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GCV And Beyond: How The Army Is Gettin’ Heavy After Afghanistan 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 1907

Karzai Says U.S. Bases Can Stay, Raising Some Eyebrows in West 3 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 2055

Murphy calls on VA to improve monitoring of suicidal veterans 1 Recursion May 2013 May 2013 1 1701

The Real Secret Behind the Stealth Fighter 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 1597

F-35 project to ‘earn Turkey $12 billion’ 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 1777

Sexual Assaults and Nuclear Missiles: What's the Matter With the Military? 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 1539

Drone Strikes Affecting Thousands in Pakistan, Fueling Hatred of U.S. 1 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 1650

LCS: Navy Pushes Back Against Criticisms 1 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 1841

Ever wonder what the word "littoral" means? 6 Renew Deal May 2013 May 2013 0 2741

Michele Bachmann May Face Lawsuit Over 'Religious Freedom in The Military' Campaign 1 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 1958

Sen. McCain Slams $2.5B Carrier Cost Increase; Navy Struggles To Fund SSBN-X, Destroyers 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 1986

Air Force Crisis: Sex, Nukes And Leadership 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 2184

Guantánamo is not an anomaly — prisoners in the US are force-fed every day 1 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 5 1836

DISPATCHES FROM AMERICA - And then there was one 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 1552

Decade after Iraq, hawks reunite over Syria 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 2 1551

KARZAI'S CIA BUNDLES - The hand that scolds also bribes 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 1640

Navy Can’t Calculate Littoral Combat Ship’s Operating Costs, Says GAO Draft 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 1957

Gen. Odierno: Budget Crunch Will Render Army Unready For Syria & Hybrid War 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 1825

Over 600,000 veterans caught in messy bureaucracy awaiting pending claims 1 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 1653

Anchorage Marine rapist walks without prison time 1 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 4 2182

More $$$ Down The Afghanistan Money Pit 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 1556

MI6 'handing bundles of cash to Hamid Karzai' 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 1651

Study: Care for veterans at risk of suicide inadequate 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 1591

Navy Ship (LCS) Can’t Meet Mission, Internal U.S. Report Finds 2 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 2 2566

Littoral Combat Ship Network Can Be Hacked, Navy Finds 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 1584

NATO probes charges of misconduct in Afghanistan 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 1535

Milley takes command in Afghanistan 1 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 2034

Survivor of Baghdad fratricide saw gunman's boots and knew "it's one of our people" 1 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 1774

AP Exclusive: Air Force sidelines 17 ICBM officers 1 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 1879

A Soldier's Story: Bush, Cheney and the Lies That Killed 1 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 7 1787

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Why is Obama withholding secret torture report from Americans? 4 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 9 2176

Air Force sexual assault prevention officer arrested for fondling woman 1 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 7 1975

Robot Top Gun: Navy X-47B Drone Rehearses Carrier Landings 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 1964

Ducking the Full Costs of War: The Ongoing Scandal Called the Veterans Administration 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 1527

4 Big Pushers of War in Iraq Now Gunning for Intervention in Syria -- Consequences be Damned! 1 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 1838

Motor vehicle crashes: A little-known risk to returning veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 1926

From the Lion's Den: An Open Letter (and Invitation) to Vietnam Veterans 4 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 2467

A Hundred Hungry Men at Guantánamo 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 1583

Not Ready for War Drones 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 1684

Authorization for Use of Military Force: a blank check for war without end 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 1829

Chuck Yeager: F-35 Not The Right Stuff 3 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 3 3221

Pentagon Uses the Upcoming "Man of Steel" Superman Movie to Promote New F-35 Fighter Jet 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 2 2643

April Iraq's deadliest month in almost five years 1 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 1820

Syria: The Only Red Line Should Be To Stay Out 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 1582

VA backlog follows veterans to the grave 2 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 11 2145

US drone strikes being used as alternative to Guantánamo, lawyer says 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 1696

Guantanamo Attorney Found Dead in Apparent Suicide 1 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 1858

'The Point of No Return': Should Robots Be Able to Decide to Kill You On Their Own? 1 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 2369

Sec Army McHugh Says No Choice But Accept Apache Transmission Swaps; Line Would Have Shut Down 1 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 2254

CODE BLUE for the Pentagon’s $1.5 Trillion F-35 1 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 2247

Another sales pitch for F-35 jets from Lockheed Martin 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 1855

'Torture Reinforcements' Not 'Medical Personnel' Arrive to Combat Gitmo Hunger Strike 2 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 4 2179

Afghanistan blames opium surge on global demand 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 1660

Distorted Priorities: Military Spending vs. People's Health 1 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 1839

VA withholds disability claims executives' bonuses 10 pinboy3niner Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 2658

Washington's nuclear hypocrisy 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 1632

Army says no to more tanks, but Congress insists 5 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 4 2202

Guantanamo gets extra medical staff as hunger strike continues 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 1690

Israeli Aerospace reaches deal with Lockheed to make wings for F-35 next generation warplane 1 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 1854

With Bags of Cash, C.I.A. Seeks Influence in Afghanistan 1 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 2062

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Thomas Gibbons-Neff: With Boston bombs, the war comes home 1 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 2315

Claim: Kan. pill mill tied to soldier overdoses 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 1688

Young war veterans struggle to find jobs 1 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 2 1875

War against Taliban being won in Afghanistan: Dunford 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 2 1633

A post-history strip tease (xpost from GD) 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 1562

Pentagon Claims $757 Million Overbilling by Contractor in Afghanistan 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 2 1668

Bomb kills 3 Afghan policemen; Taliban claims it's the first attack of its spring offensive 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 1684

WWII vet who provided flag on Iwo Jima has died 1 pinboy3niner Apr 2013 Apr 2013 4 1873

Red Cross arrives at Guantánamo as hunger strike hits 100 mark 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 2 1616

Affordability priority for F-35 program 1 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 1823

Military Contracts Awarded On 4.25.2013 1 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 1836

Commentary: F-35 program is a shambles 3 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 3 2444

Air Force Secretary Donley Resigns; Female SAIC Prez Rumored Next In Line 2 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 2393

Army Plays Shell Game With Unfinished Apache Helicopters: Put The Transmission In, And Pull It Out A 1 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 2 2498

Military Contracts Awarded On 4.23.2013 2 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 1945

Software problems could delay F-35's delivery beyond 2017 1 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 2324

Norway extends period for buying F-35 fighter jets 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 1994

Pentagon downplays comment on F-35 fighter jet cyber threat 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 1671

Military Contracts Awarded On 4.26.2013 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 1688

Military Contracts Awarded On 4.24.2013 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 1988

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