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Yesterday | Los Angeles Times

U.S. diplomats use military role-playing to prepare for Iraq assignments

Sitting helplessly in the back of a bombed armored troop carrier as soldiers scrambled to tend the wounded, the diplomat had to ask himself: Was his meeting with Iraqi officials worth this? It is a question that instructors at the Army's National Training Center at Fort Irwin, in the Mojave Desert, hope diplomats always ask themselves before ...

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Irwin, CA, Mojave, CA, Iraq

Tue Jul 07, 2009

Jacksonville Daily Progress

Soldier, family enjoy break before deployment

By Kelsey Palmer news@jacksonvilleprogress.com Forth of July is always a great time to honor the brave men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces, but this Independence Day is especially important for the Ray family of Jacksonville because their son is home for a two-week break before his first deployment to Iraq.

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Related Topix: Jacksonville, TX, US Military, US Army, Fort Lewis

Thu Jul 02, 2009

SavannahNow.com

Army Rangers do 'a fun jump' into ocean off Tybee Island

Rangers from the 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment parachute from a C-130 Hercules flying at 500 feet during training exercise over the ocean near Tybee Island.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Tybee Island, GA, Savannah, GA, Savannah Metro, US Coast Guard, US News

Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

3rd Brigade moves out to Fort Irwin before Iraq deployment

Sgt. James Jordan has served with Fort Benning's 3rd Brigade on each of its three combat tours in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Irwin, CA, Fort Benning

Sun Jun 28, 2009

News Sun

Five questions with Josh Duhamel

Don't tell his wife, Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas, but she's not the preferred robot-bashing mood music for Josh Duhamel.

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Related Topix: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, US Military, US Army, Fort Irwin, CA, Entertainment

Wed Jun 17, 2009

The Reporter

Desert exercise readies troops

As the back ramp of the C-17 Globemaster opened, swirling clouds of dust parted to expose the baked, cracking earth that came alive with airmen unloading the cargo and greeting those on board.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force, Travis Air Force Base, Fort Hunter Liggett, US Army, Monterey County, CA, Fort Irwin, CA

Mon Jun 15, 2009

Auburn Journal

Cross-country journey gives back to veterans

Lynn Beadles helms his 40-foot motor home where he will spend the better part of the next two months providing a support vehicle for Keela Carr who is running and walking cross-country to benefit military veterans.

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Related Topix: Life, Veteran Affairs, US Army

Sat Jun 13, 2009

Triplicate.com

Blackhawks fly in

Cavalry unit makes a stop in commander's hometown Members of the 4-6 Air Cavalry unload after landing on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Fort Lewis, WA, US Military, US Army

Thu Jun 11, 2009

MilitaryCity.com

New GOP leader set for House military panel

A California lawmaker is set to become the new ranking Republican member on the House Armed Services Committee, a post that will make him the House's top critic of the Obama administration's defense policies.

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Related Topix: US Politics, John McHugh, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Roscoe Bartlett, US Military, Edwards Air Force Base, US Air Force, US Army

Sun Jun 07, 2009

Nevada Appeal

Soldier dad makes special trip

Kenni Kinsey digs through her craft boxes looking for ways to decorate her graduation cap.

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Related Topix: US National Guard, US Military, US Army, Fort Irwin, CA, Camp Atterbury

Wed Jun 03, 2009

Government Executive

Scramble begins for top GOP post on Armed Services Committee

The race is on for the top Republican slot on the House Armed Services Committee that is expected to be vacated by Rep.

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Related Topix: US Politics, John McHugh, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Mac Thornberry, Roscoe Bartlett, John Boehner, US Military, US Army

Sun May 31, 2009

Manhattan Mercury

Local leaders get a peek at Army training

FORT IRWIN, Calif. a ' Leaders from the Greater Fort Riley Region are getting a glimpse of what 1st Infantry Division soldiers will face when they head to the Middle East for combat operations.

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Related Topix: US Army, US Military, Fort Irwin, CA

Fri May 29, 2009

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

Navy lab in Norco dedicated

The Navy and Army have a new weapon in their battle against improvised explosive devices - the Daugherty Memorial Assessment Center.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Navy, NSWC Corona, US News, US Army, Norco, CA, Corona, CA

Thu May 28, 2009

Honolulu Star-Bulletin

Helicopter crashes at Wheeler; injuries reported

Two 25th Infantry Division aviators were killed when their 0H-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter crashed this afternoon at Wheeler Army Airfield at Schofield Barracks.

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Related Topix: US Military, Schofield Barracks, US Army, Schofield Barracks, HI, Pohakuloa Training Area, Wheeler Army Airfield

Wed May 20, 2009

The Daily Breeze

Patriots' Pride

Six-year-old Emma Coulter watches an Army helicopter fly-over in the 50th annual Armed Forces Day Parade in Torrance Saturday.

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Related Topix: US Army, US Military, Los Angeles, CA

Mon May 18, 2009

Daily Breeze

John Bogert: The men, women behind the tanks, howitzers

Yesterday's Torrance Armed Forces Day Parade was the 50th in its line. It's the longest-running and one of the last of its type, a parade that somehow survives the tectonic push/pull of a militarily conflicted nation.

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Related Topix: Torrance, CA, US Military, US Army, Tustin, CA, Barstow, CA, Fort Irwin, CA

Sat May 16, 2009

MyATLtv.com

'Sledgehammer' Brigade Trains for Pending Deployment

The 3rd Brigade of the 3rd Infantry Division is one of the most deployed units in the Army.

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Related Topix: US Army, US Military, Fort Benning, Fort Benning, GA

Thu May 14, 2009

Aerotech News And Review

News Briefs May 14, 2009

The Department of Defense announced the death of a Soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom on May 8. Pvt.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Explosion, Loma Linda, CA, Linda, CA

Tue May 12, 2009

Desert Dispatch

Fort Irwin soldier found dead in Iraq

A 21-year-old soldier from Fort Irwin died in Iraq from a non-combat related incident on Friday, according to a report from the Department of Defense released Monday.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Irwin, CA, US Marine Corps

Mon May 11, 2009

Department of Defense News

DoD Identifies Army Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Department of Defense, US News

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