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PHOTOS: Indian Army terminates insurgents on US soil
Mumbai :: India | 2 days ago
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Here's the final part of the series A n Indian Army soldier with 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, 99th Mountain Brigade, searches a neutralised insurgent while another Gurkha covers him during a training exercise with the 82nd Airborne Division's
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Yudh Abhyas: Indian Army goes hunting in the US
Mumbai :: India | 5 days ago
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Indian Army goes hunting in the US I ndian Army soldiers with the 2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles, find a handgun while searching a role-playing insurgent leader during a field training exercise with US soldiers assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat
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Sequestration threatens military readiness at Fort Bragg, across globe
Fort Bragg :: NC :: USA | 3 months ago
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Automatic federal budget cuts expected to kick in today may not be obvious at first but eventually have the potential to erode military readiness, Fort Bragg's commander said Thursday. "It's more like the sun advancing across the sky," said Lt...
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Fort Bragg soldier dies in Afghanistan
San Diego :: CA :: USA | 11 months ago
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A Fort Bragg paratrooper was killed while on patrol Friday morning in Afghanistan's Ghazni Province, the Pentagon announced Sunday...Fredsti, 31, of San Diego, Calif., died after his unit was attacked by insurgents with small arms fire, according to
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Our enemy is not only the Taliban, we're fighting time
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | 1 year ago
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The American paratroopers crouched in silence as the roar and dust of the Chinook helicopters receded. The only illumination of their heavy-laden figures was the desert starlight and the ghostly glow of night-vision scopes. But Captain Caleb Ling and
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N.C.-based troops still dying in Afghanistan
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 1 year ago
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As the U.S. signed a long-term agreement with the Afghan government Tuesday to help provide security after combat troops are withdrawn in 2014, North Carolinians are reminded again of the danger troops face there. Five Fort Bragg-based soldiers died
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British minister: Panetta apologized for photos
Brussels :: Belgium | 1 year ago
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Brussels, Panetta told reporters he "strongly condemns" the behavior exhibited in the photos and encouraged a strong investigation, which is already under way. But Panetta also said that in war, young people "can make foolish decisions." Afghan war
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U.S. troops pose with bombers' bodies
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 1 year ago
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International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan and the U.S. military issued strong condemnations Wednesday as a newspaper was set to publish photos of U.S. troops posing with the bodies of suicide bombers. The incident, which took place in
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Man found dead in Chapel Hill creek served in Iraq
Chapel Hill :: NC :: USA | over 1 year ago
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The man who was found dead in Bolin Creek Saturday morning was a member of the 82nd Airborne Division who served two tours of duty in Iraq. The Chapel Hill Police Department was mum Monday on an investigation into the death of 24-year-old Sgt. Shane
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Military investigates death of 82nd paratrooper
Fort Bragg :: NC :: USA | almost 2 years ago
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Military officials are investigating the death of an 82nd Airborne Division paratrooper who died from complications associated with a heat-related injury sustained during physical training. A statement from the 82nd Airborne Division said Monday that
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