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‘Blue water’ Navy veterans’ long waits often end in denials at VA 2 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Apr 2013 0 2800
How the Pentagon Helped Make Afghanistan the Most Corrupt Country on Earth (Hiro) 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 1735
DOD Inspector General finds $900 million stockpile of Stryker parts 11 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 27 4325
Some Serious Paper Shredding at the F-35 Program Office 3 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 2 2567
Marine F-35 Jump-Jet PR: Caveataxpayer Emptor 2 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 2690
Military Must Release Bullet-Wound Records 1 douglas9 Apr 2013 Apr 2013 2 1944
'Leading the Targeted Killing Revolution': Weapons Maker General Atomics Gets Punk'd 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 2412
Iraq, Afghan Wars Will Cost US 4-6 Trillion Dollars: Report 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 1796
($277 million dollar) U.S. Navy ship removed from Philippine reef (in pieces) 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 3 2912
Why the US Government Lacks Legitimacy on Gun Control 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1983
This Is Not the Age of Defeat 3 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 2171
Guantanamo hunger strikers ready for death: lawyer 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1855
Iraqi oil: Once seen as U.S. boon, now it’s mostly China’ s 2 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 2135
Military Contracts Awarded On 3.27.2013 2 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 2280
B-2 bombers based in Missouri send message to North Korea 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 2358
Military Contracts Awarded On 3.29.2013 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 2150
Military Contracts Awarded On 3.28.2013 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 1787
Military Contracts Awarded On 3.26.2013 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1996
Military Contracts Awarded On 3.25.2013 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1954
FYI. Posted this in GD... 4 progressoid Mar 2013 Mar 2013 6 2161
VA ordered to show why it should not be sanctioned for denying veteran benefits 0 AnotherMcIntosh Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 2577
Researchers link ‘unfounded’ wars to increased risk of PTSD 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 1907
US Drone Campaign in Pakistan: Amazing Infographic (Serle) 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 2174
Guantanamo hunger strike grows; 3 captives hospitalized 2 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 3 1956
Military judge rejects two trials in Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair case 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 2703
New report says there are still no federal safety standards for nation’s bioterror defense labs 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 1672
U.S. will spend $6 billion to remove military equipment from Afghanistan by 2014 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 3187
Former S.C. Republican official: ‘C*cksucker’ anti-war vet should have ‘come home in a body bag’ 2 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 2165
General John Allen: U.S. will keep presence in Afghanistan after 2014 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1744
Drone Warfare is Neither Cheap, Nor Surgical, Nor Decisive 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 3 1690

Veterans Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
The ever-destructive fantasy of air power 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1961
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Not Ready for Combat Until at Least 2019, GAO Says 3 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 2908
Excavating a future in Afghanistan 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1822
Tell me again, why did we invade Iraq? 9 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 2787
Why the war in Iraq was fought for Big Oil 3 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 3549
Doing the backstroke (humor) 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1897
U.S., Afghanistan Reach Prison Transfer Deal 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 1711
Army Issues RFP For $6 Billion M113 Replacement: Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle Program 2 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 2950
Military Contracts Awarded On 3.22.2013 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 2013
Dumb Wars, Now and Forever 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 1742
Military Contracts Awarded On 3.21.2013 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 2788
Abe asked Obama to draw up plans for early return of some Okinawa bases 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 2041
3 Dead After Shooting, Standoff at US Marine Base in Virginia 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1920
Military Contracts Awarded On 3.20.2013 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 1874
Military Contracts Awarded On 3.19.2013 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1795
Iraq War Anniversary: Birth Defects And Cancer Rates At Devastating High In Basra And Fallujah (VIDE 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 1951
Army veteran still thinks about Iraq War 'every single day' 2 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 2059
Budget Cuts May Affect Plans To Repair Submarine “Miami” 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 2085
Depleted Uranium Contamination is Still Spreading in Iraq 2 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 3 2021
Fla. Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll quits amid Allied Veterans investigation 9 white cloud Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 3126
Obama Backs Unproven Missile Defense for Uncertain Threat 3 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 2103
Costs of U.S. wars linger for over 100 years 2 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 5 1992
CJCS Gen. Dempsey Signals Strategy Change; Cites Sequestration, Decline Of State Power, Technology S 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1908
JLENS: Blimp Battle Continues With Letter From Rep. Robert Andrews 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1865
Love Letters To Robots: Why Marines Extended K-MAX In Afghanistan (EXCLUSIVE) 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1785
DoD report: Value of F-35 student training is limited (DOCUMENT) 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 2044
Military Contracts Awarded On 3.18.2013 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 2051
US says hunger strike grows to 21 at Guantanamo 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 1609
(USS Guardian) End of an Illegal Maneuver 2 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 3 2569
Fail! The $400 Billion Military Jet That Can't Fly in Cloudy Weather 3 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 7 2717

Veterans Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
Not the Navy’s Favorite Artist Rendering 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 2245
The Catch 22 of Ending Sexual Violence in the US Military 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1716
Maine Army Guard troops haunted by Agent Orange 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1833
BAE Storms Hill For Bradley Funding To Keep Penn. Plant Alive 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1930
Raytheon's 'Tippy Two' Radar Gets Back In The Budget -- Knock On Wood 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 2313
Salvage team begins cutting of USS Guardian’s engine room 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 2105
Lackland trainer guilty in rape 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1993
The A-Bomb and the F-35 Debacle 3 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 3 2255
Drones killing innocent Pakistanis, U.N. official says 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1989
Insight: Expensive F-35 fighter at risk of budget "death spiral" 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 2058
Pentagon spends nearly $1B a year on unemployment 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1936
F-35 program too big to fail 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 1645
British study: Young soldiers more likely to commit violent crimes 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 1681
Marylander who died of rabies contracted disease from kidney transplant 2 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1940
Nato troops in Afghanistan 'in a similar situation to failed Soviet invasion' 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1730
Military Contracts Awarded On 3.15.2013 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 2343
Scientists confirm Marines’ poisonous Camp Lejeune water wells date back to mid-century 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 1738
CIA may target Syrian extremists with drones: LA Times 2 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1980
Study: Iraq War Cost U.S. $2.2 Trillion, Claimed Nearly 200,000 Lives 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 3 1728
Court: CIA cannot continue to deny basic information on drone program 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1656
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