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Pentagon May Be Wasting a Billion Dollars a Year in Erroneous Payments to Contractors 1 unhappycamper Jun 2013 Jun 2013 3 1868
Our Distorted National Priorities 0 unhappycamper Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 1802
Making the hero pay: A Nation's Betrayal 0 unhappycamper Jun 2013 Jun 2013 4 1804
Birthing Ships is Never Easy; Give LCS A Break 3 unhappycamper Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 2823
HASC Struggles For Compromise On Evangelicals, Atheists: NDAA 2014 0 unhappycamper Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1763
Will Sequester Scuttle DoD’s Energy Efficiency Efforts? 0 unhappycamper Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1785
F-35 Launches First Air To Air Missile; Concurrency Costs Plunge $500 Million 0 unhappycamper Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2027
HASC Rejects Base Closure, F-35 Restrictions During NDAA Markup 0 unhappycamper Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1778
As Wars End, a Rush to Grab Dollars Spent on the Border 1 unhappycamper Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2175
When The F-35 Is Too Hot To Handle 0 unhappycamper Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1936
Major General Michael T. Harrison Suspended By Army For Allegedly Mishandling Sexual Assault Case 0 unhappycamper Jun 2013 Jun 2013 3 3259
Pentagon: Israel approved document that revealed details of missile base 1 unhappycamper Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1879
Judge denies motion from Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair's lawyers to overturn case based on selective p 0 unhappycamper Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 1666
PRISM: The US Government is mad at Bradley Manning for doing to it what it is Doing to All of US 0 unhappycamper Jun 2013 Jun 2013 4 1671
Obama pledged investigation of Alleged Taliban Prisoner Massacre by US-Backed Afghan Warlords; Where 0 unhappycamper Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 1632
Testimony in hearing says Brig. Gen. Sinclair offered to plead guilty in sexual misconduct case; Arm 0 unhappycamper Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 1720
Pakistan's New Prime Minister: US Drone Attacks 'Must End' 0 unhappycamper Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1606
Top brass takes dim view of Senate efforts to combat sexual assault in the military 1 unhappycamper Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1874
US Military Training Flights: A Call for Sincere Action on Japan’s Part 0 unhappycamper Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1626
Bipartisan Defense Experts Urge Congress, Sec Def Hagel To Close Bases, Change DoD Pay 1 unhappycamper Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1987
HASC Finds $5 Billion Fix For Sequester Damage, But It Won’t Matter 0 unhappycamper Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1712
Military’s sexual-assault problem has deep roots 1 unhappycamper Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 1795
U.S. military chiefs balk at taking sex-assault cases out of commanders’ hands 5 unhappycamper Jun 2013 Jun 2013 3 2913
Afghanistan: Is It Really the End Game? 0 unhappycamper Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1698
Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair's court-martial postponed; 1 pornography charge is dropped 0 unhappycamper Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 1714
Afghan protesters display newly dug-up bodies, demand arrest of US troops accused in killings 0 unhappycamper Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 1732
U.S. sits on sidelines as more than 60 countries sign arms trade treaty 1 unhappycamper Jun 2013 Jun 2013 4 1943
Pentagon weighs larger post-2014 force in Afghanistan 0 unhappycamper Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2041
From Iraq, a Tragic Reminder to Prosecute the War Criminals 3 unhappycamper Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 2358
Drone Surveillance Contract Called Off by U.S. State Department 1 unhappycamper Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 2062

Veterans Continued...

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Operational flights of Lockheed Martin's F-35 will begin as soon as 2015 3 unhappycamper Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2208
Reagan air wing official removed 1 unhappycamper Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 2592
Corps boots 5 staff sergeants in sex case 1 unhappycamper Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2532
Mes Aynak: Afghanistan’s Buddhist buried treasure faces destruction 0 unhappycamper Jun 2013 Jun 2013 3 2820
Italy's ruling party divided over order for F-35 combat jets 0 unhappycamper Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1822
U.S. military reveals timing of future F-35 fighter's use to Congress 0 unhappycamper Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1715
Three Naval Academy football players accused of sexual assault 0 unhappycamper Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1842
Best Case For Sequester Is Still Disaster, Top Experts Say 1 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 2061
F-35 ads on OC Transpo buses part of new PR campaign 1 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 3374
Push To Keep Lima Tank Plant Gathers Steam Before HASC Markup 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 2031
GOP’s War On Terror 2.0: More Drones, More Missiles, More Boots On Ground 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 1761
Sen. Graham treads path alone on military sexual assaults policy 1 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 1950
JBLM soldier to plead guilty to Afghan massacre 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 1759
Embrace those gentle heroes you left behind. 6 The Wizard May 2013 May 2013 9 8705
Hancock's Reaper Drone; Remote Control There and Here 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 1845
A long-ago war, a missing plane and an enduring mystery 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 6 2114
Landmark Case In U.S. Civil Court On Rape By U.S. Military In Japan Eleven Years Ago 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 3 2811
Additional Embassy Guards Will Come With a Steep Price 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 1675
Taliban Attack U.N. Affiliate’s Compound in Kabul, Testing Afghan Security Forces 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 1718
Court orders UK to hold inquiries into illegal civilian deaths during Iraq War 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 2195
On Memorial Day, it’s time to make sure our veterans suffering from burn pit diseases get the care t 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 3 1878
Helmet for Britain's new F-35 fighter has 'significant technical deficiencies' 1 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 3093
U.S. sees first drop in F-35 costs; other programs steady 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 1629
Ronald Reagan’s ‘Star Wars’ project still hasn’t met original goal 30 years later 1 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 2 2078
West Point sergeant accused of secretly filming female cadets 1 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 3 2915
Minister on the Defensive: Drone Program Collapse Has Berlin Under Pressure 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 1681
Our Women in Uniform Deserve Better 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 1967
(Maj. Nidal) Hasan asks to represent himself at trial 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 1827
Did the Pentagon cry wolf over sequestration? 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 1653
1 SEAL killed, 7 sailors injured in Fort Knox accident 0 tinymontgomery May 2013 May 2013 0 2070

Veterans Continued...

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Pentagon wants $450M for Guantanamo prison 1 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 1839
Delay in mine project shadows hopes for Afghan economy 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 1682
US Army general facing (Jeffery Sinclair) sex charges back in court 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 2255
Army General Suspended of Command for Adultery Investigation 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 1643
Pentagon to take over some CIA drone operations : sources 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 1543
Afghan peace lost in transition worries 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 1731
VA numbers show staggering effects of sexual abuse in military 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 1737
Guantanamo inmates cost U.S. $900,000 each per year 1 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 2 1821
VA researcher quits over burn pit studies 1 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 4 2005
Misconduct discharges increase sharply in Army 2 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 2133
Matt Gurney: America’s bored nuclear triggermen 2 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 2037
Military sex abuse victims seek VA help 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 2 1616
Militaries’ growing use of ground robots raises ethics concerns 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 1637
Shadows of dishonor cast on the U.S. military 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 1742
Military sex offenders rarely punished, while victims are discharged 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 1649
Uncle Sam’s Wars and Anesthesia 1 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 1937
Civilian court only fix for military sex crimes 5 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 3 2297
Why National Guard and Reservist Suicide Numbers May Be Misleading 1 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 2052
Male rape survivors tackle military assault in tough-guy culture 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 1756
At Hampton VA, caring for sexual assault victims is ongoing battle 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 1737
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