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Retired APG general: The players change, the 'GAM' remains the same
Sixteen years ago, Robert Shadley, then a major general in the Army, uncovered disturbing news from an important Army training facility at Aberdeen Proving Ground. Drill sergeants and other instructors were regularly using their power to get sexual...
Tags: Roman Catholicism, Christianity, Sex Crimes, U.S. Department of Defense, The New York Times
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Longtime UMBC AD Charles Brown retiring after 24 years at school
The Baltimore SunWhen Dr. Charles Brown first looked into taking the athletic director job at UMBC in 1989, the Brooklyn, N.Y., native wasn't real savvy about the school. "I thought it was a military base when I showed up," he said with a chuckle. "It said UMBC. I didn'...Tags: U.S. Military, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Don Zimmerman, Georgetown, Colleges and Universities
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Pentagon reports sharp rise in sex assaults in military
The Pentagon estimated Tuesday that 26,000 members of the military were sexually assaulted last year, 36 percent more than a year earlier, in a trend so severe that senior officials warned it could threaten recruiting and retention of military personnel....
Tags: U.S. Military, Aberdeen Proving Ground, U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress, Courts-Martial
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Good news for Towson might spell bad news for Johns Hopkins
In just a few hours, No. 13 Johns Hopkins will take the field at Michie Stadium in West Point, N.Y., for its regular-season finale against Army. But the Blue Jays’ bid for an appearance in its 42nd consecutive NCAA tournament suffered a blow via...
Tags: Towson Tigers, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Colonial Athletic Association, Drexel Dragons, Penn State Nittany Lions
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Flags at half-staff for Army pilot from Eldersburg
Gov. Martin O’ Malley has ordered the U.S. and Maryland flags at state facilities flown at half-staff on Monday to honor Army Capt. Sara M. Knutson, a helicopter pilot from Eldersburg who died last month in Afghanistan. Knutson, 27, was one of...
Tags: U.S. Military, Afghanistan, United States Naval Academy, Ellicott City, U.S. Department of Defense
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Varsity roundup: Walk gives Patterson Mill upset of No. 8 River Hill in baseball
With the score tied at 7 in the bottom of the eighth, J.T. Tipton (3-for-4) drew a bases-loaded walk to force in the game-winner as host Patterson Mill upset No. 8 River Hill, 8-7, in baseball Friday night. The Hawks (2-4) took a 6-0 lead in the first...Tags: Severna Park
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Varsity roundup: No. 10 Mount de Sales wins, 15-0, in softball behind Lesniewski
Right-hander Ashley Lesniewski pitched a one-hitter, her third victory this week, and the No. 10 Mount de Sales softball team kept rolling Thursday. The Sailors (7-1, 6-0 Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference) scored three runs...Tags: Northwestern Wildcats
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Carroll County native killed in Afghanistan helicopter crash
Sara Knutson Cullen was as comfortable in a dress and stiletto heels as she was smoking cigars and flying Black Hawk helicopters in Afghanistan — a driven and level-headed 27-year-old whose dreams stretched far beyond her roots in Carroll County,...
Tags: U.S. Military, Sykesville, United States Naval Academy, Ellicott City, U.S. Department of Defense
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Carroll County soldier killed in Afghanistan helicopter crash
An Army officer from Eldersburg was among five soldiers killed in a helicopter crash earlier this week in Afghanistan, the Defense Department said late Saturday. Capt. Sara M. Knutson, 27, died Monday in Kandahar, the Pentagon said in a release. Knutson...
Tags: U.S. Military, Armed Conflicts, Carroll County (Maryland), Armed Forces, Afghanistan
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Bel Air student admitted to West Point
College freshman Daniel Zablocky recently received his appointment to the U.S. Military Academy. A Patterson Mill High School graduate, Zablocky is the son of Paul and Barbara Zablocky of Bel Air. Attending Marion Military Institute in Alabama, he will...Tags: U.S. Military
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Poetic passions, tragic partings among Baltimore's greatest romances
Baltimore has witnessed love and loss. From the banks of the harbor to Mount Vernon's cobblestones to the grassed-over burial plots of Greenmount Cemetery, embedded in this city are vestiges of some of history's great romances, stories of people coming...
Tags: John Ward, Alcohol Addiction, Mount Vernon, England, Wallis Simpson
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Former Naval Academy instructor to be court-martialed
A former Naval Academy instructor who is accused of sexually assaulting a female midshipman will be court-martialed, an academy spokeswoman said Thursday. Marine Corps Maj. Mark A. Thompson, a former history instructor at the academy, is accused of...Tags: U.S. Military, Leon Panetta, Defense, Courts-Martial, Sex Crimes
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