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Analysts say military pay growth could be slowed
The military could slow pay increases without harming the armed forces, analysts tell the Defense Department in a new report. The authors of the Rand Corp. study point to the services' ability in recent years to meet recruiting targets, the withdrawals...Tags: The Pentagon, U.S. Department of Defense, Iraq
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Underwater on the mortgage, stationed away from home
Air Force Maj. Justice Sakyi's change-of-station orders to Germany came with a built-in dilemma: what to do about his family's home in Maryland. He and his wife, Olivia, bought the single-family house in Bowie in early 2006, near the height of the...
Tags: Defense, Central Intelligence Agency, Rentals, Real Estate, Homes
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Duty in Afghanistan prevented flyover for Arbutus Fourth of July
It came as a shock to many, including Arbutus Fourth of July parade organizer George Kendrick, when at 12:29 p.m. on this year's holiday there was no sound or sight of the four A-10 jets that traditionally streak across the sky to kick off the event....
Tags: Festive Events, Customs and Tradition, Thurgood Marshall
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War everywhere but on the campaign trail
Here's an important fact you haven't heard much about in the presidential campaign: The armed forces of the United States are at war in at least four countries, and that number could increase any day. About 87,000 Americans are still fighting in...
Tags: Hamid Karzai, Parties and Movements, U.S. Senate, Israel, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
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Army sergeant from Baltimore dies in Afghanistan
An Army sergeant from Baltimore was killed by a roadside bomb Wednesday in Afghanistan, officials said. Sgt. Daniel A. Rodriguez, 28, was traveling in Ghazni City in Eastern Afghanistan when his vehicle was struck by the enemy improvised explosive...
Tags: Armed Conflicts, Emergency Incidents, Bombings, Explosions, Armed Forces
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Special Forces soldier from Baltimore County killed in Afghanistan
A Special Forces soldier from Baltimore County was killed Saturday in Afghanistan, officials said. Army Staff Sgt. Brandon Robert Pepper, a 1999 graduate of Kenwood High School in Essex, was on patrol in Ghazni province in Eastern Afghanistan when his...Tags: Armed Conflicts, Fort Meade (military base), Armed Forces, Awards and Prizes
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Unexploded ordnance in Afghanistan poses hidden threat
The hulking old tanks, left to rust when Soviet forces pulled out of Afghanistan in 1989, still packed a threat when Albert Whittington arrived. Whittington, an ordnance and explosives specialist with the Baltimore district of the Army Corps of...
Tags: Ordinance Clearance, U.S. Department of State, Explosions, United Nations, General Contracting
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Museum's new curator shaking off the cobwebs in Sykesville's attic
Sykesville's Gate House Museum of History has always highlighted the community past, but these days visitors entering the small museum can almost feel a sense of renewal and vitality as well. The atmosphere is almost as if someone came along and —...Tags: Museums, Wars and Interventions, Princeton University, Sykesville, Plant Openings
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Marine gets rare spinal surgery to stop pain in his arm
A foot and half separated Marc Burleson from the buried bomb he was trying to defuse last December in a narrow alleyway of a small Afghanistan village.
The bomb exploded, mutilating the Marine's face, ripping off part of his right arm, paralyzing his...Tags: Cancer, Iraq War (2003-2011), Spine, Explosions, Johns Hopkins Hospital
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After a deployment, a Marine meets his match
It wasn't until my husband held our son Aaron for the first time that I realized I'd been holding my breath — for months. In August, Judah had hugged me, 20-something-weeks' pregnant, and our 3-year-old goodbye before leaving for a tour in...
Tags: Air Transportation Delays, Camp Lejeune (military base), Kyrgyzstan, Christmas, Skype
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Maryland sees a future in drones
In a cavernous production facility at AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems in Hunt Valley, workers assemble remote-control planes that help U.S. forces identify enemy targets. At the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, researchers...
Tags: Federal Aviation Administration, Textron Incorporated, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Israel, Air Transportation Industry
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Military police headed to Afghanistan
Maryland National Guard Sgt. Darren Lebowitz is leaving soon for Afghanistan as many U.S. troops return home. Lebowitz, who has served three tours in Iraq, volunteered for the mission. "I'm a glutton for punishment," he said as he trained Tuesday at...
Tags: Indiantown, Wars and Interventions, Salisbury (Wicomico, Maryland), Armed Forces, Parkville
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