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Military benefits target in cost-cutting talks
Published on 2010-07-03 11:59:00
By Rick Maze - Staff writer Posted : Saturday Jul 3, 2010 10:15:36 EDT From the left, right and center of the political spectrum, talk about drastically cutting military personnel costs is on the rise. The $549 billion defense budget makes for a juicy target, and the $197 billion of that budget that goes to personnel costs is being attacked from all sides — even the Defense Department itself — as excessive in a time of economic malaise and belt-tightening. The list of programs under att
Women in Uniform
Published on 2010-05-31 12:54:00
In honor of Memorial Day, meet some of the many women who have dedicated themselves to America's defense, from 1778 until today. WOMEN Getting the Job Done!!!!
Memorial Day: Honoring the fallen
Published on 2010-05-31 11:44:00
Memorial Day: In Rememberance Staff report Posted : Sunday May 30, 2010 17:35:13 EDT After almost nine years of war in Afghanistan and more than seven in Iraq, what compels America’s soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines to return to the combat zones for a fourth, fifth or sixth time? The simplest answer may be that the military is a calling — in ways unlike any other profession. “Flying was his life,” Gilbert McDowell said of his grandson, Air Force Capt. Mark McDowell, who died i
