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11 24th, 2011|
Nov
15
AP - The number of U.S. ground forces would drop to levels not seen since 1940, the Navy would drop to the smallest number of ships since 1915 and the Air Force would be the smallest ever, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said in warning Congress of the dire implications of deeper defense cuts.
Oct
7
AP - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Thursday America must not economize on security but rather strengthen national defense by rebuilding the Navy and Air Force and adding 100,000 active duty personnel.
Jul
27
AFP - Iraq’s president has called a meeting to decide whether US troops should stay beyond a year-end deadline, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Wednesday, adding there could be consensus to keep a small number of trainers.
Jul
15
AP - Sean Sala felt so elated when Congress approved repealing the military’s ban on openly gay troops the 26-year-old sailor went on TV and revealed his sexual orientation publicly in what he calls his “Rosa Parks moment.”
Jun
23
Move America Forward, the nation’s largest pro-troop grassroots organization, will broadcast Troopathon IV: Remember their Sacrifice on Thursday, June 23, 2011. The Troopathon will be held at the Richard M. Nixon Presidential Library in Yorba Linda, CA, from 1 - 9 p.m. Pacific Time. If you’re in the area, you’re invited to attend live. Admission is free. For the rest of us, the event will be webcast via live streaming at Troopathon.org.
May
25
AFP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday he hopes Iraqi leaders will ask US troops to stay in their country beyond a year-end deadline but acknowledged the United States was unpopular there.
May
24
AP - Military chaplains are concerned troops could be punished for expressing objections to homosexuality once the “don’t ask don’t tell” policy is lifted.