Jun 15, 2009 -
((Sorry this is so long, and the language is rough...))
On a muggy Florida evening in 2008, I meet Iraq War veteran Forrest Fogarty in the Winghouse, a little bar-restaurant on the outskirts of Tampa, his favorite hangout. He told me on the phone I would recognize him by his skinhead. Sure enough, when I spot a white guy at a table by the door with a shaved head, white tank top and bulging muscles, I know it can only be him.
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Sep 16, 2009 -
BUFFALO, New York — An Army unit is reviewing how it delivers information to families after a call to a western New York couple led them to believe their son had been killed in combat.
Ray Jasper of Niagara Falls said he, his wife, Robin, and their extended family spent four hours Sunday mourning their son, Sgt. Jesse Jasper, before learning from his girlfriend that he was alive.
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Dec 02, 2008 -
***PUBLIC POST***
US soldiers re-enlisting because of poor economy
By JOHN MILBURN and STEPHEN MANNING, Associated Press Writers
FORT RILEY, Kan. – Sgt. Ryan Nyhus spent 14 months patrolling the deadly streets of Baghdad, where five members of his platoon were shot and one died.
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Nov 15, 2008 -
WASHINGTON — Call it breaking the brass ceiling. Ann E. Dunwoody, after 33 years in the Army, ascended today to a peak never before reached by a woman in the U.S.
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Mar 17, 2009 -
The Dissing of Laura Bush
By WILLIAM MCGURN (WSJ)
By choosing Fort Bragg for her first official trip outside the capital last Thursday, Michelle Obama signaled that she will use her position as First Lady to promote one of America's most deserving causes: our military families. Plainly the families loved it. Just look at the smiles on those children as she read them "The Cat in the Hat."
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Feb 08, 2008 -
Sorry for bogarting your suite Jen, but I just am feeling so confused and need some help with something from you gals...
OK- So I don't know if you all know this. I have my BA in History and Spanish and have yet to have a really good job (my husband is in the army and its uber hard to find one around here!!) I sub on post and make about 10.5 an hour and work basically whenever I want (or when they call me which has been TWO TIMES in two months...
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