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Army Releases List of Fort Hood Shooting Fatalities

The Army released an official list of the 13 people fatally shot at Fort Hood and said 16 victims were still being treated in hospitals, 9 of them in intensive care units.

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Related Topix: Fort Hood, TX, US News, Cameron, TX

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Hartford Business

Aetna's $2.8B Pentagon health pact in jeopardy

Hartford managed care provider Aetna Inc .'s multibillion-dollar Department of Defense contract was in doubt after the U.S. Government Accounting Office upheld a protest from a rival health insurer, Reuters reports.

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Related Topix: Aetna, Insurance, US News, Health Net

Fri Nov 06, 2009

First Coast News

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The suspect in a mass shooting Thursday at Fort Hood in Texas is alive, the military said Thursday.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, Fort Hood, TX, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Texas

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Canada.com

VIDEO: Fort Hood shooting investigation

Members of a local law enforcement SWAT team deploy at Fort Hood, Texas Nov. 5, 2009 in this video frame grab handout from the Department of Defense.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, Fort Hood, TX, US Politics, John Carter, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives

Customer Interaction Solutions

BRP secures $US10 million military contract for Evinrude multi-fuel engines

BRP has been awarded a $US10 million contract from the United States Marine Corps for its Evinrude multi-fuel engines .

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Related Topix: US Military, US Marine Corps, US News, Marketing

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Stars and Stripes

USFK starts distribution of H1Ni flu vaccine

U.S. Forces Korea personnel have begun receiving H1NI flu vaccinations, with the goal of immunizing all military and Department of Defense civilians by Thanksgiving.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Influenza, Health, US News, Life, Holidays, Thanksgiving, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu

CNN

White House: No H1N1 vaccine for Gitmo

Amid shortages in the U.S., the announced plan to vaccinate Guantanamo Bay detainees against swine flu angered many.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, US News, Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, World News,

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Men's News Daily

Pentagon Must Improve Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Efforts

A weapon in Iraq and Afghanistan that continues to kill and maim American and coalition soldiers is the Improvised Explosive Device, or IED.

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Related Topix: US News

Department of Defense News

DoD Identifies Army Casualty

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

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Related Topix: US News, Auburn Metro, Opelika, AL, US National Guard, US Military

Del Mar Times

Soldier from Oceanside dies in Iraq

A 28-year-old soldier from Oceanside died in Iraq from injuries he suffered in a non-combat incident, the Department of Defense announced Monday.

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Related Topix: US News, World News, Germany

Mon Nov 02, 2009

The Washington Post

Obama honors fallen Americans at Dover

President Barack Obama salutes as a carry team carries the transfer case containing the remains of Army Sgt.

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Related Topix: Dover, DE, Dover Metro, US Military, US Air Force, Dover Air Force Base, US News, US Army

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Department of Defense News

DoD Identifies Army Casualty

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

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Related Topix: US News

Earth Times

Rolls-Royce Success on U.S. Navy MissionCare Contract Leads to Expanded $90 Million Award

Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has been awarded a $90 million MissionCare contract by the U.S. Department of Defense at NATC Patuxent River to provide support for the F405-RR-401 engines that power the U.S. Navy's T-45 training aircraft.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Navy, US News, Patuxent River, MD

Sat Oct 31, 2009

The Business Journal of Milwaukee

GAO upholds Humana's protest of UnitedHealth's $21.8B TRICARE contract

Humana Military Healthcare Service might have another chance to retain work it was doing for the U.S. Department of Defense, despite an earlier decision to award the work to a division of UnitedHealth Group Inc.

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Related Topix: Humana, Insurance, UnitedHealth Group, US News, Securities and Exchange Commission, Corporate / Securities Law, Law, Financial Services

The Nation

Pentagon Investigating Iraq Electrocution Death

The Department of Defense has confirmed that the US Army Criminal Investigation Command has launched a formal investigation into the electrocution death of 25-year-old Adam Hermanson , a US Air Force veteran-turned private security contractor who died in a shower at the compound of his employer, Triple Canopy, at Camp Olympia inside Baghdad's Green ...

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Related Topix: US News, US Military, US Army, US Air Force, Iraq, World News

Examiner.com

Department of Defense releases names of Americans killed in Afghanistan

DoD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

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Related Topix: US News, US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, Fort Lewis, Fort Hood, TX

Fri Oct 30, 2009

TechNewsWorld

FOSS Goes to Washington, and Nvidia Keeps Its Driver Code to Itself

Linux bloggers weren't giving Nvidia any love after developer Andy Ritger told Phoronix it was unlikely the company would ever open source any of its cross-platform driver source code.

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Related Topix: Semiconductors, NVIDIA, Electronics, Open Source Software, Science / Technology, Linux, Blog News, US News

Stars and Stripes

Military Update: Sailors, Marines missing out on SBP enrollment

A typical officer retiring today who declines to enroll in the Survivor Benefit Plan lets the government off the hook for a subsidy worth $50,100 in a oenet present value,a say Department of Defense actuaries.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Marine Corps, US News, 9, Social Security, Personal Finance, US Navy, US Air Force

Department of Defense News

DoD Identifies Army Casualties

The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of seven soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

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Related Topix: US News

Air Force Link

DOD officials order enough H1N1 vaccine for National Guard

Army Sgt. Maj. Michael Mumford of the plans division of the National Guard Bureau in Arlington, Va., receives a seasonal flu shot from Staff Sgt.

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Related Topix: US National Guard, US Military, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, US Air Force, Bolling Air Force Base, US Army, US News

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