The American Red Cross has learned about a new scam targeting military families. This scam takes the form of false information being told to military families as described below: The caller (young-sounding, American accent) calls a military spouse and identifies herself as a representative from the Red Cross. The caller states that the spouse’s husband [...]

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Washington, June 12 (CTK) - The Czech government and leading political parties have financially contributed to the memorial to victims of the communism that was unveiled in Washington in the presence of U.S. President George W. Bush Tuesday.

The aim of the memorial is to prevent the world’s communist regimes from being forgotten, to honour those [...]

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Check out this video of an M1 Abrams tank coming to the rescue!
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This video is a public affairs initiative to inform the general public about who Soldiers are and why we serve….More

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The following tables reflect the 3.5 percent Military Pay Raise for 2008 proposed by Congress. This proposed pay raise is 0.5 percent greater than the raise proposed by the President’s budget. If passed and signed by the president, the 3.5 percent raise will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2008….More

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Global Islamic Media Front Instructs Islamists to Infiltrate Popular Non-Islamic Forums to Spread Pro-Islamic State of Iraq Propaganda

Recently, the Global Islamic Media Front (GIMF) announced a new comprehensive media campaign titled "The Battar Media Raid to Defend the Islamic State [of Iraq] (ISI),"(1) whose declared purpose is to repel the intensive campaign against the ISI [...]

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Dr. Abd Al-Hamid Al-Ansari, former dean of the shari’a and law faculty at Qatar University, has recently published several articles in Gulf papers about terrorism and its root cause. According to Al-Ansari, terrorism is the outcome of a culture of hatred in the Arab countries, and in order to eliminate it, the culture of hate [...]

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TriWest Healthcare Alliance has launched an online Guard and Reserve resource center, designed specifically for members of the National Guard and Reserve. The site includes a virtual library of information for West Region TRICARE beneficiaries serving in the National Guard and Reserve, their families and leadership.
Click Here to Access the new Site

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The Senate Appropriations Committee Thursday approved a $109.2 billion spending bill for military construction and veterans’ affairs.  The bill includes $4 billion more than the President requested, with the bulk of the increase slated for use on veterans’ health care with a particular focus on traumatic brain injuries and stress disorders.  Military construction accounts were [...]

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By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, June 15, 2007 – After watching her own son return home from combat with post-traumatic stress disorder, an Army mom wants to share the lessons [...]

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