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News Archives For February 2008
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2008 Army Posture Statement
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 We live in a world where global terrorism and extremist ideologies threaten our safety and our freedom. As we look to the future, we believe the coming decades are likely to be ones of persistent conflict. Our Nation has been at war for over six years. Our Army—Active, Guard and Reserve—has been a leader in this war ... 
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Parade for Returned Troops
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 Diana Garcia, with son Rolando Jr. and daughter Jocelynn, pays tribute to her husband, Spc. Rolando Garcia, a member of 27th Brigade Support Battalion, during a parade in El Paso Feb. 27, 2008. Photo by Donna Miles
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SyncLive to Stream Live Music
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 Live webcasts of music and comedy shows will be presented on SyncLive throughout 2008. Key events from Fort Hood that will be streamed via SyncLive include the Welcome Home Show, Month of the Military Child, Freedom Fest, Operation Rising Star and other targeted events.
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Army Seeks Business Partners
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 Lt. Gen. Jack Stultz, chief of the Army Reserve, explains his Army Reserve Force Generation model and plan to forge a partnership with American businesses.
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‘Living’ Iraqi Legend
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 Brig. Gen. Khattab Omer Aref Waly, Kirkuk's Emergency Services Unit commander, imparts words of encouragement to Iraqi Police recruits at the Kirkuk Police Academy during a recent visit. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Margaret C. Nelson, 115th MPAD)
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Obeidi Tribal Leaders Discuss Security
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 Over forty tribal leaders from the Sunni-Arab Obeidi tribe met at the Kirkuk Government Building to discuss security issues on February 19. They gathered to generate support within the largest tribe in the Kirkuk Province ...
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Donations Help Iraqi Families
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 Lt. j.g. Kristen Wheeler and others assigned to the 384th MP Battalion deliver clothes to Iraqi citizens at Camp Bucca Feb. 10. Camp Bucca provides for the care and custody of detainees determined to be a threat to Iraq's security.
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Pushing Men Out of Airplanes
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 Lt. Gen. Jim Campbell retires March 1 after nearly 37 years of Army service. During his career he amassed a collection of baseball memorabilia that includes everything from baseball cards, to bats, to jerseys.
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Iraqi Boy Returns to Family
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 A Military Transition Team from 1st Battalion, 64th Armored Regiment, attached to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Multi-National Division - Baghdad, continues its ongoing sponsorship of an Iraqi youth.
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Warrior Clinic Officialy Opens
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 WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Feb. 15, 2008) - Secretary of the Army Pete Geren and Vice Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Richard Cody were at Walter Reed Army Medical Center today for the official opening and ribbon cutting of the hospital's Warrior Clinic.
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The Capture Of a Key Taliban Leader
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 BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (Army News Service) - Afghan National Army Commandos from the 203rd Kandak, assisted by Coalition forces, captured a key insurgent facilitator in Khowst Province Feb. 9.
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Def Dept Seeks Death Penalty
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 WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Feb. 12, 2008) -- The Defense Department announced today it has sworn criminal charges and is seeking the death penalty against six detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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Army Vice Chief Visits Troops
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 FOB SALERNO, Afghanistan (Army News Service, Feb. 11, 2008) - Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Richard Cody talked to Soldiers at a forward operating base near Afghanistan's border with Pakistan Saturday about the Army's plan to alleviate some of the burden of long deployments.
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Army Improving Quality of Life
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 WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Feb. 7, 2008) - Sgt. Maj. of the Army Kenneth O. Preston told Congress today that 22 new child development centers will be built this year across the Army, adding spaces for more than 15,000 children by September 2009.
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Tornadoes Bring out National Guard
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ARLINGTON, Va. (Army News Service, Feb. 6, 2008) - More than 160 National Guard members turned out Wednesday to support tornado recovery missions in three of the states hit by a violent string of twisters Tuesday night.
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Budget Request Funds 43,000 More Soldiers
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 WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Feb. 5, 2008) -- The Army's budget request went forward to Congress Feb. 4 as part of President Bush's fiscal 2009 budget. The request includes funding for an across-the-board pay raise of 3.4 percent and money to increase the service's end strength by 43,000 Soldiers.
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SecDef Listens to Soldiers', Spouses' Concerns
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 FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AFPS, Feb. 4, 2008) - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates met with a number of soldiers who are getting ready to deploy to Afghanistan, and he visited with a group of Army spouses during his first official visit to Fort Campbell Friday.
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New Course for Intel Aircraft Program
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 FORT BELVOIR, Va. (Army News Service, Feb. 1, 2008) -- The project manager of an airborne-intelligence program delayed due to a contract termination in 2006 has proposed a new strategy.
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