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Tehachapi soldier Matt McCool, who was injured in Iraq by a roadside bomb, is recovering in Germany and may be transferred to the U.S. soon.
McCool has been blogging at The Tehachapi News about his experiences in Iraq. His dad is providing news about his condition on his own blog.
He was...
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i feel bad this guy is being bombarded by news media, high schoolers he doesn't know and random people just waiting. how embarasing!!!! he's been through soooooo much, and i don't think it's right people are all up in his business the minute he steps off the plane! if people did that...
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The media sure has a way of ruining things. Have you ever noticed? I read a story this morning about how Prince Harry's being in the army caused the other soldiers to be more at risk than they otherwise would have been. What a load of crap! What would have caused a...
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I have had it with the psychos in our country. Why is it that cities like San Francisco and Berkeley harbor so much hatred towards the great principles of our country?! Maybe it is our fault for voting for those who don't effectively support our American principles. When cities...
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Edwards Air Force Base officials sent this out today:
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Col. Bryan J. Gallagher, 95th Air Base Wing commander, died today.
Colonel Gallagher was found unconscious at the Rosburg Fitness Center parking lot. Base personnel found him at about 6:50 a.m. and...
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The Current Fiscal Disaster
It is virtually impossible to overstate the profligacy of what our government spends on the military. The Department of Defense's planned expenditures for fiscal year 2008 are larger than all other nations' military budgets combined. The supplementary budget to pay...
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How badly is the war in Iraq going? Well, the U.S. Army, despite its Herculean efforts, continues to miss its recruiting targets. And the ones who are signing up for a tour of duty tend to be less educated and poorer, with fewer choices. Increasingly, with warfare becoming more and more high...
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It's not new, but some parents in Bakersfield are a bit distressed about military recruiters calling their teens and popping a big question: "Want to join the military?"
We heard from some parents who didn't like the practice, or worried it could be a scam.
So we checked it out....
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on august 18th 2006, i met the love of my life, in a karaoke bar in the stardust hotel and casino in las vegas. i was 5 months pregnant with my first and only child. i walked in, grabbed a karaoke book, sat down and started contemplating what songs to sing. i happened to glance over to my left...
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From SFGate:
Stewart M. Powell, Hearst Newspapers
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
(05-22) 04:00 PDT Washington -- The Bush administration is quietly on track to nearly double the number of combat troops in Iraq this year, an analysis of Pentagon deployment orders showed Monday.
The...
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Began creating video with help from the Lord on May 10th 2007 and finished May 13th 2007.
This video is for all of our Soldiers serving in the Military in the United States.
Video link:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=...
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From CBS/AP:
The U.S. military is putting already-strained troops at greater risk of mental health problems because of repeated deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, a Defense Department panel says in warning of an overburdened health system.
The Defense Department's Task Force on Mental...
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By Ross Colvin
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The former commander of a major U.S. military detention center in Baghdad has been detained and charged with “aiding the enemy”, the U.S. military said on Thursday.
Lieutenant-Colonel William Steele is also charged with having an improper...
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WASHINGTON - The Army said Thursday that the two-star general in charge of Walter Reed Army Medical Center has been relieved of command following disclosures about inadequate treatment of wounded soldiers.
Maj. Gen. George W. Weightman, who was commanding general of the North Atlantic Regional...
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I say..its about time! We actually had the terrorists responsible for 9/11 on the run there before we diverted troops and money to go into Iraq. According to this article:
"The White House will ask Congress for seven to eight billion dollars on top of already budgeted funds for...
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Many extreme liberals love to equate the war in Iraq to the war in Vietnam. When they do ask them if they support the troops. Most of them (unless they have a death wish by the rest of America) will say they do. A common mistake among conservatives is to ask how they support...
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