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F-35 purchase could cost Canada $71-billion under worst-case scenario: report 0 unhappycamper Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1595

The Soul of Our Nation: War 1 unhappycamper Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1785

Viral Photo Sparks Honor, Not Pity — Finally 3 unhappycamper Aug 2013 Aug 2013 8 2307

Just got back from the new Austin VA Outpatient Clinic. 4 hobbit709 Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 2151

$2M bail set in death of WWII veteran 2 unhappycamper Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 2496

Exclusive: United Tech, Pentagon in $1 billion-plus deal for F-35 engines 3 unhappycamper Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 2041

High PCB Levels in Mongooses: The US Must Make Past Use and Storage of PCBs Public 0 unhappycamper Aug 2013 Aug 2013 1 1942

(Really) Young recruits graduate at Pendleton 3 unhappycamper Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 4891

Army Center for Substance Abuse Programs: Bankrupt at the Top, Ignoring Soldier Needs 0 unhappycamper Aug 2013 Aug 2013 1 1781

Nat Guard budget pinch 0 unhappycamper Aug 2013 Aug 2013 1 1576

With the 25% cutbacks due to sequestration, is anyone worried 2 LiberalLoner Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1855

Our View: Make sure the ships work 0 unhappycamper Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1657

Evidently Things Are Better Than The Dod Tells Us 5 unhappycamper Aug 2013 Aug 2013 4 2130

9/11 trial lawyer: CIA had its finger on Guantánamo’s mute button 0 unhappycamper Aug 2013 Aug 2013 1 1606

Marines Put F-35B Flight Costs 17 Percent Lower Than OSD 0 unhappycamper Aug 2013 Aug 2013 1 1549

Cost of F-35 stealth fighters could soon hit (Canadian) defence spending cap, report shows 0 unhappycamper Aug 2013 Aug 2013 1 2158

The drone that may never have to land 2 unhappycamper Aug 2013 Aug 2013 1 1893

Ted Rall: Crime and Punishment 0 unhappycamper Aug 2013 Aug 2013 4 1690

Japan-made parts to push up price of F-35 fighter jets for ASDF 0 unhappycamper Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 2397

Pentagon cuts F-35 operating estimate below $1 trillion: source 0 unhappycamper Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1539

Navy disputes finding on ocean sonar 0 unhappycamper Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1662

Alleged Torturers (CACI) sue Abu Ghraib Torture Victims (Lazare) 1 unhappycamper Aug 2013 Aug 2013 3 1834

Air Force nuclear unit fails security test 1 unhappycamper Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1942

Enough Of this Bullshit 1 unhappycamper Aug 2013 Aug 2013 2 2092

US Arms Industry Would Lose Big from Egypt Aid Cut-Off 6 unhappycamper Aug 2013 Aug 2013 11 3581

It’s not about Democracy: Top Ten Reasons Washington is Reluctant to cut off Egypt Aid 1 unhappycamper Aug 2013 Aug 2013 4 1916

Sordid details spill out in rare court-martial of a general on sex charges 4 unhappycamper Aug 2013 Aug 2013 2 2505

DON’T SAY ‘DRONES,’ Beg Drone Makers 4 unhappycamper Aug 2013 Aug 2013 3 2166

Northrop Builds Rental Drones For Air Force, Customs Training 0 unhappycamper Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1753

Elecrocuted Solider Suit Revived Against KBR 1 douglas9 Aug 2013 Aug 2013 9 1993

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Analysts: Cutting aircraft carriers a real possibility 3 unhappycamper Aug 2013 Aug 2013 1 2292

Fact Sheet: The Obama Administration’s Work to Honor Our Military Families and Veterans 3 Tx4obama Aug 2013 Aug 2013 3 2080

President Obama and the First Lady address the Disabled American Veterans National Convention 0 Tx4obama Aug 2013 Aug 2013 2 1894

Yemenis call U.S. drone strikes an overreaction to al Qaida threat 1 unhappycamper Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1885

Give Us Our Flag! 3 unhappycamper Aug 2013 Aug 2013 14 2618

President Obama to address convention of disabled veterans 0 Tx4obama Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1621

Courthouse, Prescott, Arizona 3 Ptah Aug 2013 Aug 2013 12 2268

Obama signs bill easing airport screening for vets 2 Tx4obama Aug 2013 Aug 2013 2 2027

Full jury seated in Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair's sexual assault case 0 unhappycamper Aug 2013 Aug 2013 1 2338

President Obama Says Korean War Veterans ‘Deserve Better’ 3 Tx4obama Jul 2013 Aug 2013 3 2120

Navy abandons plan to fix nuclear sub burned in Maine 0 unhappycamper Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1835

Will Boeing's Tanker Destroy Lockheed Martin's F-35? 0 unhappycamper Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 2503

Half of potential jurors dismissed as jury selection resumes in Brig. Gen. Sinclair's court-martial 0 unhappycamper Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 2559

Navy Vets Say They Suffer From Agent Orange 0 douglas9 Aug 2013 Aug 2013 3 1734

Bagram: Torture, Detention Without End at US Military's 'Other Guantanamo 0 unhappycamper Aug 2013 Aug 2013 2 1786

The U.S.’s octogenarian Nazis problem looks a lot like its Guantanamo prisoners problem 0 unhappycamper Aug 2013 Aug 2013 2 1887

In Afghanistan, a second Guantanamo 0 unhappycamper Aug 2013 Aug 2013 3 1680

U.S. plans to monitor Afghanistan relief projects remotely 0 unhappycamper Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1701

Fleet hosting talk on use of drones 0 unhappycamper Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1761

Pentagon considers scrapping costly F-35 jet program 4 unhappycamper Aug 2013 Aug 2013 2 2831

Ash Carter Orders OSD Agency Cuts ASAP 0 unhappycamper Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1844

No, says State Dept., Drone Attacks in Pakistan Will Not Be Ending 'Very, Very Soon' 0 unhappycamper Aug 2013 Aug 2013 2 1782

60 U.S. military members fired in Pentagon sexual assault review 0 unhappycamper Aug 2013 Aug 2013 1 1833

Now President Obama has to rebuild the VA system that Bush destroyed. 3 Major Hogwash Aug 2013 Aug 2013 1 2276

Pentagon downplays prospects of cancelling F-35, bomber 0 unhappycamper Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1839

Military considers cutting 25% of Army personnel, Marines to trim budget for sequester 4 unhappycamper Aug 2013 Aug 2013 6 2957

WWII Photo Reconnaissance Pilot Reacts to Footage of Himself from 1944 4 progressoid Jul 2013 Jul 2013 7 2858

The Costly Failure of Missile Defense 0 unhappycamper Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1805

WTF??? Pentagon: Who We're At War With Is Classified 24 unhappycamper Jul 2013 Jul 2013 52 6764

Design As We Go Fails (Again) 4 unhappycamper Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 2470

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Italy Begins F-35 Assembly; Dutch Store Their First Two Jets 2 unhappycamper Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 2331

Marines Will Sacrifice Everything But ACV & Readiness To Sequester; Marine Personnel Carrier Dropped 5 unhappycamper Jun 2013 Jul 2013 1 2894

Untold Tale Behind USS Guardian Reef Grounding: NGA’s Map Was Wrong By 8 Miles 2 unhappycamper Jul 2013 Jul 2013 2 2601

Veterans Kept as Guinea Pigs to Get Some Relief 3 douglas9 Jul 2013 Jul 2013 17 3487

Tallying up the U.S. waste in Afghanistan reconstruction 0 unhappycamper Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1764

Afghanistan Reconstruction: U.S. Soldiers At Risk Because Of Private Contractors' Fraud, SIGAR Warns 1 unhappycamper Jul 2013 Jul 2013 2 1959

4 decades after war ended, Agent Orange still ravaging Vietnamese 4 unhappycamper Jul 2013 Jul 2013 2 2665

Report questions costs of mansions for the military's top brass 1 unhappycamper Jul 2013 Jul 2013 2 1953

Gen. Hayden’s Glass House 0 unhappycamper Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 1785

Makers of Agent Orange followed formula dictated by U.S. government (Dow & Monsanto) 0 unhappycamper Jul 2013 Jul 2013 10 1782

As parents die, Vietnamese worry who’ll care for Agent Orange disabled 0 unhappycamper Jul 2013 Jul 2013 4 1702

FAA tells Colorado residents not to shoot at drones or risk fines, jail 1 unhappycamper Jul 2013 Jul 2013 3 2567

US Drone Operator says, ‘I became a sociopath’, regrets 1626 Killings (Lest we forget) 12 unhappycamper Jun 2013 Jul 2013 26 3890

Colorado Town Poised to be First to Issue Drone Hunting License 4 unhappycamper Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 2428

Navy carrier drone program to cost billions 2 unhappycamper Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 2468

Army relieves Fort Jackson general of command 2 unhappycamper Jul 2013 Jul 2013 2 2309

Suicide among US veterans 22 per day, 3 times national rate: Report 2 douglas9 Jul 2013 Jul 2013 9 2433

XO of riverine squadron fired after 2 boats grounded 0 tinymontgomery Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1679

Furious Duckworth Rips Scumbag Contractor A New One: Twisting Your Ankle Playing Football In Prep Sc 43 unhappycamper Jun 2013 Jul 2013 114 11993

Somebody's Getting Ripped Off 2 unhappycamper Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 2007

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