Contest aims to lighten soldiers' loads
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Inventors across the country are being asked to find a way to lighten the load U.S. soldiers carry on their backs -- largely due to the high-tech gear that uses batteries -- and the solution will be decided in a $1 million contest.
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Return to wartime values and reduce emissions, say campaigners.
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The Defense Department said on  Thursday it would field questions from the public about a $1  million contest to build a lightweight, wearable battery power  system for U.S. forces.
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The Army is trying to teach all of its soldiers to recognize symptoms of brain injuries and post-traumatic stress disorder &#151; and not be ashamed of seeking treatment for the signature injuries of the Iraq war.
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At an Army tech conference, companies show off new machines that do the work of flesh-and-blood soldiers. One sports machine guns to hunt down enemies. Another is an unmanned ambulance to take the wounded off the battlefield. Noah Shachtman reports from Orlando, Florida.
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India's top designers have taken up the challenge to produce clothing to protect soldiers deployed on the world's highest battlefield in the Himalayas, where cold claims more lives than combat.
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The Pentagon may have to boost the Army's size or call up more reserves to ease the war's burden.
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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's intended transformation of the Army into a quick, mobile force has started to rub against the daily demands of patching enough tanks and trucks together to keep fighting the war.
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Out in the deserts of Afghanistan's Helmand province, young British troops are getting their first taste of combat in austere conditions, with air support sometimes a long time coming and trucks that are not roadworthy.
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George Perez lost his leg to a roadside bomb in Iraq more than a year ago, but despite the phantom pains that haunt him, he says he is determined to prove to the Army that he is no less of a man &#151; and no less of a soldier.
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One of the latest tools being deployed in the war in Iraq and Afghanistan seems to be old-fashioned. Think weather balloons or blimps.
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Travel: Competition Send your suggestions, and you could win a luxury break.
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A new body to champion the rights of soldiers, sailors and aircrews is on the verge of launching.
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The government may urge off-duty soldiers to wear their uniforms in a bid to boost public support.
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The Army, facing another tough recruiting season, launched a $200 million-a-year advertising campaign this month and unveiled a new slogan: "Army Strong."
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A US military unit that wouldn't make a risky delivery poses a challenge to discipline.
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ATLANTA - Scientists hope a high-tech virtual experience that mimics the battlegrounds of Iraq can be used to help veterans recover from the trauma of war.