Archive for May, 2009
Friday, May 29th, 2009
Away For 8 Days
… as an adult leader and musician, a camp I have worked since 1991. I leave tomorrow morning.
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Friday, May 29th, 2009
Today in Anchorage
Today: Cloudy with a few showers. High 54F. Winds SW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30%.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy skies with a few showers after midnight. Low 43F. Winds S at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30%.
Tomorrow: Partly cloudy skies during the morning hours will give way to occasional showers in […]
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Friday, May 29th, 2009
Army Post Shuts for 3 Days Over Suicides
By Richard Allen Greene, CNN
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(CNN) — A major United States military post is shutting down for three days following a rash of suicides, the post announced.
Fort Campbell, Ky., home of the Army’s 101st Airborne Division, started a three-day “suicide stand-down training event” Wednesday — the […]
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Friday, May 29th, 2009
Uncle Sam Denying Soldiers Citizenship
OneWorld US
Thu May 28, 5:20 pm ET
WASHINGTON, May 28 (OneWorld.net) - Loopholes in immigration policy are preventing U.S. military personnel from becoming citizens even after years of service to the country, reported a civil rights organization this Memorial Day.
What’s the Story?
“The reason I joined the military is because I love the country — what it […]
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Friday, May 29th, 2009
Pentagon Plans New Arm to Wage Cyberspace Wars
By DAVID E. SANGER and THOM SHANKER
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon plans to create a new military command for cyberspace, administration officials said Thursday, stepping up preparations by the armed forces to conduct both offensive and defensive computer warfare.
The military command would complement a civilian effort to be announced by President Obama on Friday that would […]