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Dumping of military equipment at Tacoma landfill spurs inquiry 1 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 2117

Alaska National Guard unit being investigated for allegations of sexual misconduct 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1999

2 shot at Guard armory in Tenn.; man in custody 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 1956

Ft. Hood: Local, Army leaders want another BRAC 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1799

8 Shaw Air Force officers reprimanded in sexual misconduct investigation 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 1981

The European Drone War 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1764

Pentagon dollars flow into Africa 1 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 1779

Ex-drone operator describes a kill: ‘I watched this guy bleed out’ 1 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 1933

Government contracts for the last week: 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1682

Joining Forces to Provide Jobs for Military Families - video 0 Tx4obama Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 1650

War veterans face epilepsy as side effect of head trauma 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 1796

US And Pakistan Locked In A "Drone Marriage" 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 1606

Time for the Truth about 'Targeted' Killings and US Drones' Civilian Victims 5 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 2092

Radio Wars: Will Production Halt Force Army To Play Radio Shell Game? 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1722

JLTV Wracked By ‘Perfect Storm’ Of CR, Shutdown, Sequester: Uncertainty Rules 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1632

Military misconduct cases worry Pentagon brass 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1733

Vermont Progressives Aiming to Shoot Down F-35 Stealth Bomber 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 3 1701

Sex allegations at Carlsbad academy 1 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 1980

Fake 1 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 4 1850

Monument for dogs used in military to be dedicated 0 douglas9 Oct 2013 Oct 2013 4 1726

Iconic and Unseen War Photos From Vietnam and Iraq 2 douglas9 Oct 2013 Oct 2013 7 2763

Demon-focused ex-Navy chaplain ‘Dr. Chaps’ is running for elected office 1 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 2239

Sequestration Cuts Leave Army With Only 2 Brigades Ready To Fight: CSA Odierno 6 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 2834

Why Washington Just Can’t Stop Making War 4 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 2047

The Senate Is Sitting On A Devastating Report About How The CIA Avoided Oversight Of Unnecessary Tor 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 13 1798

Former Bush Official: We Went Into Iraq Because 'We Were Looking For Somebody's Ass To Kick': Report 4 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 2365

SOCOM Wants YOU To Help Build High-Tech ‘Iron Man’ Armor 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1629

With U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, American military gear sold as scrap 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 1716

US gives up on Central Asian base 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1629

The Business of America Is War 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 1659

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Bribery scandal engulfs U.S. Navy; contractor traded inside data for hookers and Lady Gaga tickets 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 1761

From adultery to illegal gambling — U.S. military generals face tougher scrutiny for personal conduc 1 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1947

Guardsman blew whistle, then his career blew up 2 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 5 2264

Sex allegations at Carlsbad academy 1 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 2131

UN Expert Challenges Foundations of US Covert Drone War 1 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 2023

THE ROVING EYE: 'Our' weaponized Wahhabi bastards 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 1675

Air Force Officer At Center Of Sexual Assault Controversy Demoted And Forced Into Retirement 4 pinboy3niner Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 2077

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Veterans Arrested at Vietnam Memorial 3 PeoViejo Oct 2013 Oct 2013 3 2552

Making Peace with War 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1649

The American Genocide Against Iraq: 4% of Population Dead as result of US sanctions, wars 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 1709

Obama Awards Medal Of Honor To Afghan War Vet 3 jakeXT Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 2099

A HOPEFUL EMAIL to A landlord... 0 AsahinaKimi Oct 2013 Oct 2013 11 2004

VA Chief: Shutdown Could Hit Millions of Vets 11 pinboy3niner Oct 2013 Oct 2013 4 3097

Happy birthday to the United States Navy 3 tinymontgomery Oct 2013 Oct 2013 5 2037

Pentagon confirms U.S. troops snatched wanted al Qaida leader from streets of Libyan capital 3 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 2372

Inspectors fear millions in gas money getting siphoned off in Afghanistan 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1770

When Federal Contracts Turn Into Corporate Welfare 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 1733

Nuclear weapons are the U.S.’s instruments of peace 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 2201

Vietnam independence hero who defeated American and French armies General Giap dead at 102 3 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 3 2341

Isolationists Score While Hagel Scrambles To Maintain US Power; Lockheed To Furlough 3,000 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1710

Exploding fuel tankers driving Army to solar power 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 1695

Dutch Treat For the F-35 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1730

New Study Fuels Debate Over F-35 Safety 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1723

Defense Execs Predict Production Halts If Fed Shutdown Stretches To Mid Month 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 1804

Only the Interests of the World’s Leading Superpower America Are Served by the JSF 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1631

Watchdog Finds 719 Problems with the Pentagon’s F-35 Program 1 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 2083

Tomgram: Ann Jones, Americans Can't Remember, Afghans Will Never Forget 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1736

Battles Without End‘Thank You for Your Service,’ by David Finkel 0 groovedaddy Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1619

Report: Military Lost Control of F-35 Contractors, Errors Abound 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 2131

Two U.S. generals fired after security lapse at Afghan base 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1826

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What a Government Shutdown Means for Veterans 0 AsahinaKimi Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 2156

So... what are we looking at in terms of veterans with a government shutdown? 5 Silver Gaia Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 2525

Attention: DISABLIED VETERANS 0 AsahinaKimi Sep 2013 Sep 2013 4 2152

Pentagon could cut thousands more employees, save $50 billion, says study by former chiefs 18 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 5224

8 Most Exceptionally Dumb American Achievements of the Twenty-First Century 3 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 2275

LEFT BEHIND: US Scrapping $7B in Military Equipment in Afghanistan to Protect War Profiteers 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 4396

Army orders ban of malaria drug mefloquine 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 6 2372

Fessing Up to Our Imperial Footprint 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1864

Poison Gas, Poison Values, Poison History 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1660

Oh, No, Not Peace! 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 4 1672

Is Iran out of the US War Queue? The Twilight of the Hawks 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1625

No. 2 nuclear commander in the Navy relieved in probe over fake gambling chips 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1901

Who Will "Punish" Us? Photographs and Testimony about United States' Use ***graphic pix*** 6 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 21 8236

Mental health leading cause of military hospital stays 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 1712

Pentagon finalizes $7.8 billion in F-35 contracts with Lockheed 3 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 2133

The Pentagon's biggest, baddest - and costliest - piece of hardware ever 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1926

Pentagon Mocks Sequester with New Millions Wasted 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1656

China Says J-31 Fighter Will Compete With F-35 for Sales 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 3812

Owner of region's largest painkiller clinics banned from practicing medicine while N.C. Medical Boar 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 2404

2 U.S. Army vets accused of plot to kill DEA agent 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1974

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