Provides the latest RSS feeds for U.S. Military News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Afghanistan Sun.com http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/187cf2a69985adcf/ en-us Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:18:12 -0500 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:18:12 -0500 30 Thousands of noisy demonstrators filled Baghdad's renowned Firdous Square to protest a new military pact between Iraq and the United States which is being debated in parliament. http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/433139/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:12:56 -0500 Afghanistan Sun.com http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/433139/cs/1/ Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates expressed confidence Friday that more troops being sent to Afghanistan’s Regional Command South will be sufficient to shore up security for Afghanistan’s elections in late September next year. http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/433152/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:09:09 -0500 Afghanistan Sun.com http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/433152/cs/1/ Cyberspace is a warfighting domain, and the Defense Department is taking steps to defend this crucial capability, a Pentagon spokesman said Friday. http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/433151/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:01:50 -0500 Afghanistan Sun.com http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/433151/cs/1/ Baghdad, Nov 21 : A new 'status-of-forces agreement' between Washington and Baghdad will make it mandatory for the US forces in Iraq to first obtain warrants before searching Iraqi homes or detaining terrorist suspects. http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/432985/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:02:10 -0500 Afghanistan Sun.com http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/432985/cs/1/ Followers of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr marched on Friday against a pact letting U.S. forces stay in Iraq until 2011, toppling an effigy of President George W. Bush where US troops once tore ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19763789/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:56:38 -0500 The Nation http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19763789/ Trojuan Quinn (20) of Nile C. Kinnick shoots over Jon-Jon Greene of E.J. King during Friday's DODDS-Japan Basketball League game at Fleet Gymnasium, Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. The host Red Devils rou... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19761232/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:14:04 -0500 Stars and Stripes http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19761232/ The directorate’s mission is to define, determine, acquire, defend and execute the fiscal resources needed to support the MAGTFTC and MCAGCC using an integrated team of expert analysts. http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19761228/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:19:18 -0500 Marine Corps News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19761228/ YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — Need a cheap flight for the holidays? Don’t count on the Patriot Express. The U.S. military’s only chartered commercial air service in the Pacific will not fly the we... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19761236/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:14:00 -0500 Stars and Stripes http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19761236/ An erratic economy is testing the way retailers at military bases in Japan and Okinawa price their gasoline. The cost of gas has stagnated for five months despite a policy by the area’s main reta... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19761239/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:13:59 -0500 Stars and Stripes http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19761239/ RAF LAKENHEATH, England — The court-martial of Staff Sgt. Aaron Ellis, who is charged with rape and carnal knowledge, is expected to continue throughout the weekend and possibly into Monday. Acco... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19761238/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:13:57 -0500 Stars and Stripes http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19761238/ Misawa Air Base’s Cummings Elementary School will present "Christmas Trolls" at 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Dec. 11 at the school. The student play is based on a children’s picture-book story that take... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19761231/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:14:05 -0500 Stars and Stripes http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19761231/ After hearing what sounded like a loud explosion, Petty Officer 1st Class Clifford Martin walked out of his office on the northern side of Misawa Air Base. The scene last week stopped him dead in hi... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19761234/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:14:02 -0500 Stars and Stripes http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19761234/ ARLINGTON, Va. — An Army Human Terrain Team member has been charged with murder in connection with the killing of an Afghan man who set another team member on fire. Don Michael Ayala, a contracto... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19761237/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:13:56 -0500 Stars and Stripes http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19761237/ Hundreds of Marines file out of the Camp Foster, Okinawa, theater Friday after attending the mandatory "Beating the Blues" annual holiday safety brief. http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19761235/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:14:01 -0500 Stars and Stripes http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19761235/ (AP) - As of Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, at least 4,202 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eigh... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19761730/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:58:41 -0500 Find Law http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19761730/ ■ 357th Air Missile Defense Detachment, U.S. Army ■ 21st Theater Sustainment Command, U.S. Army ■ Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team, U.S. Marine Corps ■ 86th Contingency R... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19761240/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:13:55 -0500 Stars and Stripes http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19761240/ Trees for Troops Program Approaches 50,000 Milestone MEMPHIS, Tenn., Nov. 12 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- For the fourth consecutive year, FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) and the Christmas SPIRIT Foundati... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19761229/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:18:01 -0500 Hispanic Business Magazine http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19761229/ NAPLES, Italy — Paul DuBois has paid off his credit card bills, school loans and car loan. And still has a little cash left over. "I’m out of debt. It’s great," said the full-time employee for... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19761242/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:13:54 -0500 Stars and Stripes http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19761242/ Air Force Staff Sgt. Daniel Rey holds his newborn daughter, Brin Marie Jane Rey, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center. Even though the Air Force has not finalized its plan, Rey will be able to take ad... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19761241/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:13:53 -0500 Stars and Stripes http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19761241/ SEOUL — Military training caused disruptions for about 200 high school students in a county northeast of Seoul during South Korea’s college entrance exams earlier this month, according to local ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19761230/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:14:05 -0500 Stars and Stripes http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19761230/ BAGHDAD — In the midnight darkness, U.S. soldiers show up unannounced at a house in the south of the capital to ask about some graffiti on a wall across the street praising Jaish al-Mahdi, a Shiit... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19761243/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:13:52 -0500 Stars and Stripes http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19761243/ DEMILITARIZED ZONE, Korea — After 24 years, they keep coming back for Cpl. Jang Myoung-ki. Jang’s comrades, his family and others joined today’s guardians of the Joint Security Area in an ann... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19761233/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:14:03 -0500 Stars and Stripes http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19761233/ WASHINGTON — All military contractors in Iraq will likely lose their immunity from Iraqi law starting in January, according to officials from the State and Defense Departments. Leaders from both ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19761245/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:13:50 -0500 Stars and Stripes http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19761245/ ARLINGTON, Va. — The Army has scheduled the execution of Army Pvt. Ronald A. Gray for Dec. 10, the first of a servicemember since 1961. http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19761246/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:13:48 -0500 Stars and Stripes http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19761246/ 11/21/2008 - KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFNS) -- Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center officials here successfully tested the Space-Based Infrared System Highly Elliptical Orbit payload... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19761250/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:08:57 -0500 Air Force Link http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19761250/ Iraqi supporters of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr chant slogans during a protest Friday in Baghdad, Iraq. Thousands of supporters of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr took to the streets o... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19758513/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:02:58 -0500 National Post http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19758513/ WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has banned, at least temporarily, the use of external computer flash drives because of a virus threat officials detected on Defense Department networks. While defense of... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19759995/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:50:08 -0500 Deseret News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19759995/ Throughout the Combat Center there are many organizations willing to go above and beyond to help Marines, sailors, and family members who call the base and the surrounding area home, with the wide var... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19761252/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:34:55 -0500 Marine Corps News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19761252/ John Goines III shows Sallie Stratton the remains recovered from the crash site of her husband, Lt. Col. Charles W. Stratton, whose bomber went down Jan. 3, 1971, over Laos Nov. 4 at Brooks City-Base,... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19761249/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:08:57 -0500 Air Force Link http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19761249/ Airman 1st Class Hugo Garnica communicates with an MQ-9 Reaper pilot with a land mobile radio at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Nov. 18. He was performing a preflight check to ensure the unmanned aircraft ve... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19761247/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:08:56 -0500 Air Force Link http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19761247/ 11/21/2008 - CAMP STRIKER, Iraq (AFNS) -- Navy Cmdr. Ed Fischer and Air Force 1st Lt. E.J. Wong would seem to be out of place in an Army heavy brigade combat team conducting operations in Iraq. Com... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19761248/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:08:56 -0500 Air Force Link http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19761248/ 1st Lt. Luke Gaffney from 4th Force Reconnaissance Company presents a plaque to representatives from BAE Systems, Meadow Gold Diaries and First Hawaiian Bank for their corporate sponsorship of the Toy... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19761251/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:34:52 -0500 Marine Corps News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19761251/ By Navy Lt. Jennifer CraggSpecial to American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Nov. 21, 2008 – The Air Force Warrior and Survivor Care Program is reaching out to wounded airmen from the point inj... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19757486/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:18:03 -0500 Defense Link http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19757486/ The Quantico Marine Corps Band played a short concert in front of Marines from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, sailors from the USS Bataan and many New York residents Nov. 10, 2008. The band, whic... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19757480/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:24:24 -0500 Marine Corps News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19757480/             The Department of Defense announced today the selection of six distinguished university faculty scientists and engineers forming the 2009 class of its National Security Science ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19757485/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:18:02 -0500 DefenseLink http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19757485/ The 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit held a Marine Corps Birthday Ball ceremony at Mickey Mantle's restaurant in New York Nov. 10, 2008. The ball included Marines and sailors of the MEU as well as law e... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19757481/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:24:23 -0500 Marine Corps News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19757481/ Gareth Porter Inter Press Service WASHINGTON: The text of the US-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) signed by US Ambassador Ryan Crocker and Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari Monday closes the... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19753193/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:18:03 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19753193/ By Fred W. Baker IIIAmerican Forces Press Service CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. , Nov. 21, 2008 – Marine Capt. Ray Baronie was traveling in a convoy in Ramadi, Iraq, on Dec. 1, 2005 when an anti-tank round ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19752685/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:18:05 -0500 Defense Link http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19752685/ American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Nov. 21, 2008 – Afghan army commandos and their coalition partners killed four militants while simultaneously protecting nearly 90 civilians in an early ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19753585/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:18:02 -0500 Defense Link http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19753585/ During the autumn of 1943, Marines and sailors from 2nd Marine Division Reinforced, stormed the shores of an island named Tarawa. Located in the central Pacific Ocean, the tiny island became the batt... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19757474/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:24:48 -0500 Marine Corps News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19757474/ Posted on: Friday, 21 November 2008, 14:53 CST A virus threat detected on Defense Department networks resulted in a temporary ban of external computer flash drives at the Pentagon, officials said o... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19755544/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:29:45 -0500 RedOrbit http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19755544/ American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Nov. 21, 2008 – Coalition and Iraqi forces killed a suspected terrorist, captured 17 others and seized dozens of weapons in Iraq in the past week, milita... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19757487/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:18:00 -0500 Defense Link http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19757487/ In January, the Combat Center’s library along with United Through Reading will provide time for service members in deploying units to film their own recording for their family members. http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19757490/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:36:36 -0500 Marine Corps News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19757490/ Supporters of Hojatoleslam Moqtada al-Sadr, the anti-American cleric, burnt an effigy of George Bush in Baghdad yesterday and gave warning of a return to armed resistance if parliament approves a de... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19752953/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:35:03 -0500 Times Online http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19752953/ When executing missions overseas, it is vital that Marines understand the situation and feelings of local nationals, giving them the ability to work towards a common goal. Recently, Marines from 3rd ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19757491/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:36:34 -0500 Marine Corps News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19757491/ Marines from 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, conducted a week-long battalion field exercise at the military operations in urban terrain facility here.  The training included ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19757475/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:24:39 -0500 Marine Corps News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19757475/ Marines from 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Divisio0,n trucked up to Fort A. P. Hill, Va., for pre-deployment training to prepare for future deployments. The first phase of Marines to... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19757492/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:36:25 -0500 Marine Corps News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19757492/ Camp Lejeune may be a large base, but when many local units train at the same time, the space and facilities available tend to run low.  In cases like this, when the training must go on, some hit the... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19757473/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:24:57 -0500 Marine Corps News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19757473/ Fall 2008 Petty Officer Advancements Released; Opportunity Holds Steady Story Number: NNS081121-08 Release Date: 11/21/2008 4:39:00 PM From Chief of Naval Personnel Public Affairs WASHINGTO... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19757472/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:26:12 -0500 Navy NewsStand http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19757472/ The sun hung blindingly high in the afternoon sky as Capt. James R. “Roller Boy” Berard poured over terrain maps stretched out on the hood of a humvee. His voice remained calm and collected despi... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19757493/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:35:35 -0500 Marine Corps News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19757493/ The Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. James T. Conway, and the Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, Sgt. Maj. Carlton W. Kent, were greeted at the MCAGCC Expeditionary Air Field by Brig. Gen. Charle... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19757494/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:35:33 -0500 Marine Corps News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19757494/ The rock band "Lifehouse" performed a concert in front of Marines from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, sailors from the USS Bataan and New York residents in support of the reopening of t... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19751321/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:15:42 -0500 Marine Corps News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19751321/ By Sara MooreAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Nov. 21, 2008 – To avoid unnecessary taxpayer spending, the Defense Department is only partially funding the expansion of F-22 Raptor aircra... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19751325/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:07:57 -0500 Defense Link http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19751325/ Mendez, 25, sergeant-of-the-guard with Regimental Combat Team 5, is also a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program instructor from Torrance, Calif.   He has been practicing jiu-jitsu since he was 14 and st... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19751313/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:17:31 -0500 Marine Corps News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19751313/ 11/21/2008 - DALLAS (AFNS) -- Military shoppers looking to dig in to tasty holiday shopping better bring a big appetite to base exchanges or post exchanges the weekend after Thanksgiving as the Army &... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19751328/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:02:09 -0500 Air Force Link http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19751328/ 11/21/2008 - WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFPN) -- With a focus on the execution of the 2008 Air Force Strategic Plan, the Air Force Process Council conducted its quarterly meeting Nov.20 at... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19751329/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:02:09 -0500 Air Force Link http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19751329/ By Samantha L. QuigleyAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Nov. 21, 2008 – Shifting the military culture as it pertains to mental health from an illness-based medical model to one that focus... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19751326/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:07:58 -0500 Defense Link http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19751326/ First Sgt. Jose L. Padilla Jr., never expected that April 2008 would his final month of service in the U.S. Marine Corps.   He had reached his limit of service, but not the rank of sergeant major as ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19751314/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:17:23 -0500 Marine Corps News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19751314/ Despite their support, however, not many of the musicians can say they’ve actually served in the military. There is one rising Southern California country singer, though, who can say he’s not only... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19751310/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:17:34 -0500 Marine Corps News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19751310/ 11/21/2008 - SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFNS) -- The landing gear of an MQ-1 Predator unmanned aircraft system collapsed after the aircraft landed about 6:45 a.m. Baghdad time Nov. 21 on the ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19751331/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:02:08 -0500 Air Force Link http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19751331/ 11/21/2008 - RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFNS) -- Air Force officials here announced the open season for three civilian benefit programs continues until Dec. 8. The three programs are the Feder... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19751334/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:02:09 -0500 Air Force Link http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19751334/  Marines with 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, took a brief moment away from daily combat operations to celebrate the 233rd Marine Corps birthday at Camp Baharia in Fallu... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19751317/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:15:52 -0500 Marine Corps News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19751317/ Marines with Company C, 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, assisted by Iraqi Police, issued identification badges to civilians living in the Abuyuset area near Fallujah, Ira... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19751319/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:15:50 -0500 Marine Corps News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19751319/ During the holiday season, homes are usually filled with the smell of food and candles, who wants to smell cigarette smoke this year? This month all smokers and dippers were invited to participate in ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19751312/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:17:27 -0500 Marine Corps News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19751312/ Marines of Task Force 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, celebrated the Marine Corps’ 233rd birthday Nov. 10, in Karmah, Iraq.  Despite being deployed to a combat zone, ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19751316/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:15:54 -0500 Marine Corps News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19751316/ By Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Nov. 21, 2008 – Cyberspace is a warfighting domain, and the Defense Department is taking steps to defend this crucial capability, a Pentag... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19751327/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:07:59 -0500 Defense Link http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19751327/ 11/21/2008 - WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Air Force officials signed a record of decision that begins the process for the Army's 7th Special Forces Group to beddown at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The group wil... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19751333/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:02:08 -0500 Air Force Link http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19751333/ 11/21/2008 - RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFNS) -- Airmen and Air Force civilians can still register for the 2009 Air Education and Training Command Symposium being held Jan. 15 and 16 at the Henry... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19751335/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:02:09 -0500 Air Force Link http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19751335/ Three members of the Brazilian Marine Corps visited Camp Lejeune, Nov. 15-22, to gain knowledge about the 2nd Marine Logistics Group’s landing support operations. Brazilian Marine Captain Mauricio ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19751311/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:17:25 -0500 Marine Corps News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19751311/ By Army Pfc. Terence EwingsSpecial to American Forces Press Service CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE ADDER, Iraq, Nov. 21, 2008 – Army Sgt. 1st Class Charles Washington, a career counselor attached to ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19751324/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:07:57 -0500 Defense Link http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19751324/ By Army Sgt. Zach OttoSpecial to American Forces Press Service BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, Nov. 21, 2008 – Soldiers with a battalion of the 101st Airborne Division have rebuilt an aid station a... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19746079/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:07:55 -0500 Defense Link http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19746079/ Officials at al Anbar University held a ceremony commemorating the addition of its medical college during a ceremony in Ramadi, Iraq, Nov. 13.  During heavy fighting, many of Iraq’s physicians fle... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19751315/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:15:57 -0500 Marine Corps News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19751315/ 11/21/2008 - SAN ANTONIO (AFNS) -- An Air Force Reserve crew from the 349th Air Mobility Wing at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., carried out a medevac mission earlier this year accompanied by a staff w... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19751330/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:02:10 -0500 Air Force Link http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19751330/ Norway said on Thursday that buying 48 Lockheed Martin F-35 jet fighter planes was estimated to cost Nkr145bn ($20.43bn) over the lifetime of the aircraft. The Norwegian government announced that it ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19751336/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:05:25 -0500 Army Technology http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19751336/ The UK Air Force must keep a balanced approach to rapidly changing modern conflicts if it is to remain a leading power, a defence head has warned. The UK's Commander in Chief of Air Command, Sir Cliv... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19751337/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:05:25 -0500 Army Technology http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19751337/ Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. talk to O. Oliver Goodall Nov. 17 at the Griffith Park Observatory in Los Angeles. Mr. Goodall is a Tuskegee Airman who was honored by the Friends of the Observatory ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19742942/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:22:02 -0500 Air Force Link http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19742942/ Capt. Rochelle Smith explains the process of bidding and competing for base contracts during a vendor day Nov. 13 at the Hyatt in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The vendor day explained the contract process wit... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19742943/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:22:00 -0500 Air Force Link http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19742943/ Bangalore, Nov 21 : Softbrands, a global supplier of enterprise application software, today announced that it has signed an agreement with the US Air Force services to provide softbrands enterprise so... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19742938/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:37:15 -0500 New Kerala http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19742938/ 11/20/2008 - LANSDOWNE, Va. (AFPN) -- Recent changes on how the Guard and Reserves are recognized are larger than any in recent history, a senior Defense Department official said here Nov. 19. Thom... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19742944/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:21:59 -0500 Air Force Link http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19742944/ 11/20/2008 - LOS ANGELES (AFNS) -- Vandenberg Air Force Base received the National Security Space Award from the California Space Authority Nov. 19 at the SpotBeam Awards ceremony here.  The a... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19742941/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:22:01 -0500 Air Force Link http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19742941/ DUBAI (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy and operators of a Saudi oil supertanker hijacked by Somali pirates could not confirm on Friday reports that the hijackers had demanded a $25 million ransom. http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19739517/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:09:11 -0500 Reuters http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19739517/ TOPEKA, Kan. | A former Army cook convicted of multiple rapes and murders is set to die next month in what would be the U.S. military's first execution in nearly 50 years. http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19735570/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:13:07 -0500 The Ledger http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19735570/ What Robert Gates once called "inconceivable to me" _ his remaining as defense secretary beyond Inauguration Day _ is looking a bit more conceivable to the rest of Washington.The 65-year-old former sp... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19737476/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:03:04 -0500 eTaiwan News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19737476/ FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — The number of soldiers seeking help for substance abuse has climbed 25% in the past five years, but the Army's counseling program has remained significantly understaffed ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19732464/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:54:29 -0500 USA Today http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19732464/ Eight Marines from Company B, Infantry Training Battalion alerted sleeping guests after a fire broke out at an America’s Best Value Inn in Lake Forest, Nov. 9. The Marines were on leave before sta... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19731424/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:23:59 -0500 Marine Corps News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/19731424/