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For roving US Army unit, Strykers are their homes
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | over 3 years ago
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Afghanistan — They call themselves gypsies, the men of Bravo Company. Right now, the 140 American soldiers are living out of their Stryker infantry carriers, part of a force assisting a U.S. Marine offensive in the Taliban stronghold of Marjah by
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Soldier from San Benito killed in Iraq
Baghdad :: Iraq | over 3 years ago
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A 20-year-old soldier from south Texas has been killed in Iraq...DOD says Alvarez died Wednesday in Baghdad of injuries sustained while supporting combat operations. The Texan was assigned to the 504th Military Police Battalion, 42nd Military Police
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Flags to be lowered today in honor of Iowa soldier killed in Afghanistan
Des Moines :: IA :: USA | over 3 years ago
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Gov. Chet Culver has ordered all flags in Iowa be flown at half staff today until sunset in honor of Capt...Whitten, who graduated from Johnston High School, was serving on active duty with the U.S...Class Zachary Lovejoy of Albuquerque, N.M., were
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Golf clubs rain on Iraq outpost
Baghdad :: Iraq | over 3 years ago
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The soldiers serving at Joint Security Station Aqur Quf had a problem: They had a hitting mat and tens of thousands of golf balls, but only two clubs. Thanks to the kindness of News Tribune readers, that’s not a problem anymore. The donors are
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Fort Lewis soldier killed in Afghanistan
Romeoville :: IL :: USA | over 3 years ago
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Wash. — The family of a Fort Lewis soldier says he was killed Wednesday in Afghanistan. Twenty-two-year-old Specialist Kyle Wright of suburban Chicago, was a member of the 5th Stryker brigade. The News Tribune of Tacoma reports he was the 31st member
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Soldier undeterred after near-fatal blast
Baghdad :: Iraq | over 3 years ago
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Last year, Jed Berman noticed a piece of metal lodged under his left index finger, a remnant of the shrapnel that tore through his body during a roadside bomb attack in 2004. The Fort Lewis soldier didn’t tell anyone before he deployed; removing it
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Afghanistan War Deaths
Moreno Valley :: CA :: USA | over 3 years ago
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Total number of U.S. military deaths since 2001 and names of the U.S. troops killed recently in the Afghanistan war, as announced by the Pentagon: Petty Officer 3rd Class David M...Died Nov. 28 in Port Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates, of noncombat
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Soldier who served at Schofield Barracks killed in Afghanistan
Kabul :: Afghanistan | over 3 years ago
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A soldier from Fort Lewis' 5th Brigade has been killed in Afghanistan by roadside bomb. The Army says Staff Sgt...Gutierrez of San Francisco was on patrol on Christmas Day when he died...He previously deployed to Camp Casey in Korea from September
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Soldier badly wounded in Afghanistan wants to return to duty
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | over 3 years ago
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Robert Samuel knew that he had lost much of his leg almost as soon as the improvised explosive device went off beneath his Stryker armored vehicle. Bloodied and dazed, he asked his buddies to grab what was left of him as they yanked him out of the
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Fort Lewis troops get a link to home
Kabul :: Afghanistan | over 3 years ago
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A nonprofit organization has made this Christmas a merrier one for families of deployed Fort Lewis soldiers. Operation Homelink of Chicago presented more than 100 new netbook computers donated by computer manufacturer Dell to the families. The
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