America's Other Army
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The killing of 17 Iraqis by Blackwater contractors puts the spotlight on private security companies. Who are these guns for hire, and who pays when they mess up?
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NO other country today affects the world the way America does. Americans have a full appreciation of their nation&#39;s immense power but, in general, they tend to have a retarded view of the great responsibility that comes with this power.
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All 26 NATO nations have soldiers in Afghanistan and all agree the mission is their top priority. But the refusal of European allies to send more combat troops is forcing an already stretched U.S. military to fill the gap, and straining the Western alliance.
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Plenty of cash for big tanks though The US Army's planned budget for the 2008 financial year is in excess of $130bn â more than double the budget of all three UK armed services combined â but even so the American soldiers believe they are short of what they need.â¦
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Letter from Baghdad: American troops used to stop and buy water and soft drinks at Mohammed Abdulabbas&#39; grocery store. Now, they race around Baghdad in heavily armed convoys.
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The United States will station three new brigades in Germany at the same time as it withdraws about 30,000 troops from the country, a top U.S. general said on Thursday. General Charles Wald, deputy commander of United States European Command, told a news conference America planned to station a Stryker armored vehicle brigade with 3,600 soldiers, a paratroop brigade and an expeditionary brigade in Germany.
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Will someone explain to me what in the world is going on in Iraq? Our troops are now digging around in trash heaps looking for chunks of metal they can use to improvise armor to protect their vehicles against small-arms attacks.
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A look at nations in the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq. At least 25 nations now support a U.S. contingent of nearly 132,000.
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WASHINGTON Wonder what George Washington looked like when he led the US military against the British in the Revolutionary War? Military history buffs can get a peek in a new exhibit opening today at the National Museum of American History in Washington.
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AmericaÂs Army, an online video game produced by the U.S. Army, highlights soldiersÂ accomplishments in the war in Iraq.
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BAGHDAD - The US military announced the deaths of seven more American troops in combat yesterday, including four in Anbar province, the Sunni stronghold where US officials have said a tribal revolt against Al Qaeda in Iraq has brought dramatic improvements in security.
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The Bush administration keeps telling us the war in Iraq is going well and that our all-volunteer army is doing a great job. But some troops are telling a different story.
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When troops in Iraq complain about not having adequate armor on trucks that are big targets in some of the countryâs most dangerous areas, thereâsa good chance that some of the vehicles are from Oshkosh Truck Corp.
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Elite military forces are conducting special counterterrorism missions in support of civilian agencies in the United States.
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The World Cup isn't the only field that America can't dominate
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Some say the militias that Ethiopia, Americaâs ally, is drafting in the Ogaden region are hardly voluntary.
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Counterinsurgency efforts focus on better grasping and meeting local needs.