A Fleet-Footed Military
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Fast and flexible. Sounds like an Olympic athlete, but it&#39;s the Bush administration&#39;s description of the kind of fighting force the US needs if it wants to confront 21st century security threats.
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By The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 5--The U.S. Navy must train its crews and pilots in the latest weaponry and keep them at a high level of readiness.
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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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By Jesse Leavenworth, The Hartford Courant, Conn.  Jun. 13--A true vision from the U.S. military: American forces identify an enemy stronghold. Instead of conventional weapons, they unleash a mass spritzing of an aphrodisiac that turns straight men into gay men.
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It was the kind of exchange that U.S. troops are counting on.
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The largest armada of land, air and maritime forces ever assembled to provide security at a national political gathering is being deployed for the Republican convention.
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The military's reliance on unmanned aircraft that can watch, hunt and sometimes kill insurgents has soared to more than 500,000 hours in the air, largely in Iraq
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against the Falcons of Air Force in Colorado Springs. Navy, which made it to a. over Vanderbilt last weekend in Annapolis. As for the Falcons, they are not.
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Â· Record deployment of paratroopersÂ· Country may be sliding to civil war
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The Army has been using a new weapon that combines software with imagery beamed from satellites to make missions somewhat less unpredictable.
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Comment is free: Max Hastings: It's an unfashionable view, but the exercise of force abroad can be both useful and honourable - unlike lazily directed aid.
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TAIYEH, Iraq -- The distress call rang out over the radio. In the midst of one of the largest current military operations in Iraq, Capt. Mike Stinchfield recognized this was, so far, his most urgent mission of the day.
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The naval ship's pantry is stocked with wines, baguettes and pate, and its casual dress code is shorts and sandals. There's even an artist &#151; a painter to keep an illustrated record of the trip. With a panache all its own, France's military is delivering aid to tsunami-battered Indonesia &#151; and showing how a small force can make a difference.
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A type of carbon fibre could be woven into super-strong body armour for the army and police.
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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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Insurgents have chosen mobility to counter far superior US artillery and missiles in battle of Fallujah. By Ibrahim Mohamad - FALLUJAH, Iraq.
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The aim is to accelerate deployment of Iraqi forces against the insurgents.