Archive for January, 2009
Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
Army plans payment to Territorial Guard veterans
By RACHEL D’ORO
Associated Press Writer
(01/28/09 12:35:48)
The Secretary of the Army has authorized emergency funds for 26 surviving members of a World War II Alaska militia unit whose retirement pay was being reduced because of a legal technicality, Alaska’s congressional delegation said today.
Army officials last week said a military analysis determined the law recognizing the Alaska […]
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Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
U.S. Army to report record suicides
Posted: 07:39 PM ET
By Barbara Starr
CNN Pentagon Correspondent
WASHINGTON (CNN) — The U.S. Army will report Thursday the highest level of suicides among its soldiers since it began tracking the rate 28 years ago, CNN has learned.
Statistics obtained by CNN show that the Army will report 128 confirmed suicides last year and another 15 suspected suicides […]
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Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHKAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
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Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
This Made Me Laugh
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Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
Gone From Tomorrow Until Tuesday
… on a business trip to Knoxville Iowa.
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Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
Alaska poised for battle over bison
By Rena Delbridge
Published Wednesday, January 28, 2009
JUNEAU — Proponents of natural gas development in the Nenana Basin say a state proposal to release wood bison in the Interior could seriously complicate, and potentially stall, their plans.
One of the projects that may be at risk is a natural gas bullet line Enstar plans to build between […]
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Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
Today in Anchorage
Today: Occasional snow showers. High 18F. Winds N at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 50%.
Tonight: Cloudy with some light snow. Low 16F. Winds light and variable. Chance of snow 80%. 1 to 3 inches of snow expected.
Tomorrow: Cloudy with snow showers early and steady snow likely later in the day. High 21F. Winds […]
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Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
F-22s Deployed To Guam and Okinawa
Aviation Week’s DTI | David A. Fulghum | January 26, 2009
This story first appeared in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report.
In the fourth and largest F-22 deployment so far, a squadron of the U.S. stealth fighters has shifted from Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska [emphasis added], to Andersen AFB, Guam.
Another 12 fighters from Langley AFB, Va., […]
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Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
GI Gets Final Wish of Arlington Honors
January 27, 2009
Military.com|by Bryan Mitchell
Four days before his death, Spc. Joseph M. Hernandez sent his wife a prophetic text message.
If he were to die in Afghanistan, he wanted her to make sure he would be buried at Arlington National Cemetery. And the former Old Guard soldier wanted his comrades in 2nd Platoon, Alpha Company to […]
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Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
VA to Pay Vets $20m Over Data Theft
January 28, 2009
Associated Press
WASHINGTON - The Veterans Affairs Department agreed Tuesday to pay $20 million to veterans for exposing them to possible identity theft in 2006 by losing their sensitive personal information.
In court filings Tuesday, lawyers for the VA and the veterans said they had reached agreement to settle a class-action lawsuit originally filed by […]