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Pentagon dollars flow into Africa 1 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 1764

Ex-drone operator describes a kill: ‘I watched this guy bleed out’ 1 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 1917

Government contracts for the last week: 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1668

Joining Forces to Provide Jobs for Military Families - video 0 Tx4obama Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 1628

War veterans face epilepsy as side effect of head trauma 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 1783

US And Pakistan Locked In A "Drone Marriage" 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 1590

Time for the Truth about 'Targeted' Killings and US Drones' Civilian Victims 5 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 2068

Radio Wars: Will Production Halt Force Army To Play Radio Shell Game? 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1706

JLTV Wracked By ‘Perfect Storm’ Of CR, Shutdown, Sequester: Uncertainty Rules 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1618

Military misconduct cases worry Pentagon brass 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1717

Vermont Progressives Aiming to Shoot Down F-35 Stealth Bomber 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 3 1684

Sex allegations at Carlsbad academy 1 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 1966

Fake 1 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 4 1821

Monument for dogs used in military to be dedicated 0 douglas9 Oct 2013 Oct 2013 4 1708

Iconic and Unseen War Photos From Vietnam and Iraq 2 douglas9 Oct 2013 Oct 2013 7 2746

Demon-focused ex-Navy chaplain ‘Dr. Chaps’ is running for elected office 1 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 2222

Sequestration Cuts Leave Army With Only 2 Brigades Ready To Fight: CSA Odierno 6 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 2816

Why Washington Just Can’t Stop Making War 4 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 2032

The Senate Is Sitting On A Devastating Report About How The CIA Avoided Oversight Of Unnecessary Tor 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 13 1779

Former Bush Official: We Went Into Iraq Because 'We Were Looking For Somebody's Ass To Kick': Report 4 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 2341

SOCOM Wants YOU To Help Build High-Tech ‘Iron Man’ Armor 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1616

With U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, American military gear sold as scrap 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 1701

US gives up on Central Asian base 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1616

The Business of America Is War 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 1645

Bribery scandal engulfs U.S. Navy; contractor traded inside data for hookers and Lady Gaga tickets 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 1744

From adultery to illegal gambling — U.S. military generals face tougher scrutiny for personal conduc 1 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1908

Guardsman blew whistle, then his career blew up 2 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 5 2244

Sex allegations at Carlsbad academy 1 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 2098

UN Expert Challenges Foundations of US Covert Drone War 1 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 2009

THE ROVING EYE: 'Our' weaponized Wahhabi bastards 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 1664

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Air Force Officer At Center Of Sexual Assault Controversy Demoted And Forced Into Retirement 4 pinboy3niner Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 2061

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Veterans Arrested at Vietnam Memorial 3 PeoViejo Oct 2013 Oct 2013 3 2523

Making Peace with War 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1633

The American Genocide Against Iraq: 4% of Population Dead as result of US sanctions, wars 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 1694

Obama Awards Medal Of Honor To Afghan War Vet 3 jakeXT Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 2078

A HOPEFUL EMAIL to A landlord... 0 AsahinaKimi Oct 2013 Oct 2013 11 1982

VA Chief: Shutdown Could Hit Millions of Vets 11 pinboy3niner Oct 2013 Oct 2013 4 3050

Happy birthday to the United States Navy 3 tinymontgomery Oct 2013 Oct 2013 5 2017

Pentagon confirms U.S. troops snatched wanted al Qaida leader from streets of Libyan capital 3 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 2352

Inspectors fear millions in gas money getting siphoned off in Afghanistan 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1755

When Federal Contracts Turn Into Corporate Welfare 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 1718

Nuclear weapons are the U.S.’s instruments of peace 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 2188

Vietnam independence hero who defeated American and French armies General Giap dead at 102 3 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 3 2311

Isolationists Score While Hagel Scrambles To Maintain US Power; Lockheed To Furlough 3,000 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1687

Exploding fuel tankers driving Army to solar power 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 1676

Dutch Treat For the F-35 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1715

New Study Fuels Debate Over F-35 Safety 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1706

Defense Execs Predict Production Halts If Fed Shutdown Stretches To Mid Month 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 1785

Only the Interests of the World’s Leading Superpower America Are Served by the JSF 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1616

Watchdog Finds 719 Problems with the Pentagon’s F-35 Program 1 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 2066

Tomgram: Ann Jones, Americans Can't Remember, Afghans Will Never Forget 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1723

Battles Without End‘Thank You for Your Service,’ by David Finkel 0 groovedaddy Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1604

Report: Military Lost Control of F-35 Contractors, Errors Abound 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 2113

Two U.S. generals fired after security lapse at Afghan base 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1808

What a Government Shutdown Means for Veterans 0 AsahinaKimi Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 2133

So... what are we looking at in terms of veterans with a government shutdown? 5 Silver Gaia Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 2499

Attention: DISABLIED VETERANS 0 AsahinaKimi Sep 2013 Sep 2013 4 2128

Pentagon could cut thousands more employees, save $50 billion, says study by former chiefs 18 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 5167

8 Most Exceptionally Dumb American Achievements of the Twenty-First Century 3 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 2257

LEFT BEHIND: US Scrapping $7B in Military Equipment in Afghanistan to Protect War Profiteers 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 4382

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Army orders ban of malaria drug mefloquine 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 6 2359

Fessing Up to Our Imperial Footprint 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1848

Poison Gas, Poison Values, Poison History 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1641

Oh, No, Not Peace! 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 4 1653

Is Iran out of the US War Queue? The Twilight of the Hawks 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1611

No. 2 nuclear commander in the Navy relieved in probe over fake gambling chips 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1883

Who Will "Punish" Us? Photographs and Testimony about United States' Use ***graphic pix*** 6 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 21 8201

Mental health leading cause of military hospital stays 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 1695

Pentagon finalizes $7.8 billion in F-35 contracts with Lockheed 3 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 2108

The Pentagon's biggest, baddest - and costliest - piece of hardware ever 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1902

Pentagon Mocks Sequester with New Millions Wasted 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1641

China Says J-31 Fighter Will Compete With F-35 for Sales 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 3800

Owner of region's largest painkiller clinics banned from practicing medicine while N.C. Medical Boar 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 2387

2 U.S. Army vets accused of plot to kill DEA agent 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1954

Weapons of Mass Destruction (F-35) Wanted? 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 1642

Carrier Theodore Roosevelt needs more repairs 2 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1936

Report: Defense spending likely to drop 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 1684

Surreal Afghanistan boardwalk fading into memory as U.S. troops withdraw 3 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 2738

Dear President Obama: Some American Exceptionalism is nothing to be Proud Of (Engelhardt) 2 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 2006

Why The Army Wants To Ban Tattoos 5 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 2648

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