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Indiana native killed in Afghanistan
A 29-year-old soldier who went to high school in Indiana has been killed while serving in Afghanistan. The U.S. Department of Defense says staff Sgt. Kristopher Dan Rodgers of Burr Oak, Michigan, died Saturday in the Korengal Valley when a roadside bomb...Tags: Defense
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Army Facility
Opposition to the Army's preferred site for a regional training facility in Middletown has led Army officials to reopen the site selection process. Page B3Tags: Defense, Middletown
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Army arsenal to catch exploded shells
Army officials are planning to spend millions to keep exploded artillery shells from flying off Picatinny Arsenal in Rockaway Township. A piece of an exploded shell damaged a home and killed a cat in Jefferson in April. The concept calls for...Tags: Defense
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$15 billion helicopter bid pick due in fall
The Air Force is on track to select a winner this fall on a disputed $15 billion helicopter deal originally won by Chicago-based Boeing Co., despite an ongoing review by the Pentagon, a senior service official said Tuesday. The Pentagon inspector...Tags: Boeing Co., Defense, Aerospace Manufacturing, Lockheed Martin Corporation, United Technologies Corporation
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Vietnam veteran is hero, deserves medal
In 1969, Terry Calandra of Easton was nominated for the Medal of Honor. Before and since, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star, Bronze Star, five Purple Hearts and more. He was and is a hero, and quite humble, to say the least....Tags: Nazareth, Defense, Awards and Prizes
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Lawmaker's husband dies after battle with cancer
Harvey F. Waite, the husband of Republican U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite, has died in Brooksville. He was 68. Brown-Waite's communications director Charlie Keller said Waite died at home Tuesday after suffering from pancreatic cancer. Waite was born in...Tags: Cancer, Long Island, Defense, Ginny Brown-Waite, Lawyers
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Changing of the Guard isn't cheap
Revamping the Army National Guard training program so soldiers can spend more time at home won't come cheap, The Associated Press has learned. $128 million That's the price tag for the changes that came after Guard leaders struggled for more than a...Tags: Advanced Training, Defense, Rob Moore
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Obama touts patriotism in appeal to VFW convention in Orlando
Sentinel Staff Writeralmost defensive -- speech to veterans Tuesday, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama stressed his patriotism and called on his Republican opponent to stop questioning it. Obama, appearing at the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Orlando,...Tags: National Government, Government, Veterans Affairs, Political Candidates, International Military Interventions
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Deaths elsewhere
Maudie White Hopkins LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Maudie White Hopkins, who grew up during the Depression in the hardscrabble Ozarks and married a Confederate army veteran 67 years her senior, has died. She was 93. Hopkins, the mother of three children from a...Tags: Government, National Government, Cancer, Ernest Hemingway, Defense
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10 French soldiers killed; U.S. Afghan base struck
Tribune NewspapersKABUL, Afghanistan — In the worst single-incident loss of life in at least three years for Western troops in Afghanistan, insurgents ambushed and killed 10 French soldiers and wounded 21 others in a sustained assault a short distance from the...Tags: Rebellions, Guerrilla Activity, Bombings, Civil Unrest, Defense
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Pentagon Wants More Home Time For National Guard
Associated PressThe Pentagon is determined to overhaul both training and active duty tours for the Army National Guard, but finding a way to give these part-time soldiers more time at home will cost more than $128 million, The Associated Press has learned. After...Tags: Advanced Training, Defense, Rob Moore
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Army Reopens Process Of Selecting Middletown Training Facility
Courant Staff WriterResident and government opposition to the Army's preferred site for a regional training facility in Middletown has led Army officials to reopen the site selection process. While the Boardman Lane site, in the Westfield section of the city, remains a...Tags: Technology, Jodi Rell, Defense, Richard Blumenthal, Middletown
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