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Powell favors repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
12:24 PM on 02/03/2010
Gen. Colin L. Powell, who as the nation's top military officer in the 1990s opposed allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military, switched gears today and threw his support behind efforts to end the "don't ask, don't tell" law he helped shepherd in...
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TheGrio's 100: Command Sgt. Maj. Teresa King, cutting drill sergeants 'no slack'
7:50 AM on 02/02/2010
TheGrio's 100 - You can call her the drill sergeant's drill sergeant. Command Sergeant Major Teresa King is the commander of the U.S. Army's Drill Sergeant School at Fort Jackson in South Carolina...
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TheGrio's 100: Shawna Kimbrell, first black female fighter pilot
5:00 AM on 02/01/2010
TheGrio's 100 - Major Shawna Rochelle Kimbrell is the first female African-American fighter pilot...
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Tuskegee Airman Lee Archer dead at 90
12:54 PM on 01/29/2010
NEW YORK (AP) -- Retired Air Force Lt. Colonel Lee A. Archer, a Tuskegee Airman considered to be the only black ace pilot who also broke racial barriers as an executive at a major U.S. company...
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Lawmaker wants military trial for alleged airplane bomber
9:14 AM on 12/29/2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The leading Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee says the Nigerian man accused of attacking an airliner should be tried by a military tribunal...
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Homeless couple ties the knot
8:35 AM on 12/21/2009
VIDEO - The bride and groom don't have a home. Let alone money to pay for a wedding...
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Female vets face homelessness
4:23 PM on 12/15/2009
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) -- Sgt. Alta Jackson, 58, joined the Army nearly 30 years ago, and remains in the Reserves while she lives at the U.S Vets site. Before she deployed to Iraq in 2005, she said she lost her job as a custodian...
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US soldier mom refuses deployment to care for baby
9:13 AM on 11/17/2009
SAVANNAH, Georgia (AP) - An Army cook and single mom may face criminal charges after she skipped her deployment flight to Afghanistan because...
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Black soldiers continue to fight for country and equality
10:30 AM on 11/11/2009
OPINION - The military, as an institution, is a reflection of the society that it serves. But is that reflection one we want to look at...
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In honoring veterans, Obama contemplates future casualties
8:30 AM on 11/11/2009
OPINION - President Obama confronts not only the sobering force of Veterans Day, but also the challenges directly tied to a pending decision which may involve asking thousands...
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African-American Muslims battle both racial and religious bias
4:00 PM on 11/07/2009
OPINION - Muslims in the military will now have to deal with the spillover of the recent massacre and the perceptions that fellow soldiers will have of them.
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Troubling portrait emerges of Fort Hood suspect
8:29 AM on 11/06/2009
WASHINGTON (AP) - His name appears on radical Internet postings. A fellow officer says he fought his deployment to Iraq and argued with soldiers who supported U.S. wars...
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Sharecropper's daughter becomes 1st woman to lead Army drill sergeants
5:10 PM on 09/18/2009
FORT JACKSON, South Carolina (AP) - Command Sgt. Maj. Teresa King can dress down a burly, battle-hardened sergeant in seconds ...
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First Father's Day for Army National Guard couple
8:24 AM on 06/22/2009
LIZ ZAMORA Missouri military dad Willie Vanhousen celebrated his first Father's Day with his new son. He and his wife Lateasha - both Army National Guard members based in Missouri - had their first child Alex four months ago. It was one year ago on Father's Day that Willie found...
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Some black WWII veterans honored after death, not before - (video)
11:59 AM on 06/10/2009
Until recently, many African-American veterans have fought alongside their comrades but received little to no recognition for their courage. For some World War II veterans, the recognition has finally come -- after death. Under slate gray skies, former Navy Chaplain Thomas McPhatter, 88 and African-American, is buried in Lumberton, North...
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President Obama visits Normandy and honors vets
10:54 AM on 06/06/2009
AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) -- President Barack Obama is paying tribute to D-Day veterans, including one who visited the Normandy cemetery on the eve of the invasion's 65th anniversary and then died. Obama on Saturday remembered Jim Norene, a member of the 101st Airborne who died...
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Harlem weighs in on the question of torture (video)
8:57 AM on 05/29/2009
The question about whether or not to torture suspected terrorists has been a controversial issue in the news lately. President Barack Obama and former Vice-President Dick Cheney have debated this publicly in recent weeks. In simultaneous speeches on May 21st, Cheney weighed in on the side of condoning waterboarding while...
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African American Soldiers Honored
1:19 PM on 05/25/2009
Saturday, hundreds of people came out to General Edward O. Gourdin Park to help honor the rich history of African American soldiers...
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Alabama celebrates confederate memorial day (video)
1:30 PM on 04/27/2009
Montgomery, Alabama - April 27, 2009 Confederate flags were waving today in Montgomery, Alabama as confederate Memorial Day was marked. About 120 people gathered to remember those who lost their lives in the civil war. Women and men had on period dress, cannons and guns were fired into the air...
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