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Black Hawk helicopter flies itself over mountain range in test
In the blue skies above the Diablo Range, just east of San Jose, a Black Hawk helicopter flew a two-hour test mission controlled entirely by a computer -- without a pilot’s hand. There were pilots aboard the aircraft, but all maneuvers during...
Tags: Landforms, Science and Technology, Armed Forces, Mountains, U.S. Army
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Defending the world, bankrupting ourselves
The argument for leaving 10,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan after 2014 is more or less reasonable on its face. The Kabul government is fragile; our gains might be reversed; the Afghan military is not ready to stand on its own. Here's the unreasonable,...Tags: Russia, South Korea, Fiscal Cliff, Defense, International Military Interventions
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Manning held improperly in brig, Marine official testifies
An Army private charged with sending reams of classified documents to the secret-spilling website WikiLeaks was wrongly kept on suicide watch for at least seven days of his nine months' confinement at a Marine Corps brig in Quantico, Va., the Marines'...Tags: Minority Groups, Medical Specialization, Witnesses, Fort Meade (military base), Psychiatrists
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Anchorage-Based Military Unit Receives New Commander
Channel 2 NewsArmy Col. Matt McFarlane took over Wednesday as the new commander of the Anchorage-based 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division in a ceremony held on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. McFarlane has served in the Army since 1992. most recently...Tags: Afghanistan, Armed Forces
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Ties of family, friendship, service define Army-Navy rivalry
The Baltimore SunKen Niumatalolo noticed the Army guys looking askance as he wound his way through the Pentagon to attend a ceremony for his brother, an Army lieutenant colonel. "I think they recognized me," said the Navy football coach, chuckling. "And I don't think...Tags: United States Naval Academy, Football, Sports, Ken Niumatalolo
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Religious tradition continues for 56th year in Danville
WDBJ7 ReporterIt takes months to prepare and dozens of volunteers to decorate just one tree in Danville. This week church members at Ascension Lutheran Church are hanging white and gold ornaments on their Chrismons tree. A Chrismons tree is different from a...Tags: Religion and Belief, Christmas
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Roger Ailes uses 'fair and balanced' Fox for a political pitch
Just a little more than a week ago, military affairs journalist Tom Ricks outraged the right-wing faithful by saying that Fox News Channel obsessed on the terrorist attack on Benghazi, Libya, in part because the station “was operating as a wing of...
Tags: Rick Santorum, Sarah Palin, News Corp., The Washington Post, Roger Ailes
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Iran Claims Seizure of U.S. Drone Over Persian Gulf
CNNTehran, Iran-- Iran's navy has captured what it says is a U.S. drone after it entered Iranian airspace over the Persian Gulf. However, a U.S. defense official, who could not be named because the official was not authorized to speak to the media, told CNN...Tags: U.S. Military, U.S. Navy, CNN (tv network), Iran, Military Equipment
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Lead limits on military firing ranges outdated, report says
Researchers commissioned by the Defense Department said Monday that decades-old limits on lead exposure are inadequate to protect the health of workers on military firing ranges. Moreover, the National Academy of Science reported, lead from ammunition...
Tags: Leon Panetta, Breastfeeding, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Fort Meade (military base), U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
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Orwell's '1984' coming true
AberdeenIn the 1949 science fiction book, “1984,” writer George Orwell describes the mythical land of Oceania where Big Brother watches and controls all aspects of its citizens' lives. The media is controlled by Big Brother and the thought...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Terrorism, George W. Bush, New York City, Security Measures
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Women in combat -- it's time
When politicians pay tribute to members of the U.S. armed forces, they almost always refer to our "brave men and women," a recognition of the fact that women now constitute 14.5% of the nation's 1.4 million active-duty military personnel. But even...Tags: Trials, Rick Santorum, Elections, Afghanistan, Defense
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Fallout of fear
Chicago Tribune reporterHalf a century ago, the unthinkable became all too thinkable as the Soviet Union and the United States engaged in a game of chicken, played with nuclear bombs. On Oct. 22, 1962, President John F. Kennedy went on television to announce that the Soviet...Tags: Jackson Park, Grant Park, Argonne National Laboratory, Russia, University of Chicago
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