Feb 28

US military lets soldiers Tweet, blog and Facebook<br />
    (AFP)<br />

AFP - The Pentagon said soldiers will be allowed to Tweet, blog and update their Facebook pages on the US military’s non-classified computer network under a new policy.

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Feb 27

US military lets soldiers Tweet, blog and Facebook<br />
    (AFP)<br />

AFP - The Pentagon said soldiers will be allowed to Tweet, blog and update their Facebook pages on the US military’s non-classified computer network under a new policy.

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Nov 14

Mourners grieve for soldiers killed at Fort Hood<br />
    (AP)<br />

AP - The hundreds of people who lined the main street of a small Indiana city Saturday fell solemnly silent as a white hearse passed by on its way to the church. Mourners streamed into a Wisconsin gymnasium to remember a soldier who once promised to take down Osama bin Laden.

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Nov 9

US must ensure stressed soldiers get help: General<br />
    (AFP)<br />

AFP - US military commanders need to pay close attention to soldiers showing signs of stress and get them help after a shooting rampage here last week, the head of Fort Hood army base said on Monday.

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Oct 29

Obama honors slain soldiers killed in Afghanistan<br />
    (Reuters)<br />

Reuters - President Barack Obama saw first hand the human cost of the Afghanistan war as he welcomed home on Thursday 18 soldiers and Drug Enforcement Administration agents killed in Afghanistan this week.

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Oct 27

Soldiers accused in marriage scam for benefits<br />
    (AP)<br />

AP - Sgt. Jason Hawk and his bride met for the first time when he picked her up at a bus stop near his Army base a day before their wedding. Prosecutors say the speedy romance was echoed by a fast honeymoon: Ayna Ivanova returned to New York soon after.

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Aug 22

Four US soldiers charged with abusing fellow troops<br />
    (AFP)<br />

AFP - Four American soldiers serving in Iraq have been charged with cruelty and abuse of their fellow troops, the US army said in a statement on Friday.

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Aug 20

US Army to teach stressed soldiers to 'bounce back'<br />
    (AFP)<br />

AFP - Faced with rising rates of suicide and depression, the US Army plans mandatory training for the entire force designed to make soldiers emotionally “resilient.”

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Jul 26

US probes soldier's capture in Afghanistan<br />
    (AFP)<br />

AFP - US forces in Afghanistan are investigating how an American soldier held by the Taliban disappeared from a military base, while pursuing a massive manhunt for the private, a spokeswoman said Friday.

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Jul 24

US probes soldier's capture in Afghanistan<br />
    (AFP)<br />

AFP - US forces in Afghanistan are investigating how an American soldier held by the Taliban disappeared from a military base, while pursuing a massive manhunt for the private, a spokeswoman said Friday.

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