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• REPORT: Demand For Military Bomb Techs At All-Time High (ap.google.com)
  Many things have gone wrong for Navy Senior Chief Tommy Gura while disarming nearly 200 improvised explosive devices in Iraq. He's been shot at and targeted for mortar attacks. His robots have blown up and he's lost communication to call for backup....
• REPORT: Counter-Recruiting Battle May Head To Court (marinecorpstimes.com)
  Sally Ferrell bounded from the truck and grabbed a posterboard sign that read: “War is not the Answer.”
• REPORT: Chiropractic Care Helping Heroes Realize Their Potential in Triathlon Series (marketwatch.com)
  Team Semper Fi, a triathlon team comprised of elite athletes who are also disabled war veterans, competed in the recent Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon Series....
• FEATURE: Mistakes By Afghan Translators Endanger Lives, Hamper Antiterrorism Effort (rferl.org)
  When U.S. or NATO soldiers need to communicate with Afghan villagers, they rely on translators provided by private contractors. But for various reasons -- regional dialects, cultural misunderstandings, or even ethnic animosities -- translators in Afghanistan often don't relate everything they hear....
• FEATURE (VIDEO): Interview With Korean War Veteran Bill Moore (stripes.com)
  ...Moore was in town for a reunion of the "Chosin Few," the name given to the unit who fought in the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, in which 30,000 United Nations troops under the command of American General Douglas MacArthur faced approximately 120,000 Chinese troops....
• FEATURE: Marine Was Wounded At Iwo Jima (chicagotribune.com)
  When enemy fire pelted Lou Komnenich and other Marines in World War II's Battle of Iwo Jima, he climbed atop a tank to lead troops forward, an act of bravery that earned him a Purple Heart and the esteemed Navy Cross....
• FEATURE: Marine General: We Can Win War If We Don't Falter (ktvz.com)
  Our enemies in Iraq and Afghanistan cannot win unless we falter politically, Marine four-star Gen James Mattis told a packed audience at Redmond High School Wednesday night....
• OP/ED: Time For A Real Review Of Defense Spending (guardian.co.uk)
  You wouldn't get the idea that the U.K. and the U.S. are now heading for a political car crash on defence policy from the new survey of top military budgets from the Jane's Information Group....
• OP/ED: The Anwar Handover: A Self-Defeating Exercise (metimes.com)
  Handing Anwar province over to the Iraqi army may work, more or less, in the short-term, but in the long-term, it is a sure recipe for a renewed Shiite-Sunni civil war in Iraq....