For 1,000 Troops, There Is No Going Home
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The roster of the dead in Iraq is a portrait of a military in transition, with ever-widening roles and costs for the country's part-time soldiers, women and Hispanics.
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On October 13, 19 soldiers from a US supply unit in Iraq refused to drive seven unarmoured fuel tankers along roads to areas near Baghdad where resistance attacks on convoys are almost a daily occurrence.
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Hundreds of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are ending up homeless. How could this happen?
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Iraq's army, despite measurable progress, will be unable to take over internal security from U.S. forces in the next 12 to 18 months and "cannot yet meaningfully contribute to denying terrorists safe haven," according to a report on the Iraqi security forces published today.
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BAGHDAD -- US military deaths in the Iraq campaign passed the 1,000 mark yesterday, with more than 800 of them during the stubborn insurgency that flared after the Americans brought down Saddam Hussein and President Bush declared major combat over.
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The Army is dismissing the equivalent of almost a battalion of soldiers every year for taking drugs.
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Iraq-bound troops complained that they were being sent into combat with insufficient protection and aging equipment.
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US military deaths in the Iraq campaign passed the 1,000 mark yesterday, with more than 800 of them during the stubborn insurgency that flared
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The number of U.S. troops killed in  action in Iraq hit 1,000 Tuesday when the military said a  soldier had been shot dead on patrol in Baghdad.
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TALL AFAR, Iraq -- A three-foot-high coil of razor wire, 21-ton armored vehicles and American soldiers with black M-4 assault rifles stood between tens of thousands of people and their homes last week.
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Eight soldiers say they have been prevented from leaving Iraq even though the terms of enlistment they signed up for have run out.
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Officials said the Army's ability to recruit and retain soldiers will steadily erode unless combat tours are shortened.
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Stretched thin in Iraq and Afghanistan, the military delays the scheduled departure of another brigade
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As it exits Basra, the Army deals with disillusionment, inside and out.
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The plan was simple: Iraqi troops would block escape routes while U.S. soldiers searched for weapons house-by-house. But the Iraqi troops didn't show up on time.
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Now that President Bush has approved a plan to gradually bring home some U.S. troops from Iraq, some of the families of the first unit to ship out are, surprisingly, not happy.
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The government has decided to send up to 1,000 extra troops to Afghanistan to fight a resurgent Taliban, days after announcing a major reduction in forces in Iraq.