afghan War Hamstrung by Troop Shortage
  
  newser | Washington Post | Jul 3, 08 12:26 PM CDT
  
  The US needs more troops in Afghanistan but lacks the available forces because of the Iraq war, the nation’s top military officer said yesterday. In his most pointed remarks to date, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Michael Mullen said that countering the country's resurgent Taliban and booming drug trade demands more than the 32,000 American troops stationed there, but that such a move necessitates "a reduced requirement in Iraq." More »
- US Deaths in Afghanistan Hit Record
  
  newser | New York Times | Jul 2, 08 7:54 AM CDT
  
  More troops from the United States and coalition countries died in Afghanistan last month than at any other time since the 2001 invasion. For the second month in a row, deaths among American-led forces were higher in Afghanistan, where 46 servicemen died, than in Iraq, where 31 were killed. The greater death toll in Afghanistan comes despite a significantly increased NATO military presence there, reports the New York Times . More »
June 2008
- Pregnant Soldier's Death Homicide: Cops
  
  newser | Fayetteville Observer (NC) | Jun 30, 08 4:20 PM CDT
  
  Police say the pregnant soldier whose body was found in a North Carolina motel last week was murdered, the Fayetteville Observer reports. The Observer , meanwhile, received a letter from someone claiming to be the killer, which contains a symbol sources say was also drawn in lipstick in the room where Megan Touma, 23, was found. More »
- Polluting Pentagon Rebuffs EPA Orders
  
  newser | Washington Post | Jun 30, 08 8:00 AM CDT
  
  The Pentagon is holding out on an Environmental Protection Agency order to clean up pollutants from three military bases where chemicals have become an "imminent and substantial" threat to the public health and environment, the Washington Post reports. The Defense Department also won’t sign contracts to clean up 12 other military sites listed among the most polluted areas in the US. Instead, it has sought federal backing to deny the EPA’s power to issue such orders. More »
- Swift Boat Vets Want Their Name Back
  
  newser | New York Times | Jun 30, 08 6:06 AM CDT
  
  These days, the phrase "Swift boat" has come to mean a vicious political attack of the kind suffered by John Kerry in the 2004 election. While the term has gained such currency that it's now used as a verb, one group is seriously miffed: the Navy veterans who, like Kerry, served on a Swift boat during the Vietnam war. The New York Times reports on the former servicemen looking to reclaim their honor. More »
- Iraq Planning Seriously Flawed: Army
  
  newser | New York Times | Jun 29, 08 7:39 AM CDT
  
  The planning and execution of the Iraq occupation was seriously flawed, the Army concedes in an unclassified report to be released tomorrow. Built on some 200 interviews, the study is a detailed analysis of the Army's activities, aimed at military experts, reports the New York Times . A central problem identified in the report is the military’s failure to adequately plan for the occupation after major combat. More »
- Fighting Forces Get No Break on Fuel Price Hikes
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jun 28, 08 7:37 AM CDT
  
  Consumers at the gas pump aren't the only ones suffering sticker shock: Military units in Iraq and elsewhere will see another hike in fuel costs next week, the second increase this budget year amid soaring oil prices. On July 1, the cost for refined fuel used by troops will jump 34% to more than double what the Pentagon was paying 3 years ago, the AP reports. The military estimates that every $1 increase in the market price per barrel translates into a $130-million rise in costs for US forces. More »
- Top Engineers Shun Military
  
  newser | New York Times | Jun 25, 08 2:15 AM CDT
  
  Greater "geek cachet" and higher pay is diverting engineering managers from the military into places like Microsoft and Google, the New York Times reports. The result is a dearth of managers overseeing military projects, which government investigators largely blame for long delays and $295 billion in cost overruns. The shortage has forced the military to increasingly rely on consultants, who often lack the skills and incentive to hold down spending. More »
- Navy Ship Leaves Port —Without 100 Sailors
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jun 24, 08 6:34 PM CDT
  
  A US aircraft carrier set sail from Hong Kong early Sunday with about 100 of its crew still on shore leave, the AP reports. The USS Ronald Reagan and its support ships left port early because Typhoon Fengshen was bearing down. Officials are scrambling to book flights to reunite the sailors and their ship—though security prevented them from saying where. More »

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This undated photo provided by the subject, shows U.S. Army Spc. Alex Horton with Company B, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, from Fort Lewis Wash., and a military... (Associated Press)

US Army Staff Sgt. Richard Wilson from Bravo 1-12 Cavalry Battalion sleeps next to a model skeleton during "Operation Wickersham 3" near the city of Baqouba, Iraq, Thursday, Sept, 6, 2007. "Operation... (Associated Press)

U.S. Army soldiers greet Iraqi children as they arrive for a reconciliation meeting between Sunni and Shiite leaders in the Radwaniyah area of southwestern Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2007. Tragedy... (Associated Press)

U.S. Army Pfc. Oscar Sauceda, right, and Staff Sgt. Walter Radick practice clearing a room as they train at Fort Riley, Kan. Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2007. Deployed to Iraq as part of President Bush's troop... (Associated Press)

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