U.S. Army Battling To Save Equipment
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ANNISTON, Ala. -- Field upon field of more than 1,000 battered M1 tanks, howitzers and other armored vehicles sit amid weeds here at the 15,000-acre Anniston Army Depot -- the idle, hulking formations symbolic of an Army that is wearing out faster than it is being rebuilt.
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An unusual flap has erupted between an Army reserve unit and an Iraq-bound reservist who hopes to raise money for military equipment he wants to bring to the war zone.
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The US Army is looking into why up to 19 reservists with a supply platoon in Iraq refused to complete a mission. Relatives of the soldiers claim that the troops felt the job was too dangerous and their vehicles were unsafe for the mission.
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The army is seeking more production  of the most fully armor-protected "Humvee" military vehicles,  defense officials said on Friday, after a soldier's complaint  to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld that troops had to use  scrap metal to protect vehicles in Iraq.
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WASHINGTON -- The Army Corps of Engineers has been forced to resume control of a crucial power plant in Baghdad after poor maintenance by untrained Iraqi staff led to the "catastrophic failure" of key equipment in the plant, according to an inspection by the special inspector general of Iraq reconstruction.
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A newspaper charged Saturday that the country&#39;s troops in Afghanistan were suffering severe shortages of equipment, but the defence ministry said the soldiers had the tools to accomplish their mission.
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The U.S.-led coalition is spending hundreds of millions of dollars constructing roads, bridges and buildings across Afghanistan. For the troops on the ground, it can be a frustrating and delicate job.
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A teenage Army reservist whose decision to auction off sports memorabilia to buy equipment for his unit drew criticism has raised nearly &#36;3,000.
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Peddles "His 'n' hers" uniform sets A cash-strapped UK Ministry of Defence is resorting to increasingly desperate measures in the struggle to get its finances back on track. The latest of these is the setting up of an eBay-style online auction site to flog the military's surplus gear, already reported in these pages.â¦
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Those seen cooperating with American forces trying to rebuild the city are threatened - and sometimes killed.
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The war in Iraq has pushed aging U.S. Army payroll systems past their breaking point, leading to widespread payroll problems for reservists, according to a U.S. Government Accountability Office report.
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Stifling heat and blowing desert sand has taken a heavy toll on the U.S. main battle tank's engine.
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An American soldier complained to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld Wednesday troops were being forced to dig up scrap metal to protect their vehicles
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U.S.-led troops battling to take control of Fallujah ran into clusters of fierce resistance on Friday as aid agencies pressed for access to the Iraqi city to take food and water to civilians trapped inside.
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The army is seeking more production of the most fully armor-protected &quot;Humvee&quot; military vehicles, defense officials said on Friday, after a soldier&#39;s complaint to Defense
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TIME follows a team of U.S. Army weapons hunters as  they race to separate the insurgents from their arsenals
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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.