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An insider attack: Trust cost 2 lives, including SW Mich. soldier
WASHINGTON (AP) — It was a sneak attack, but not by the enemy they feared. U.S. Army Capts. Joshua Lawrence and Drew Russell were inside a small command post on an Afghan army base, wrapping up a long day of coordinating the safe arrival of nearly...
Tags: Weaponry, Military Equipment, Freedom of Information Act, Taliban, Entertainment
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Indiana Guard unit returns without soldier killed
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Soldiers with an Indiana National Guard unit that had one of its members killed in an Afghanistan attack have been reunited with their families. About 110 soldiers of the multiunit military police force arrived Thursday for a...Tags: Armed Conflicts, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Forces
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Community benefit set for Mishawaka High grad Oppelt, injured in Afghanistan
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterThe Ryan A. Balmer American Legion Post 161 will host an upcoming benefit to support Army Spc. Lucas Oppelt, a 2000 Mishawaka High School graduate critically injured in Afghanistan over Memorial Day weekend. WHEN: 4 to 9 p.m. June 30 (Saturday) WHERE:...Tags: American Legion, Washington, DC, Hospitals and Clinics, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Memorial Day
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Indiana Marine injured in Afghanistan gets Purple Heart
KOKOMO, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana Marine who suffered a brain injury in a 2008 firefight in Afghanistan has been honored with a Purple Heart he initially didn't want. Capt. E. Markus Trouerbach received his Purple Heart during a Friday ceremony at...
Tags: Human Interest, Injuries and Wounds
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Romney, Obama challenge each other in third and final debate
Associated PressBOCA RATON, Fla. -- President Barack Obama sharply challenged Mitt Romney on foreign policy in their final campaign debate Monday night, saying, "Every time you've offered an opinion you've been wrong." The Republican coolly responded, "Attacking me is...Tags: 2012 Republican National Convention, Al-Qaeda, Politics, Elections, White House
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Soldier back from Afghanistan gives family a surprise homecoming
WSBT-TVCOLOMA, Mich. – One Berrien County third grader got the surprise of his lifetime Friday. His dad, a soldier in the U.S. National Guard, returned home from Afghanistan. Staff Sergeant Mike Hoffman just finished his third tour overseas with the U.... -
Indiana Guard unit that lost 6 back from Afghanistan
GARY, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana National Guard unit that lost six of its members during an almost yearlong deployment in Afghanistan returned to Indiana Wednesday in a tearful, hug-filled reunion with friends and family. More than 80 members of the...
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South Bend hometown boy stands tall as Navy Chief
Naval Construction Battalion Center Public AffairsGULFPORT , Miss. – There are many moments in life as children grow, where parents couldn’t be more proud. One such moment happened Sept. 14 here, as South Bend resident, Michael Hallahan, pinned the anchors of a U.S. Navy chief petty officer...Tags: Armed Forces, U.S. Navy
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U.S. military deaths in Afghanistan nearing 2,000
As of Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012, at least 1,988 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count. The AP count is six less than the Defense...
Tags: Defense, Armed Conflicts, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Military, Wars and Interventions
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Rights Watch: Evidence of wider US waterboarding
CAIRO (AP) — Human Rights Watch said it has uncovered evidence of a wider use of waterboarding than previously acknowledged by the CIA, in a report Thursday detailing brutal treatment of detainees at U.S.-run lockups abroad after the 9/11 attacks....Tags: Police Investigations, Politics, Al-Qaeda, Dick Cheney, United Kingdom
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American Taliban fighter says prayer rule 'absurd'
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — American-born Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh says a federal prison rule barring him and other Muslims from praying together daily is "absurd" and contends the U.S. is causing him to sin against his religion by prohibiting such...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Islam, Taliban, Prisons
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Area Marines ship out for Camp Lejeune
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterLittle Layla Shaffer locked her arms around Cpl. Jacob Shaffer's neck and buried her face into his chest. The 2-year-old girl wasn't about to say goodbye to Daddy, whether the U.S. Marine Corps needed him or not. "It's a little of both," said Layla's...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, CNN (tv network), Wars and Interventions, Science and Technology, Camp Lejeune (military base)
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