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Retired Gen. Schwarzkopf, U.S. commander in Desert Storm, dies
Associated PressTruth is, retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf didn’t care much for his popular “Stormin’ Norman” nickname. The seemingly no-nonsense Desert Storm commander’s reputed temper with aides and subordinates supposedly earned him...Tags: The Washington Post, Technology, Baghdad (Iraq), Heroism, Science and Technology
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$5 million paid to Iraqis over Abu Ghraib
A defense contractor whose subsidiary was accused in a lawsuit of conspiring to torture detainees at the infamous Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq has paid $5.28 million to 71 former inmates held there and at other U.S.-run detention sites between 2003 and 2007....
Tags: Government, Laws, U.S. Congress, Defense, U.S. Army
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Vets meet with Musselman High School students
matthew.umstead@herald-mail.comMusselman High School senior Josh Ferguson volunteered to help with the school’s Take a Veteran to School celebration Thursday not knowing he would meet a family relative — who served in World War II — for the first time. Charles L....Tags: High Schools, Unrest, Conflicts and War, World War II (1939-1945), Schools, Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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Mail Call - Oct. 19
“I’m calling about the comment in Tuesday’s Mail Call about the property on Fairview Mountain in Clear Spring. I think the landlord is just mad because they had to do something on the property. Too bad. If you want to be a landlord or...Tags: Republican Party, White Marsh, Barack Obama, U.S. Senate, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia)
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Former Hagerstown resident retires from military after 29 years of service
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comFrom finding ways to mitigate the devastating effects of improvised explosive devices in Iraq to training future Army officers on the homefront, former Hagerstown resident David Ramsey capped an illustrious military career when he retired earlier this...Tags: The Pentagon, Edgewood, Afghanistan, Fort Meade (military base), Army National Guard
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W.Va. launches ambitious veterans outreach survey
West Virginia lawmakers launched a comprehensive survey Monday to learn more about the state’s legions of military veterans and their needs before the next legislative session. Aided by psychologists and counselors, the project plans to ask...Tags: The Washington Post, Walmart, U.S. Navy, Religion and Belief, United States Census Bureau
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Miss. shooting victim was Purple Heart recipient
matthew.umstead@herald-mail.comA 28-year-old man who died early Sunday after he was shot in the parking lot of a Berkeley County sports bar was a Purple Heart recipient who served in Iraq with the Mississippi Army National Guard, according to a National Guard spokesman. Samson...Tags: Army National Guard, Shootings
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Owner shutters W.Va. bar after Purple Heart recipient shot
matthew.umstead@herald-mail.comThe owner of a sports bar where a 28-year-old man was fatally shot in the parking lot early Sunday surrendered her liquor license Wednesday and will not reopen, her attorney said. “Because of this incident, they’ve just decided they don&...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Police Investigations, Injuries and Wounds, Shootings
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Yemen leader apologizes to U.S. for embassy attack
Associated PressChanting “death to America” and “death to Israel,” hundreds of protesters angered by an anti-Islam film stormed the U.S. Embassy compound in Yemen’s capital and burned the American flag on Thursday, the latest in a series...Tags: Elections, Barack Obama, Movies, Yemen, Religious Conflicts
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Evaluation ordered for guardsman found with training rifle near schools
matthew.umstead@herald-mail.comA man spotted running near two Martinsburg schools on the first day of classes while carrying a training rifle and dressed in camouflage agreed to undergo an evaluation as a condition of his release from jail Wednesday. William Everett “Billy&...Tags: United States Naval Academy, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, U.S. Army
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Armed man wearing military camo, ballistic vest arrested near Martinsburg schools
matthew.umstead@herald-mail.comAn Army National Guardsman who was carrying a training rifle and wearing military desert camouflage and a ballistic vest was arrested Monday morning after he was spotted running near two Martinsburg schools, police and military officials said. Monday was...Tags: Loudoun County, Prosecution, U.S. Army, Firearms, Health and Safety at School
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Company once known as Blackwater settles arms case
The international security contractor formerly known as Blackwater has agreed to pay a $7.5 million fine to settle federal criminal charges related to arms smuggling and other crimes. Documents unsealed Tuesday in a U.S. District Court in North Carolina...Tags: Government, Economy, Business and Finance, Firearms, National Government, Weaponry
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