In Clash With Marines, Reservists Gain Ally in VFW
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The national commander of the proud, patriotic, 2.4 million strong Veterans of Foreign Wars (motto: "Honor the dead by helping the living") took one look at the mushrooming dispute between three antiwar Marine reservists and the U.S. Marine Corps, and knew where his sympathies lay: with the prote...
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BOSTON - (KRT) - Deriding a Republican-funded veterans group that has sought to cast doubts on his war record as a &quot;front&quot; for the Bush-Cheney campaign, Sen. John Kerry on Thursday launched his most vigorous counterattack, ...
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In Mohave Valley, Ariz., a dozen motorcyclists gathered to escort a fresh young soldier to her flight to Fort Hood, Tex.
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Increasing numbers of National Guard and Reserve troops who have returned from war in Iraq and Afghanistan are encountering new battles with their civilian employers at home. Jobs were eliminated, benefits reduced and promotions forgotten.
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It's a voluntary army vs. a professional force. Button-down Republicans vs. street-wise Democrats. It's the ground war of American politics, with allies of President Bush and Sen. John Kerry spending fortunes to find their supporters and &#151; here's the hard, final part &#151; get them to vote.
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FALLUJAH, Iraq -- Four Iraqi fighters huddled in a trench, firing rocket-propelled grenades at Lieutenant Eric Gregory's Bradley Fighting Vehicle and the US tanks and Humvees that were lumbering through tight streets between boxlike beige houses.
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Tensions are rising between Washington and allies such as Germany over the deployment of troops in Afghanistan
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Officials in this liberal city may soften their anti-recruitment stance toward the U.S. Marines in the face of widespread criticism
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While some don't see much defiance, others see an unusual amount of tension surfacing for an all-volunteer military force.
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Three marines in the Individual Ready Reserve face potential discipline for taking antiwar stands.
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When tensions rose between U.S. troops and Iraqi insurgents this summer, members of Ramstein's 32nd Falconer Air Operations Center made sure American GIs got the air support they needed.
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When a group of former White House aides formed a political advocacy group called Freedom's Watch last summer, its initial wave of ads featured battered Iraq war veterans pleading for support for President Bush's "surge" of troops.
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Two weeks into the face-off between John Kerry&#39;s campaign and a group of veterans organized to ambush his candidacy, the argument has turned to the fine details.
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Inquiries were being made about how the firefight has been coordinated and how resources have been deployed.
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They are foreign enemies buried thousands of miles from home, but they are not forgotten. Less than a week after U.S. soldiers were honored during Veterans Day, dignitaries on Wednesday are to gather and salute the hundreds of thousands of German prisoners of war taken to camps in the United States during World War II &#151; most of them in the South.
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Even as the first bunch of the Marines' V-22 tilt-rotor aircraft have arrived in Iraq, the Air Force still thinks the current gun isn't good enough for battle
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. Marines backed by air  strikes fought their way through an insurgent stronghold in  Falluja on Wednesday, but have yet to quell resistance in  Iraq's most rebellious city, Marines said.