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Army won't use favored Springfield site without road improvement funds
- The Army says it will not place 6,400 workers at a highly favored plot of federal warehouses in Springfield unless it can find a way to pay for nearby road improvements, leaving local officials to further doubt the military’s willingness to use the 70-acre site.
Effect of federal land leasing could soon be made public
- Lawmakers and the public may get more insight into how military bases lease federal land to private developers, ending a process that allows for closed-door decision-making.
Veterans could get free treatment for mental health, drug abuse
- Anne Arundel’s military veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan could get help with mental health and substance abuse treatment, under a proposed county plan.
Daly City a top area for Army recruitment
- Staff Sgt. Joseph Palacios says he does not like approaching teens at the Serramonte Center with his usual question: “Have you ever thought about joining the Army?”
- Staff Sgt. Joseph Palacios says he does not like approaching teens at the Serramonte Center with his usual question: “Have you ever thought about joining the Army?”
Bill aims to keep military from recruiting at schools
- Parents who don’t want military recruiters trying to woo their children could opt out more easily, under a bill before a state Senate committee debated Thursday.
Cell phones keep troops talking
- Even the simplest luxury of calling loved ones during the holidays isn’t available to many troops serving in the Middle East.
- Even the simplest luxury of calling loved ones during the holidays isn’t available to many troops serving in the Middle East.
Soldiers home with new attitudes
- Pfc. Cedric Savage learned a lot from a simple fork as a result of being in the Army.
- Pfc. Cedric Savage learned a lot from a simple fork as a result of being in the Army.
Slain soldier was ‘loving and family-centered’
- Capt. Darrell C. Lewis, 31, of Washington, who was killed Saturday in Afghanistan, was determined to be the best at whatever he attempted, his mother said — whether defending his country or caring for his family.
County veterans seek large meeting hall
- Anne Arundel County officials are working toward a compromise that could bring a large meeting hall for the county’s veterans to Annapolis.
Sailors come home to a heroes’ welcome
- There’s no “I” in team.
- There’s no “I” in team.
State bases developed many of Army’s top inventions
- Four of the top 10 inventions the Army recognized as the “Best of 2006” were developed or tested at Aberdeen Proving Ground or in Adelphi, Md., Army officials announced last week.
D.C. studies base realignment-related downsizing
- Though the closure of Walter Reed Army Medical Center has been placed on hold, the District of Columbia still wants to study what impact the closing or downsizing of the hospital and other military installations will have on the city’s economy.
Army, NBC spar over vest test
- The U.S. Army and NBC News are locked in a war of words over the network’s assertion that it, through testing, has found a protective vest superior to the one worn by tens of thousands of soldiers.