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C. Todd Lopez on January 18th, 2012
In some places on Camp Victory in Iraq, there are so many concrete T-walls lining the streets that, combined with the general bleakness of the place, the dust in the air and the eerie dusk-like light it casts on everything, it'd be the perfect setting for a
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C. Todd Lopez on January 13th, 2012
WASHINGTON - Two changes made to a set of programs will make participation easier for officers wanting to expand their military careers with opportunities such as fellowships and scholarships.
Under the officer "Broadening Opportunity Program," or BOP, officers can apply to all programs they qualify for, instead
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C. Todd Lopez on January 7th, 2012
The large number of veterans coming out of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan are a good resource for American businesses looking for great employees, said an Army Reserve general. About 20 million veterans now reside in the United States, said Maj. Gen. Keith Thurgood, chief
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C. Todd Lopez on October 28th, 2010
WASHINGTON (Army News Service) - The Army expects to field the new sniper rifle, the XM2010, by January. And conversion kits for the M4 rifle will come next year.
A panel of program managers from Program Executive Office Soldier met Oct. 14 at the Pentagon to discuss the status of several
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C. Todd Lopez on March 6th, 2012
The Army expects final delivery of additional Stryker double-V hull vehicles, the Stryker DVH, by year's end and expects to then have a total of about 760. The vehicle has been effective in theater, Army acquisition officials said at a media roundtable Friday. "To hear from
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C. Todd Lopez on December 23rd, 2011
With the Army leaving Iraq by the end of the month and large drawdowns coming in Afghanistan, officials said the service may shrink by 50,000 over the next few years.
Cutting that many Soldiers from the Army may mean some will be asked to leave before they
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C. Todd Lopez on May 12th, 2011
Since June, the Army has fielded about 30 million of its new 5.56mm M855A1 "Enhanced Performance Rounds" in Afghanistan.The cartridge, sometimes called the "green bullet" because it has an environmentally-friendly copper core instead of the traditional lead, has been getting mostly good reviews in the 11 months since it first
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