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Thousands of Soldiers Unfit for War Duty

Jul 6th 2010 – 11:01AM
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Brent Stirton, Getty Images

(July 6) -- More than 13,000 active-duty Army soldiers -- the equivalent of four combat brigades -- are sidelined as unfit for war because of injury, illness, or mental stress.

Pew Study Salutes Pentagon for Eco-Friendly Thinking

By Tamara LytleApr 20th 2010 – 6:28PM
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(April 20) -- An organization that buys jet fuel by the billions of gallons and gets around in gas-guzzling tanks seems an unlikely leader in the effort to go green. But according to a report released today by the Pew Project on National Security, Energy and Climate, the U.S. military is making great strides in curbing...

Volcanic Ash Forces Military to Reroute Flights

By Sharon WeinbergerApr 16th 2010 – 2:53PM

WASHINGTON (April 16) -- The cloud of volcanic ash still expanding across Europe has forced the U.S. military to cancel all of its flights in and out of key bases in Germany and Britain, according to the Department of Defense. The eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano has already forced some 17,000 commercial...

How Offshore Drilling Affects US Military

By Dale EismanMar 31st 2010 – 8:38PM
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WASHINGTON (March 31) -- President Barack Obama's decision to expand offshore energy development could put oil platforms in the middle of some of the military's prime East Coast training areas, tracts of open ocean and airspace now largely reserved for ship maneuvers, bombing runs and naval gunfire. And the armed forces,...

US Military Plans to Restart Airlifts Out of Haiti

Jan 31st 2010 – 6:01PM

MIAMI (Jan. 31) -- The U.S. military will resume bringing Haitian earthquake victims to the United States aboard its planes for medical treatment, ending a suspension that lasted several days, the White House said Sunday. The military had brought hundreds of critically injured Haitians to the United States aboard its...

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