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Oral arguments sent for disbarred JAG appeal
Oral arguments sent for disbarred JAG appeal
Oral arguments in the Air Force’s appeal of the case against Col. Michael D. Murphy, a former senior judge advocate who was discovered to have been disbarred for more than 20 years, will take place Friday
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  • Army report shows chemicals at burn pit site
    A soldier concerned about his tour at Forward Operating Base Hammer near Balad, Iraq, this year sent Military Times a report showing high levels of particulate matter and low levels of manganese,...
    Posted Thursday Nov 20, 2008 5:51:35 EST
  • JDAM makes debut on A-10C Thunderbolt
    Fielding of the laser-guided Joint Direct Attack Munitions reached a milestone this month when the bomb debuted on a Thunderbolt.
    Posted Thursday Nov 20, 2008 5:52:02 EST
  • Solutions sought to concerns about extra duties
    Nothing irritates airmen like the seemingly endless proliferation of additional duties and training requirements that waste their time.
    Posted Wednesday Nov 19, 2008 17:52:06 EST
  • Mullen: War stresses may be growing
    WASHINGTON — Stress on U.S. troops from repeated combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan is “extraordinary” and may be worsening even as fighting eases in Iraq, the military’s...
    Posted Thursday Nov 20, 2008 9:20:26 EST
  • 8th Air Force Museum fails accreditation
    BOSSIER CITY, La. — An Air Force museum at Barksdale Air Force Base has failed to gain accreditation from its parent museum.
    Posted Thursday Nov 20, 2008 10:07:09 EST
  • Beau Biden leaves for Iraq duty
    WILMINGTON, Del. — Delaware National Guard officials say state Attorney General Beau Biden left the U.S. Wednesday for duty in Iraq.
    Posted Thursday Nov 20, 2008 10:01:20 EST
  • Holloman agrees to reconsider sonic booms
    ALAMOGORDO, N.M. — After hearing from residents of Alamogordo, White Oaks and Nogal, a Holloman Air Force Base official pledged to reconsider an effort to minimize supersonic booms from the...
    Posted Thursday Nov 20, 2008 9:21:36 EST
  • Lawmaker proposes plates for Cold War vets
    LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Veterans who served during the Cold War could get a specialty license plate under legislation being backed by an Arkansas lawmaker.
    Posted Thursday Nov 20, 2008 6:51:32 EST
  • American troops fired on in the Philippines
    MANILA, Philippines — The U.S. Embassy in the Philippines says American troops traveling in a Philippine army convoy came under fire earlier this week from suspected Muslim militants, but there...
    Posted Thursday Nov 20, 2008 6:48:17 EST
  • Lawmakers’ F-22 demands may go unheeded
    House Republicans and Democrats joined forces for two and a half hours to pummel the Pentagon’s chief weapon buyer for failing to spend $90 million on future F-22 jet fighters.
    Posted Wednesday Nov 19, 2008 18:28:45 EST
  • Dyess master sgt. dies just before retirement
    An airman at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, was killed in a car crash Nov. 16, just a few weeks before he was set to retire.
    Posted Wednesday Nov 19, 2008 18:10:55 EST
  • Airman topples Bagram fuel records
    Staff Sgt. Michael Baker’s strategy to make his deployment pass swiftly: set all the fuel records he can.
    Posted Wednesday Nov 19, 2008 18:05:41 EST
  • VA document-shredding no shock to vets
    Doubts were raised Wednesday about whether the Bush administration can do anything to restore confidence in the Veterans Affairs Department following the discovery last month of almost 500 key...
    Posted Wednesday Nov 19, 2008 17:14:41 EST
  • Senior military spouses offer lessons learned
    Prolonged, continuous deployments and their effects on military families need to be seriously addressed in the coming year, said the wife of the Chief of Naval Operations, the wife of the Army chief...
    Posted Wednesday Nov 19, 2008 16:02:09 EST
  • Al-Qaida No. 2 insults Obama with race epithet
    CAIRO, Egypt — Al-Qaida’s No. 2 leader used a racial epithet to insult Barack Obama in a message posted Wednesday, describing the president-elect in demeaning terms that imply he does the...
    Posted Wednesday Nov 19, 2008 16:49:10 EST
  • Report: Navy friendly fire killed UK Marine
    A Navy F/A-18C pilot was acting in “good faith” and with the “best of intentions” when he mistakenly fired on a friendly position in Afghanistan and killed a British Marine in...
    Posted Wednesday Nov 19, 2008 21:57:30 EST
  • Soldier sues Army secretary over retirement
    A soldier filed a lawsuit against the secretary of the Army on Oct. 31 stating his military retirement case was handled illegally.
    Posted Wednesday Nov 19, 2008 14:55:44 EST
  • New Air Guard commander nominated
    President Bush on Tuesday nominated the adjutant general of the Oklahoma National Guard to command the Air National Guard.
    Posted Wednesday Nov 19, 2008 11:36:33 EST
  • Bush taps new maintenance, logistics chief
    The commander of the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center is tapped to become the Air Staff’s top maintenance and logistics officer.
    Posted Wednesday Nov 19, 2008 11:34:24 EST
  • Documentary details ex-sgt.’s rape, PTSD
    ST. LOUIS — Retired Army Sgt. Angela Peacock once was outgoing, competitive and athletic. These days, she barely functions, trusts no one and suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder that...
    Posted Wednesday Nov 19, 2008 11:16:38 EST
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