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Military suicides are causing civilian casualties, too

February 28th, 2010
While the military's suicide rate is comparable to civilian rates, the increase is alarming because the armed services traditionally had lower suicide rates than the general population. The increase in military suicides includes men between the ages of 18 and 30, mid-career officers and, increasingly, women. But the numbers don't tell the whole story.

In winter snows, soldiers work to warm relations

February 28th, 2010
Spring has come early to Wardak province, in the form of unseasonably warm weather and an early awakening of the Taliban from its annual hibernation.

Five U.S. soldiers have contracted malaria during Haiti mission

February 26th, 2010
An 82nd Airborne Division soldier deployed to Haiti nearly died of malaria this month before being taken to a Fort Bragg, N.C., hospital, according to an Army doctor who recently spent two weeks in Haiti.

Army chief: Soldiers home more between deployments

February 26th, 2010
Soldiers are getting to spend more time at home between combat deployments as the U.S. military draws down in Iraq and the Army grows in size, the service's chief of staff said Friday.

Chile’s quake 500 times more powerful than Haiti’s, but not nearly as damaging

February 26th, 2010
MEXICO CITY — The magnitude 8.8 earthquake that jolted Chile early Saturday packed roughly 500 times the wallop as the seismic disaster that struck Haiti last month. But the damage and death in...

New DOD policy broadens access to social media

February 25th, 2010
Access to Facebook, Twitter and a host of other social media Web sites will be permitted on the Defense Department's non-classified network, according to a policy memorandum released Friday that acknowledges the increasing importance of such applications.

Navy holding 8 suspected pirates

February 25th, 2010
The U.S. Navy is holding eight suspected pirates onboard the USS Farragut, a destroyer operating in the Somali Basin and assigned to multinational anti-piracy Combined Task Force 151.

Soldiers dig in to clear Haitian streets of rubble

February 24th, 2010
Despite the U.S. military's efforts, many streets in the Haitian capital are still clogged with chunks of concrete, bricks, metal, sewage and even human remains that avalanched outward as buildings toppled in the quake.

Petty officer receives sailor of the year award

February 21st, 2010
Petty Officer 1st Class Tychicious Turner has been named the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command Sailor of the Year for 2009, according to a Navy news release.

Military to return ex-flight academy

February 20th, 2010
The last vestiges of an American-sponsored school for NATO aviators in Belgium will be returned this year as part of the U.S. military drawdown in Europe, the Defense Department announced Friday.
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