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  1. Pfc. Barrett Austin was driving an armored truck on patrol when it was hit by insurgents.

    From boyhood to battlefield: Long war takes its toll

    When the terrorists struck on 9/11, Barrett Austin was in Mrs. Spearman's second-grade class here. Weeks later, he'd wear a Ninja costume with a red headband for Halloween.

  1. Senators: Limit recruits' athletic shoe choices to U.S.-made footwear

  2. Troops offered deals for Memorial Day

  1. Bill would require mental health checkup every 6 months for deployed troops

  2. DoD school director to retire in August

  3. DoD seeks to reprogram '13 budget to improve readiness

  4. Pentagon: F-35 program costs fell $4.5 billion last year

  5. Lawmakers want DoD to study whether Tricare may cover horse therapy

  6. Tricare approves waivers for beneficiaries in tornado-affected Oklahoma

  7. Ceremony to honor airmen killed in Vietnam plane crash

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    Bush hosts bike ride for combat veterans

    Former President George W. Bush is hosting a 100-kilometer mountain bike ride at his Central Texas ranch for military members wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.

    • May. 24, 2013
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    Former major league pitcher Chris Ray pours one of his baseball-themed beers May 22 at The Diamond in Richmond, Va. The specialty brew will be sold at the Double AA minor league Richmond Flying Squirrels' baseball game May 23. The proceeds are given to military families. Joe Mahoney / The Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP

    Brewers team up on beer to help military families

    Craft breweries from around the country are toasting the troops with a beer aged with a unique ingredient that symbolizes America's pastime — baseball bats.

    • May. 24, 2013

  3. Master sergeant promotion list released

    The Air Force released its master sergeant promotion list today. Of the 20,528 eligible technical sergeants, 3,841 were selected for promotion to master sergeant, for a promotion rate of 18.71 percent.

    • May. 23, 2013
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    Panel rejects Pentagon's request for base closings

    A new round of military base closings is going nowhere in Congress.

    • May. 23, 2013
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    President Obama talks about national security May 23 at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP

    Obama sees narrower terror threat, defends drones

    President Obama sought Thursday to advance the U.S.

    • May. 23, 2013

  6. Lawmakers make pre-Memorial Day calls to fix vet claims backlog

    In a pre-Memorial Day push to show their concern about the backlog of veterans' disability claims, House Republicans are calling for an independent task force to recommend a solution while House Democrats pushed the idea of providing temporary benefits to

    • May. 23, 2013
  7. DoD acquisition chief Frank Kendall said the Pentagon will create its own electronic health record system using commercial software. Tom Pennington/Getty Images

    Pentagon goes it alone on electronic health records

    The Defense Department is abandoning its plans to build a single, joint electronic health record system with the Veterans Affairs Department in favor of developing its own system using commercial software.

    • May. 23, 2013
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    Obama to address drones, Gitmo in security speech

    President Obama is set to at least partially bring out into the open some of the U.S.-directed drone program, a key component of counterterrorism strategy, as he outlines the contours of the continuing threat to American security.

    • May. 23, 2013
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    Retired Army Lt. Col. Richard A. Lester, left, and Atlanta History Center President and CEO Sheffield Hale look over the Army seal May 13 at the nearly finished Veterans Park at the Atlanta History Center in Atlanta. Jason Getz / Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP

    Battleground soil given place of honor in Atlanta

    It seemed like a mission impossible, but Richard A. Lester believed it could be done.

    • May. 23, 2013
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    Jet from Whiteman AFB clips power lines

    A low-flying military jet from a western Missouri Air Force base clipped several power lines, but officials said no injuries were reported.

    • May. 23, 2013
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    Tinker airman, family narrowly escaped Okla. storm

    Picking through the debris of his tornado-demolished home Wednesday in Moore, Okla., Valparaiso native Jacob Schroeder hoped he might find things such as baby books, the computer with the family's stored pictures or his daughter's favorite stuffed toy.

    • May. 23, 2013
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    Surplus military trucks get new lives

    They've served their country well. Getting parked in a nondescript dirt lot sure doesn't seem like much of a final resting place.

    • May. 23, 2013
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    The Thunderbirds may be grounded from flying over the May 29 Air Force Academy graduation, but that is not stopping a fleet of historic planes from making an appearance. Dennis Rogers / Air Force

    Volunteers take over for grounded Thunderbirds

    The signature flyover of the Air Force Academy graduation May 29 will be a little more historical this year.

    • May. 23, 2013
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    Cheers, shouts, thumbs up, 'V' signs and general jubilation shows in the expressions of the released POWs in March 1973 as their C-141 plane lifts off from Gia Lam Airport taking them to Clark Air Base in the Philippines. Air Force via AP

    Nixon library hosts 40th reunion for Vietnam POWs

    Navy Lt. Mike McGrath was just 27 years old, with a wife and two toddler sons in the U.S., when he was shot down and taken prisoner on his 179th bombing mission during the Vietnam War.

    • May. 23, 2013
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    Soldier was target of brutal attack in London

    The British government's emergency committee met Thursday after two attackers butchered a British soldier in a daylight attack in London that raised fears terrorism had returned to the capital.

    • May. 23, 2013
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    Pakistan arrested American who was killed by drone

    Pakistani authorities once arrested an American citizen now known to have been killed in a U.S. drone strike in the country, but he escaped after being released on bail.

    • May. 23, 2013
  17. Mike Morones/Staff

    4 leg exercises with little or no equipment

    You really can do leg exercises without the isolation-style or massive leg press machines found in most gyms. No more leg extension or leg curl machines. No need to find a leg abductor/adductor combo or hoist a 45-pound Olympic bar.

    • May. 22, 2013
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    McConnell, Pease and Altus chosen to host KC-46A tanker

    The two bases will be the first of 10 main operating bases for the new tanker

    • May. 22, 2013
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    Unmanned Global Hawks provide high-resolution intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance imagery. Air Force leaders, however, say the Block 30 version of the plane won't be needed, because its capabilities don't measure up to those of the manned U-2. Staff Sgt. Timothy Jenkins/Air Force

    Lawmakers: Keep flying Global Hawk Block 30 through 2016

    Lawmakers want the Air Force to keep flying the unmanned RQ-4 Global Hawk Block 30 for another three years, despite the service's contention that the manned U-2 is better suited for intelligence gathering.

    • May. 22, 2013
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    Stolen Valor Act on the way to White House

    The Stolen Valor Act that makes it a federal crime to profit from falsely claiming to have received a military medal for valor is on its way to the White House for President Obama's signature, thanks to the efforts of two Nevadans.

    • May. 22, 2013
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    Holder says 4 U.S. citizens killed in drone strikes

    Attorney General Eric Holder acknowledged Wednesday that four U.S. citizens had been killed in counter-terrorism drone strikes since 2009.

    • May. 22, 2013
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    Float driver: Train seemed still before deadly crash

    The driver of a parade float involved in a train wreck that killed four war veterans in West Texas told investigators the oncoming train appeared to be stationary, and that he didn't notice anything was wrong until he saw people jumping from the float, ac

    • May. 22, 2013
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    The 79th Medical Wing broke ground May 22 to begin the construction of the new Malcolm Grow Medical Clinic Campus at Joint Base Andrews, Md. It will include the new Malcolm Grow Medical Clinic and Surgery Center and a new dental clinic. Air Force

    New chapter begins for 79th Medical Wing

    The surgeon general of the Air Force is no stranger to the Malcolm Grow Medical Clinic and Surgery Center at Joint Base Andrews, Md. It's the first stop for ill and injured troops returning from Europe and Afghanistan.

    • May. 22, 2013
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    Fort Hood suspect wants to represent himself

    The Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood attack wants to represent himself at his upcoming murder trial, which means he could question the nearly three dozen soldiers he's accused of wounding in the shooting rampage.

    • May. 22, 2013
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    Special victims counsel 'a huge step forward'

    The judge advocate gave one victim of sexual assault the courage to take the stand at trial, to remain professional when it would have been easier not to, to get through one more day.

    • May. 22, 2013

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