Wounded soldiers get lesson in resiliency Fayetteville Observer By Greg Barnes Kyle Maynard implored Fort Bragg's wounded soldiers to set impossible goals for themselves and then strive to reach them. When he had finished speaking, about 300 strong from Fort Bragg's Warrior Transition Battalion responded with a ... |
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Our soldiers show courage without limit The Hill (blog) Raymond Odierno - 05/22/12 07:58 PM ET As we approach Memorial Day, I am reminded of our soldiers' 237-year history of fortitude and resolve to meet the needs of the nation. American soldiers have always answered the call to duty, despite challenge, ... Afghan soldiers poorly equipped Army National Guard Aviation Soldiers Deploy to Afghanistan |
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 YNN, Your News Now | Defense says soldier never built bomb Austin News ANGELA K. BROWN, AP WACO, Texas (AP) - Wearing a medical mask over his mouth and nose, Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo listened Tuesday as prosecutors began detailing his plot to kill Fort Hood soldiers by bombing a Chinese food buffet and shooting any survivors ... Prosecutors: Abdo on a 'mission' to kill American soldiers |
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US Army more selective on recruits, re-enlistments Fox News And soldiers already serving on active duty now must meet tougher standards to stay on for further tours in uniform. The Army is also spending hundreds of thousands of dollars less in bonuses to attract recruits or entice soldiers to remain. |
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Soldiers kill 5 gunmen in shootout in Mexico Fox News Soldiers from the 19th Infantry Battalion killed the gunmen Sunday afternoon in El Guayabal, a community near the resort city of Zihuatanejo, a Guerrero Attorney General's Office spokesman told Efe. The gunmen attacked the soldiers, who returned fire, ... |
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 New Zealand Herald | Israeli soldiers watched settlers fire on Palestinians New Zealand Herald By Donald Macintyre An Israeli soldier patrols near a building occupied by Israeli settlers in the West Bank city of Hebron. Photo / AP A leading Israeli human rights group yesterday released video footage apparently showing Israeli soldiers doing ... Israeli soldiers stand and watch as settlers open fire on Palestinians IDF probing 15 cases of soldiers ignoring settler attacks on Palestinians Video: Settlers shoot at Palestinians as Israeli soldiers watch |
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Guinean Soldiers Beat Country Journalist At Yenga AllAfrica.com By Mohamed Massaquoi, 22 May 2012 A reporter with Standard Times newspaper who also doubles as chairman east of the Sierra Leone Reporters Union SLRU is now healing his wounds after being seriously beaten by Guinean soldiers who are still occupying ... |
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 The Chosun Ilbo | Chinese fishermen say North Korean soldiers beat and robbed them Los Angeles Times Our ship was just drifting in the ocean the whole time with North Korean soldiers watching and guarding us all the time," said Wang. "The North Korean soldiers also forced us to sign a document in Korean language which is supposed to be confessions of ... Rogue N.Korean Soldiers Suspected in Hijack of Chinese Boats |
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Army ‘should learn from’ accidental shooting of soldier Michael Pritchard … – The Independent
Army 'should learn from' accidental shooting of soldier Michael Pritchard ... The Independent The father of a young soldier who was accidentally shot dead by a comrade while on active service in Afghanistan called today for lessons to be learned from the tragedy. Lance Corporal Michael Pritchard, 22, was killed by gunfire from a remote ... |
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Afghan soldiers poorly equipped The Australian Yet the foot soldiers don't have night-vision goggles to go after the Taliban under cover of darkness. At the rock-strewn firing range of the 203 Thunder Corps in Paktia province, Sergeant Said Aga recalled his M16 jamming in the middle of a fierce ... Army National Guard Aviation Soldiers Deploy to Afghanistan |
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 Aljazeera.com | Colombian rebels kill 12 soldiers near Venezuela border Fox News A unit of about 80 FARC guerrillas presumably operating out of Venezuela killed 12 Colombian soldiers along the border, officials said. "It's a setback, a setback in the war we are waging and in which we are making progress and are winning," President ... Colombian army officials say 12 soldiers killed by rebels Colombian officials say FARC rebels ambush army patrol, killing at least 12 ... 12 Colombian soldiers killed in rebel attacks |
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 The Associated Press | Yemen Soldiers Hold Somber Ceremony After Suicide Attack Voice of America (blog) Yemeni soldiers somberly marched in a National Day parade on Tuesday, one day after a suicide bomber killed at least 96 troops and wounded more than 200 during a rehearsal for the parade. Al-Qaida's wing in Yemen said Monday's bomb attack was revenge ... 96 Yemeni soldiers killed in suicide bombing Yemen: Bomber kills soldiers rehearsing for parade 96 Yemeni soldiers killed in bombing |
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The Associated Press | Yemen Soldiers Hold Somber Ceremony After Suicide Attack Voice of America Yemeni soldiers somberly marched in a National Day parade on Tuesday, one day after a suicide bomber killed at least 96 troops and wounded more than 200 during a rehearsal for the parade. Al-Qaida's wing in Yemen said Monday's bomb attack was revenge ... 96 Yemeni soldiers killed in suicide bombing Clashes between Yemeni troops, al-Qaida fighters in south kill 22 militants, 7 ... Yemen: Bomber kills soldiers rehearsing for parade |
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 KATU | 2 JBLM soldiers die in combat TheNewsTribune.com The two soldiers, Sgt. Michael Knapp and Sgt. Jabraun Knox, died of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit with indirect fire in Asadabad, the capital of Kunar province, according to the Pentagon. They were assigned to the 1st Battalion ... Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldiers killed in Afghanistan 2 Lewis-McChord soldiers killed in Afghanistan 2 JBLM soldiers killed in Afghanistan |
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 Al-Arabiya | Iraq and Iran swap remains of 111 soldiers killed in 1980-1988 war Washington Post BAGHDAD — An Iraqi official says Iraq and Iran have exchanged the bodies of 111 soldiers killed during the two countries' 1980-1988 war. Mahdi al-Tamimi, an official in Iraq's Human Rights Ministry, says the remains of 98 Iranians and 13 Iraqis were ... Iraq and Iran swap remains of 1980-1988 war dead |
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