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Armed Forces Day 2013
May 18 is Armed Forces Day. What is it and how did it originate? President Harry S. Truman led the effort to establish a single holiday for citizens to come together and thank our military members fo...
Posted on 5/15/13 at 10:21 AM
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UND Army ROTC secures elite Top 10 finish prestigious military event
The team of Army Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets from the University of North Dakota finished sixth overall at this years prestigious Sandhurst Military Skills Competition (SANCOM) held recent...
Posted on 5/15/13 at 8:54 AM
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Freedom is not free.
USA Today's website has a powerful story and video aboutUSMC Cpl. Ronny "Tony" Porta that I think should be mandatory reading and viewing for every American who wants to maintain citizenship in this c...
Posted on 4/29/13 at 8:58 PM
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Take Time to Thank Those Who Serve
For the first time in a long time, I was able to spend Thanksgiving with my family in Wisconsin. The North Dakota State University mens basketball team was playing in Green Bay that weekend, so an ass...
Posted on 12/15/12 at 12:32 PM
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Military blogs: an update
An update now on the post I wrote just before Memorial Day. I threw out a question, "Wouldn't it be great for someone to write a blog to honor our fallen soldiers?" I heard a resounding "YES" from so...
Posted on 6/2/11 at 3:08 PM
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Hoeven to discuss UAS program with officials

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — U.S. Sen. John Hoeven plans to meet with local and military officials at the Grand Forks Air Force Base on Tuesday morning to plan for the future of the unmanned aerial systems program.

December 19, 2011

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No public service for 4 killed in helicopter crash

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (AP) — Joint Base Lewis-McChord says no public memorial service is planned for all four Army aviators who died Monday night in the crash of two helicopters in a training area of the base.

December 16, 2011

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Editorial: Solemn reminders of strength

Many Americans go to work every day with the expectation of coming home at a reasonable hour, eating supper, lounging around and sinking into a warm bed when their eyelids grow heavy. They get up in the morning and do just about the same things, most days.

December 16, 2011

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Panetta formally shuts down US war in Iraq

BAGHDAD (AP) — After nearly nine years, 4,500 American dead, 32,000 wounded and more than $800 billion, U.S. officials formally shut down the war in Iraq — a conflict that U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said was worth the price in blood and money, as it set Iraq on a path to democracy.

December 15, 2011

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Update2: Officials name those killed in helicopter crash, former western North Dakota resident among them

Update2: Officials name those killed in helicopter crash, former western North Dakota resident among them A former western North Dakota resident was among four soldiers killed when helicopters crashed Monday night at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington, family friend Nikki McAlpin, Grassy Butte, said this morning. A family email also confirmed the tragedy.

By The Dickinson Press and AP , December 14, 2011

Pearl Harbor survivors return to ships after death

HONOLULU (AP) — Lee Soucy decided five years ago that when he died he wanted to join his shipmates killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor.

December 06, 2011

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40,000 troops to leave Afghanistan by end of 2012

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Drawdown plans announced by the U.S. and more than a dozen other nations will shrink the foreign military footprint in Afghanistan by 40,000 troops at the close of next year, leaving Afghan forces increasingly on the frontlines of the decade-long war.

November 29, 2011

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Change of scene for Texas Marines

Change of scene for Texas Marines GLADSTONE — They have been across the world with the Marines, but neither had ever stepped foot in North Dakota — that is until last week.

November 24, 2011

Navy Blue Angels fly into era of budget questions

PENSACOLA NAVAL AIR STATION, Fla. (AP) — The Navy's Blue Angels have been thrilling audiences for more than six decades with their acrobatic flying in fighter planes, but a new era of federal budget worries and proposed deficit cutting has some inside and outside the military raising questions about the millions it costs to produce their shows.

November 23, 2011

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Thank you for your service

Thank you for your service Many people came out to Dickinson State University this morning to show support for service members during the Veterans Day services.

November 11, 2011

American hero from Bowman shares WWII recollections

American hero from Bowman shares WWII recollections Near-death experiences, bullets whizzing by, atomic bombs dropping and Purple Hearts make for epic war stories. One World War II veteran from Bowman lived through all those events in a matter of months.

By April Baumgarten , November 10, 2011

US military veterans heed Occupy rallying cry

NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of U.S. military veterans are heeding the rallying cry of Occupy Wall Street, saying corporate contractors in Iraq made big money while the troops defending them came home — and can't make a living now.

November 03, 2011

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Iraqi speaker warns of meddling after US pullout

BAGHDAD (AP) — The speaker of Iraq's parliament is warning that neighboring nations will take advantage of the country if it is seen as vulnerable after U.S. troops leave at the end of the year.

October 24, 2011

64 Navy sailors to be kicked out for drug use

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Sixty-four sailors from the San Diego-based U.S. Third Fleet will be kicked out of the Navy for drug use, mostly involving a synthetic drug that mimics marijuana, military officials said Thursday.

October 20, 2011

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Obama, first lady to tout jobs plan for veterans

HAMPTON, Va. (AP) — President Barack Obama is employing the services of the first lady on the final leg of his three-day bus tour as they tout proposals in the president's jobs bill that the White House says would put more of the nation's unemployed veterans back to work.

October 19, 2011

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