For the last stop in his visit to Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates opted to take a first-hand look at an Afghan National Army training center.
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Retired O-5 on defense after leaving U.S. House
WASHINGTON — Former Rep. Eric Massa, a retired Navy commander who resigned from Congress amid sexual harassment allegations, acknowledged Tuesday groping a staffer but denied it was sexual. “It doesn’t make any difference what my intentions were, it’s how it’s perceived by the...
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Gates visits Afghan town cleared by Marines
NOW ZAD, Afghanistan — Defense Secretary Robert Gates, aiming to show progress in the expanded war against insurgents in south Afghanistan, took a brief, heavily guarded walk Tuesday down a rutted street in this scruffy market town where the Taliban lobbed mortars at...
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Army seeks answers for Afghan civilian deaths
A helicopter attack that killed at least 15 civilians in Afghanistan’s Oruzgan province was called in by a Special Forces A-team that did not have “eyes on” their target and resulted in a 48-hour standdown for U.S. special operations forces, said an Army officer familiar with the incident. In the wake of the...
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Cruiser CO fired for ‘cruelty’ assigned to Dahlgren
The former cruiser commanding officer who was fired in January after a years-long pattern of “cruelty and maltreatment” toward her crew is to report to a new job at Navy Air and Missile Defense Command in Dahlgren, Va., Navy Times has learned. Capt. Holly Graf, relieved of command of the cruiser Cowpens on...
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Comfort returning home from Haiti mission
The hospital ship Comfort has been released from duty off the coast of Haiti and will begin its journey home to Baltimore this week, the Navy announced Tuesday. The Comfort discharged its last patient Feb. 27, but at the height of the humanitarian relief effort the ship was taking aboard critically injured people...
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Navy assessment team arrives in Chile
A Navy assessment team arrived Monday in Santiago, Chile, to provide technical expertise following the 8.8-magnitude earthquake and tsunami Feb. 27, according to a press release from U.S. Southern Command. The Chilean Navy flew the team to Concepcion. The team, headed by Capt. Joe Newbury of Navy Expeditionary Combat Command, came from Mayport,...
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Homestead ARB provides relief
Homestead ARB provides relief
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Drawdown
Drawdown
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Airbus crash
Airbus crash
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NFL players visit deployed troops
NFL players visit deployed troops
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EMEDS to Chile
EMEDS to Chile
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Legends of Aerospace
Legends of Aerospace
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Operator Engagement Talks 2010
Operator Engagement Talks 2010
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Tops in Blue recruitment
Tops in Blue recruitment
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Talking safety
Talking safety
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Military Saves
Military Saves
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Bi-Lateral training in England
Bi-Lateral training in England
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