Soldiers Challenge Enlistment Extensions
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US troops inspect the site where they have detonated an abandoned car packed with explosives in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday Dec. 6, 2004.
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Warning that the active-duty Army "will break" under the strain of today's war-zone rotations, the nation's top Army general yesterday called for expanding the force by 7,000 or more soldiers a year and lifting Pentagon restrictions on involuntary call-ups of Army National Guard and Army Reserve...
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A man who served the eight years required under his ROTC contract remains an Army reservist obliged to report for active duty because he failed to sign a resignation letter, a federal judge has ruled.
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The Army and Marine Corps are planning to ask incoming Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Congress to approve permanent increases in personnel, as senior officials in both services assert that the nation's global military strategy has outstripped their resources.
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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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Bertie Ahern was challenged in the Dil this week by Sinn Fin's Caoimhghn Caolin about the fact that there are more British soldiers in the Six Counties than in Iraq and Afghanistan combined.
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A military panel has recommended a general discharge for an Iraq war veteran who wore his uniform during a war protest and later responded with an obscenity to a superior who told him he might have violated military rules.
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WASHINGTON, United States : An unusual US request for a British battalion to back up American troops in Iraq has shown the political constraints on the use of coalition forces even as an intensifying battle against insurgents is testing the US force there
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Recruiters seek soldiers on a hot sport's battlefields.
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WASHINGTON -- The Army is again extending the combat tours of thousands of soldiers in Iraq beyond the expected 12 months -- the second such move since August.
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As the PentagonÂs search for soldiers grows more urgent, gay rights groups are pushing to win repeal of the policy.
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An Army specialist, saying that it was &quot;a question of fairness,&quot; filed a lawsuit yesterday with seven other soldiers challenging a policy forcing them to serve in Iraq beyond their terms of enlistment.
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The troops, who are doing humanitarian work, were due to leave by 14 December. But the deadline may be extended, according to a government spokesman.
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NATO nations faced renewed calls on  Friday to supply extra troops for Afghanistan, with commanders  stressing a Polish offer of 1,000 soldiers next year did not  plug the shortfalls.
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EIGHT soldiers have started legal action to stop the US army extending their tours of duty in Iraq. US forces are stretched by engagements in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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WASHINGTON - The Army extended a Halliburton Co. troop support contract over the objections of a top contracting officer, even contending - and then withdrawing - a claim that US forces faced an emergency if the company didn&#39;t get the extra work.
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LANCASTER, Pa. -- Bill Schulz flipped through a list of Army careers, carefully watching the reaction of Tim Mathis, the 19-year-old construction worker perched next to him. When the potential recruit shrugged in disinterest, Schulz quickly moved to the next job, pointing to those that had the...