Category Archives: Military

U.S. Beefs Up Missile Defenses in Gulf

By doris | Published: January 31, 2010

Full Story at CBSNews.com The United States has quietly increased the capability of land-based Patriot defensive missiles in several Gulf Arab nations, and one military official said the Navy is beefing up the presence of ships capable of knocking down hostile missiles in flight. The officials discussed aspects of the defensive strategy on condition of [...]

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Afghan leader: Help needed to pay for larger army

By doris | Published: December 8, 2009

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Tuesday it will be at least 15 years before his government can bankroll a security force strong enough to protect the country from the threat of insurgency. Speaking at a news conference with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Karzai said Afghan security forces [...]

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Troops, families mixed over Obama’s surge

By doris | Published: December 2, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com JACKSONVILLE, N.C. – Battle-weary troops and their families braced for a wrenching round of new deployments to Afghanistan announced Tuesday by the president, but many said they support the surge as long as it helps to end the eight-year-old conflict. As President Barack Obama outlined his plan to send 30,000 extra [...]

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Pirates foiled in a second attack on Maersk Alabama cargo ship

By doris | Published: November 20, 2009

Full Story at  CNN.com (CNN) — A U.S.-flagged ship that played a central role in a bloody hijacking drama last spring was attacked again Wednesday, a busy day for piracy in the dangerous waters off the east coast of Africa. It was the first time a security team aboard a major merchant ship repelled a [...]

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Vietnam vet: ‘I’m not ashamed to say I shed some tears’

By doris | Published: November 11, 2009

Full Story at The-Daily-Record.com RITTMAN DISTRICT — Asking all 18- and 19-year-olds to stand, Gary Maibach urged Rittman students to look at the teenagers. Those are the ones asked to serve their country in the military, Maibach said, not gray-haired grandfathers. Maibach, who served as a medic in the Army during the Vietnam War, encouraged [...]

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Camp helps military kids cope with fears

By doris | Published: August 30, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com FOMBELL, Pa. – Thirteen-year-old David Rojas didn’t tell his mother how terribly he missed her while she was on Navy deployments to the Middle East, because he worried it would upset her. Knowing her mother is under stress, Shania Jones, 10, does extra chores to help with her younger brother and [...]

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Stress of war takes mental toll on military kids

By doris | Published: August 14, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com The years-long U.S. commitment in Iraq and Afghanistan is taking a significant toll on the children of service members, who are 2½ times more likely to develop psychological problems than American children in general, new research indicates. The study, published this week in the Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, found [...]

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Study recommends total ban on smoking for soldiers

By doris | Published: July 14, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com A new study commissioned by the Pentagon and the Department of Veterans Affairs recommends a complete ban on tobacco, which would end tobacco sales on military bases and prohibit smoking by anyone in uniform, not even combat troops in the thick of battle. According to the study, tobacco use impairs military [...]

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N. Korea marks July 4 with missile barrage

By doris | Published: July 4, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea fired seven ballistic missiles off its eastern coast Saturday, South Korea said, a violation of U.N. resolutions and an apparent message of defiance to the United States on its Independence Day. The launches, which came two days after North Korea fired four short-range cruise missiles, [...]

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Restoring the Earth helps veterans heal

By doris | Published: May 20, 2009

Full Story At  CNN.com Like many other vets returning from deployment overseas, Grisham, a medical corpsman, came back from Iraq seared by memories of war and unsure about how to re-enter civilian life. But a program in Washington state helps military veterans learn marketable job skills and make sense of their experiences in combat. Program [...]

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Iraq insists on U.S. leaving cities by end of June

By doris | Published: May 5, 2009

Full Story At  msnbc.com BAGHDAD – Iraq’s government Monday ruled out allowing U.S. combat troops to remain in Iraqi cities after the June 30 deadline for their withdrawal, despite concern that Iraqi forces cannot cope with the security challenge following a recent resurgence of bombings. Asking U.S. forces to stay in the cities, including volatile [...]

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US ships block help for pirates holding US captain

By doris | Published: April 11, 2009

Full Story At news.yahoo.com NAIROBI, Kenya – U.S. warships are trying to stop Somali pirates from sending reinforcements to a lifeboat where an American captain is being held hostage as the high-seas standoff off Africa’s eastern coast entered a fourth day Saturday. Underscoring the high stakes involved, France’s navy on Friday freed a sailboat seized [...]

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U.S. warship nears boat carrying pirates

By doris | Published: April 9, 2009

Full Story At  CNN.com Also nearby was the Maersk Alabama — which had been seized early Wednesday off the Horn of Africa. All 20 of its remaining crew members were in good physical shape, said Ken Quinn, second officer of the ship, in a satellite call placed by CNN. “There’s four Somali pirates, and they’ve [...]

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With Mexico’s army in the war on drugs

By doris | Published: March 30, 2009

Full Story At  msnbc.com REYNOSA, Mexico – Acting on a tip, 30 masked soldiers in combat gear bust down the door of a boarded-up house to find 55 terrified migrants, hostages of the Gulf drug cartel. Amid screams and the smell of urine and sweat, they find a blood-spattered room and a nail-encrusted log used [...]

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12K U.S. Troops To Leave Iraq By Sept.

By doris | Published: March 8, 2009

Full Story At  CBS News CBS/AP) The U.S. military has announced that 12,000 American and 4,000 British troops will leave Iraq by September. Maj. Gen. David Perkins says that will reduce U.S. combat power from 14 brigades to 12 brigades. He also said Sunday that the U.S. is turning over more facilities to the Iraqi [...]

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Leaving Iraq: U.S. plans taking shape

By doris | Published: March 1, 2009

Full Story At msnbc.com BAGHDAD – The U.S. military map in Iraq in early 2010: Marines are leaving the western desert, Army units are in the former British zone in the south and the overall mission is coalescing around air and logistics hubs in central and northern Iraq. Meanwhile, commanders will be shifting their attention [...]

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After pullout some U.S. forces still in combat

By doris | Published: February 26, 2009

Full Story At  msnbc.com WASHINGTON – Some of the U.S. forces likely to remain in Iraq after President Barack Obama fulfills his pledge to withdraw combat troops would still have a combat role fighting suspected terrorists, the Pentagon said Wednesday. Obama could announce his withdrawal strategy as early as Friday. He will travel that day [...]

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U.S. to pay ‘forgotten’ Filipino World War II veterans

By doris | Published: February 24, 2009

Full Story At CNN.com (CNN) — More than 60 years after reneging on a promise to the hundreds of thousands of Filipinos who fought for the United States during World War II, the U.S. government will soon be sending out checks — to the few who are still alive.

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Why your brain can’t always make good decisions

By doris | Published: January 12, 2009

Full Story At CNN.com (CNN) — We all make bad decisions sometimes. In some contexts, to a certain extent, psychologists know why.Chess players, with experience, learn how to make rapid judgments about their moves. Chess players, with experience, learn how to make rapid judgments about their moves. Much research on the subject was done by [...]

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Hamas won’t stop rocket attacks on Israel

By doris | Published: January 5, 2009

Full Story At CNN.com GAZA CITY (CNN) — Hamas militants fired dozens of rockets into southern Israel on Monday despite a 10-day Israeli military campaign that reportedly has left more than 500 Palestinians dead.Senior Hamas official Mahmoud al-Zahar Senior Hamas official Mahmoud al-Zahar says rocket attacks on Israel will continue.Click to view previous image1 of [...]

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