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What is Memorial Day?

When your five years old granddaughter asked you what wasMemorial Day which she pronounced “Memo Day”, you decided that was an...

"15 words on Facebook ruined my nine-year career", says Marine

The U.S. military decided to discharge Sgt. Gary Stein for postings he made on Facebook. The Marine Corps said Wednesday he will receive an &ldquo...

Shortcomings in homeland protection cited by government analysts

In themore than10 years since September 11, 2001, the U.S. government made extensive efforts to protect the nation’s aviation sector and...

St. Louis hosts massive 'Welcome Home' parade for heroic veterans - NYC says no

Prior to yesterday, there was no major American city that welcomed home veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom.That is, until the city named after the...

Senate legalizes bestiality in the Armed Forces

The Associated Press (via the Boston Globe) is reporting that the Democratic-controlled US Senate has passed the $662 billion 2012 NDAA (National...

Obama vows to allow America becoming a second-rate military power

"Our smallest ground force since 1940..."With the failure of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, popularly known the...

How you can give to aid in Japan

Japan has had a terrible time the past few days. Between the 8.9 earthquake, followed by the tsunami and then the realized fears that the...

USO of No Carolina dedicates Beirut Memorial Room to slain soldiers

It has been 27 years since a twin-suicide bombing attacks against the barracks of a multinational force stationed in Lebanon that claimed the lives...

Don't Ask, Don't Tell report: Working group offers plan based on deception

Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it. Cut off the support network and isolate the target from sympathy. - Rules for Radicals...