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Laurel Marine killed in Afghanistan remembered as patriot, 'all-around great kid'
"Pops, when I come home, Natty Bohs and crabs?" Lance Cpl. Eugene C. "Gene" Mills III asked his father, Gene Mills II, during an impromptu phone call early last week, about a month before the younger man was due to return home to Laurel from Afghanistan....
Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Camp Lejeune (military base)
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Maj. Robert J. Marchanti II buried at Arlington National Cemetery
Maj. Robert J. Marchanti II, 48, was buried Tuesday at Arlington National Cemetery. Marchanti, a 25-year member of the Maryland National Guard, was one of two officers killed last month in Afghanistan. Violence erupted in Kabul, where Marchanti was...Tags: Martin O'Malley, Kabul (Afghanistan), NATO, Baltimore County
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War vets take on Oliver community
The Sun's Luke Broadwater reports this morning on an initiative that has war veterans giving back in one of Baltimore's most troubled neighborhoods: "Earl Johnson's boots crunch broken glass from liquor bottles as he walks down an alley in East Baltimore'...Tags: Drug Trafficking, Iraq
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Family pays tribute to fallen soldier
The wife and four children of Maj. Robert J. Marchanti II stood silently before his casket Monday. Their arms were wrapped firmly around one another in a display of family solidarity and devotion for the soldier killed in Afghanistan.
Hundreds of...Tags: Executive Branch, Anthony G. Brown, Martin O'Malley, NATO, Skype
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At Fort Meade, tryouts for Warrior Games show 'ability over disability'
When it happened, he didn't feel a thing. Within 30 seconds, "all the pain in the world" coursed through his body. And U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Curtis Winston recalls thinking, among many other things, that he'd never play sports again.
Wilson, a former high...Tags: U.S. Army, Amputation, Fort Meade (military base), Armed Forces, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
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Maryland Air National Guard losing planes, mission
For months, the men and women of the 135th Airlift Group have been training on their new C27J Spartan turboprops for their deployment this spring to Afghanistan.
Their job: carrying soldiers, equipment and supplies around the war zone as the fighting...Tags: Haiti Earthquake (2010), Martin O'Malley, Air and Space Accidents, U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, Armed Forces
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Opportunities grow for veteran-owned businesses
Wading through swamps and running up mountains taught Patrick McCormack more than how to survive punishing conditions without much food or sleep. His grueling Army Ranger training, along with several deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, taught the...Tags: Business, Demographics, U.S. Army, Ice Hockey, Iraq War (2003-2011)
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The interview: Sean Lane's tactical strike on defense contracting
As an Air Force intelligence officer, Sean Lane saw firsthand the communications challenges facing soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. Civilians in the United States had better, faster access to data on their smartphones and 3G networks than soldiers did in...Tags: Itching, Networking, U.S. Department of Defense, Iraq, Wars and Interventions
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Obama's end zone dance
This week, Republicans have been criticizing President Barack Obama for his surprise trip to Afghanistan marking the one-year anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden. By accusing the president of hyping the commemoration, they apparently hope to...
Tags: White House, Entertainment Events, Elections, George W. Bush, Abraham Lincoln
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Md. Guard major who taught in Balto. Co. is killed in Afghan ministry shooting
As violent protests continued in Afghanistan over the burning of copies of the Muslim holy book by NATO forces, the Pentagon confirmed Monday that a Maryland National Guard major was one of two U.S. military officers shot to death inside a ministry...Tags: Shootings, Parkville, U.S. Army, Hamid Karzai, Wars and Interventions
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Mourners remember Westminster airman killed in Afghanistan
Mourners of Airman 1st Class Matthew Ryan Seidler said the Westminster man had followed his dream of serving his country, found a band of brothers in the Air Force and died protecting his fellow soldiers in Afghanistan.
"When we talked to him New Year'...Tags: Defense, Pikesville, Military Equipment, Emergency Incidents, Bombings
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Airman from Westminster is killed in Afghanistan
A 24-year-old airman from Westminster was killed when an improvised explosive device hit his vehicle in Afghanistan, the Defense Department said Saturday. Airman 1st Class Matthew R. Seidler died Thursday in the attack, which killed two other airmen....Tags: Trips and Vacations, Air and Space Accidents, U.S. Department of Defense, Chris Crawford, Facebook
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