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Record company lets military personnel express themselves through music Posted: 3 years ago by suebe
In times of war, many voices are heard. The promises of politicians, the criticism of pundits and the objections of protesters, but one local record label is making sure the voices of those closest to the battlegrounds also are heard.
To The Fallen Records website
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Federal court rules against military gays policy Posted: 2 years ago by muppet
The military cannot automatically discharge people because they're gay, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday in the case of a decorated flight nurse who sued the Air Force over her dismissal.
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Military shoots down YouTube, sends TroopTube into the skies Posted: 1 year ago by Nateebiinature
Forget YouTube—if you're a member of the US Military deployed overseas, you're about to become intimately familiar with TroopTube. The Military has launched TroopTube as an alternative to other video sharing sites, which have been banned from being accessed from bases overseas.
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Saddam’s Military Planes Found in Serbia Posted: 3 months ago by Bingo
Iraq’s missing Air Force jets have been traced to Serbia, where they are mostly in pieces. They have been cannibalized, parted out, or left to deteriorate over he past twenty years.
Iraqi officials said they found the planes in the process of trying to trace what Saddam, the former dictator, did with the country’s military assets.
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Military Files Left Unprotected Online Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Detailed schematics of a military detainee holding facility in southern Iraq. Geographical surveys and aerial photographs of two military airfields outside Baghdad. Plans for a new fuel farm at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. The military calls it "need-to-know" information that would pose a direct threat to U.S. troops if it were to fall into the hands of terrorists. It's material so sensitive that officials refused to release the documents when asked.
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10-year old boy shot in the head during military exercise Posted: 5 months ago by wisenhunt
Boy shot in the head when coming home from school in the small Ukrainian village of Russkaya Lozovaya. The bullet was fired from the Kharkov military lyceum's firing range, which is situated not far from the village.
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Suburbs in flames after military exercise Posted: 4 months ago by Bornbad
MILITARY bombing practice has caused one of France's worst fires for three years which continues to rage on the eastern outskirts of Marseille.
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Arlington Whistleblower Fired For Trying To Grant Media Access To Military Funerals Posted: 1 year ago by 2manyusernames
The Pentagon has placed restrictions on media coverage of military funerals even if they gain permission from the family. Gina Gray said that the new restrictions were wrong and that Army regulations didn’t call for such limitations. For her efforts to go against orders she has been demoted and ultimately fired.
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US to Military: You're so Patriotic, we're going to SPY on you! Posted: 1 year ago by JoshSF49
Reports that the NSA has been eavesdropping on Military personnel abroad have surfaced.
Yay Patriot Act!
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Foster Homes for Pets of Deployed Military Posted: 1 year ago by meggysue
The military call-up in Desert Storm resulted in what's being called an "animal disaster". As a result, two organizations arose to support our downrange military by providing foster care homes for their pets. Is there room in your home for one more? Even if we don't support the war(s), we can still support the troops.
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Military Hush-Up: Incoming Space Rocks Now Classified Posted: 6 months ago by bornbad
A recent U.S. military policy decision now explicitly states that observations by hush-hush government spacecraft of incoming bolides and fireballs are classified secret and are not to be released.
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Photographer uses scopes for distant galaxies to capture Earth's stealth military bases... Posted: 2 years ago by deepchill
...to bypass the many miles of secure federal land frequently surround the off-limits military installations. (view slideshow for Area 52)
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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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7 Unusual Military Animals Posted: 2 years ago by Turtle
Cat Bombs, War Pigs, Military Insects
The most creative way to use a cat as a weapon happened in World War II. The United States’ OSS (Office of Strategic Services, the precursor of the CIA) needed a way to guide bombs to sink German ships.
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Military veterinary hospital opens Posted: 1 year ago by Marli
A $15 million veterinary hospital for four-legged military personnel opened Tuesday at Lackland Air Force Base, offering a long overdue facility that gives advanced medical treatment for combat-wounded dogs.
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As the economy worsens, military recruiting strengthens Posted: 1 year ago by Bornbad
The economic crisis could help the military recruit and retain troops, Pentagon officials said Friday, potentially ending years of extraordinary bonuses and waivers that have become necessary to keep enough troops to fight two wars.
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Mung bean mystery stumps British military Posted: 5 months ago by kakana
The British military is mystified after what was first announced as a major haul of opium poppy seeds amounted to nothing more than a hill of beans.
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U.S Military attempting damage control. Posted: 1 year ago by katrinamcal
Two U.S soldiers were murdered in Iraq by another U.S soldier. and the military refuses to tell the victims families what happened. this is also close to home for me. Darris Dawson was a friend of my brothers and both served together in Iraq.
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Used MP3 Player Comes With Secret Military Files Posted: 10 months ago by 2manyusernames
Guy buys an used MP3 player, finds it comes pre-loaded with U.S. military personnel lists that included social security numbers and cell phone numbers of soldiers stationed overseas in Afghanistan and Iraq. (most of the files were from 2005)
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Proposed smoking ban angers some in military Posted: 5 months ago by nateebiinature
A Pentagon-commissioned report urges the Defense Department to ban smoking in the military, even by combat troops in battle zones, a proposal that quickly ignited a controversy among service members.
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