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Military Children in Crisis Posted: 1 month ago by TraumaMamma
America's military kids are showing symptoms of deployment-related stress, virtual mirrors of their parents who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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US Military Bases Around The World Posted: 2 years ago by 2manyusernames
The Military of the US is deployed in many countries. This is due to many factors: the Cold War, in which the US government needed troops around the globe to counter the threat of the Soviet Union; and more recently, The War on Terror. The US has nearly 1.4 million active personnel, and over 369,000 of those are deployed outside the United States and its territories.
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Websites for Heroes! Posted: 2 years ago by TraumaMamma
It can be very difficult for military families to stay in touch when someone is deployed. Bandwidth limitations prevent families from e-mailing pictures or video via military computers. Publicly accessible sites such as YouTube and MySpace also are banned.
Fortunately, the military allows access to Websites for Heroes, a password-protected site that makes it possible for military families to share pictures, videos and everyday happenings with their deployed family members.
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Bombshell: Orders revoked for soldier challenging prez Posted: 5 months ago by nateebiinature
A U.S. Army Reserve major from Florida scheduled to report for deployment
to Afghanistan within days has had his military orders revoked after arguing he should not be required to serve under a president who has not proven his eligibility for office.
*Update to THIS post.
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Soldier Stages Shooting to Avoid Iraq Posted: 2 years ago by dollyllama
A soldier trying to avoid redeployment to Iraq had a friend shoot him in the leg and then claimed he'd been wounded in a holdup, authorities said.
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Ian Fisher : American Soldier Posted: 2 months ago by nateebiinature
For 27 months, Ian Fisher, his parents and friends, and the U.S. Army allowed Denver Post reporters and a photographer to watch and chronicle his recruitment, induction, training, deployment, and, finally, his return from combat. A selection of photos from Ian’s journey are posted in the link.
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"One shot, two kills" Posted: 8 months ago by bingo
The Israeli army is at the centre of a controversy over the moral conduct of its soldiers. It centres on t-shirt designs made for soldiers that make light of shooting pregnant Palestinian mothers and children and include images of dead babies and destroyed mosques.
The t-shirts were printed for Israeli soldiers at the end of periods of deployment or training courses and were discovered by Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
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Prince Harry Pulled From Afghanistan Posted: 2 years ago by MandolinOrange
British Chief of the Defense Staff Air Chief Marshal Jock Stirrup confirmed Friday that the army will pull Prince Harry out of Afghanistan after news of his deployment there was leaked.
Update to this post.
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NKorea criticizes US missile defense for Hawaii Posted: 5 months ago by muppet
North Korea criticized the U.S. on Monday for positioning missile defense systems around Hawaii, calling the deployment part of a plot to attack the regime and saying it would bolster its nuclear arsenal in retaliation.
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Russian strategic bombers land in Venezuela Posted: 1 year ago by Bornbad
Chavez called the deployment part of a move toward a "pluri-polar world" — a reference to moving away from U.S. dominance. "The Yankee hegemony is finished," Chavez said in a televised speech.
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US Pushes for Deployment of Darfur Force Posted: 2 years ago by Marli
The United States has called for a new initiative to get a 26,000-strong peacekeeping force on the ground in Darfur, where the 5-year conflict has escalated and malnutrition is rising.
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In Bodymore Murderland...deployment dodgers shoot each other Posted: 2 years ago by blurmore
3 men plead guilty to staging shooting to avoid National Guard deployment. The trio tried to make it look like a robbery, then changed their story to avoidance of a fraternity initiation. Now they owe the police 7500 dollars each and will serve 3 years probation.
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Happy Birthday, International Space Station Posted: 1 year ago by pocksucket
20th November 1998 saw the deployment of the first part of the International Space Station. 10 years on, it is still not finished, the merits of the science it embodies are in question and today it transpires they've recently lost a spider and a tool bag.
But happy birthday, anyway.
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Canada rejects American deserters Posted: 2 years ago by Ellz
The Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday refused to hear an appeal by two U.S. military deserters who sought refuge in the country to avoid deployment to Iraq, a conflict they argued is “immoral and illegal.”
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NASA to Attempt Historic Solar Sail Deployment Posted: 1 year ago by 2manyusernames
Sails to catch the Solar Wind has been a science-fiction staple for many years. The photons streaming from the sun do have a bit of pressure. It is tiny, but it adds up and in the vacuum of space it is sufficient to propel a vehicle. What's more the energy is free and unlimited.
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X files to become HTML files Posted: 3 years ago by secretsather
The French space agency, CNES, is at it again. No, they are not launching cats into space; however, they do plan to publish their archive of UFO sightings and similar events on the Internet.
CNES is well known to space enthusiasts for their expertise on satellite deployment; however, this news is sure to excite the international culture of ufologists and skeptics, including Mulder and Scully.
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Welcome home daddy Posted: 3 years ago by BrownTrout
A very memorable welcome home for a little 6 year old boy. (this is truly the best part of coming home from a deployment!)
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Black Hawk Down in Fiji Posted: 3 years ago by teaya21
An Australian Army Black Hawk helicopter crashed into a navy ship and toppled into the sea off Fiji yesterday afternoon, killing at least one soldier while another was missing last night. The crew were part of a deployment which was on standby to rescue Australians in the event of a coup in Fiji.
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