By DEANNA BELLANDI, Associated Press Writer – Tue Nov 17, 2009
CHICAGO – As the Obama administration considers a plan to move Guantanamo Bay detainees to prisons on U.S. soil, including possible sites in Illinois and Michigan, proponents and critics are spinning the facts.
The nearly vacant Thomson Correctional Center in the western Illinois farming town of Thomson is the latest potential candidate being evaluated to hold detainees after President Barack Obama promised to close the military-run…
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Photo courtesy Chicago Blackhawks.
Patrick Sharp shows off one of the camoflage jerseys the Blackhawks will wear during warms up on Wednesday and then auction to raise money for the USO of Illinois.
Daily Herald, 11/10/09
For the first time in franchise history, the Chicago Blackhawks will wear camouflage jerseys Wednesday during warm ups for their Veterans Day game against the Colorado Avalanche at the…
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The Commander-in-Chief's Trophy
by AutumnSpectacle.com staff
Traveling trophies are a tradition unique to college football. In no other sport do you see joy expressed from the faces of athletes simply because they win the right to “own” an old jug, a wooden bucket or a golden cowboy hat.
Among the collection of axe heads, bronzed pigs and jeweled shillelaghs, there is a tro…
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AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP)—Kevin Fogler caught a 73-yard TD pass and Anthony Wright returned a punt 88 yards for a score, helping Air Force beat Army for a fourth straight time with a 35-7 victory Saturday.
Asher Clark rushed for two second-half scores as the Falcons (6-4, 4-2 Mountain West) broke open a tight game to become bowl eligible.
Before the game, the Air Force Academy held a moment of silence in honor of the shooting victims at Fort Hood. The flags on the campus also were lowered…
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP)—Navy did it to Notre Dame again—and this loss t…
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AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP)—The Army-Air Force football game is under way after a moment of silence for the victims of the Fort Hood shootings.
The brief observance at Falcon Stadium on Saturday was also meant to remember soldiers from nearby Fort Carson who have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
About 40 squadrons of cadets from the Air Force Academy and West Point stood at attention on the field, their pennants fluttering in a stiff, cold breeze. Thousands of civilians and military pers…
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By Donna Miles, American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8, 2009 – The price appears to be right for former game show host and naval aviator Bob Barker, who donated $3 million to help build a premiere Defense Department center for wounded warriors suffering traumatic brain injuries.
The donation brings the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund to its $60 million goal to build the National Intrepid Center of Excellence, Bill White, president of the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, announced yesterday.…
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By DAVID SHARP, AP
BATH, Maine – The Navy's need for speed is being answered by a pair of warships that have reached freeway speeds during testing at sea.
Independence, a 418-foot warship built in Alabama, boasts a top speed in excess of 45 knots, or about 5…
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Advancing Marines test new Afghan war doctrine
By Golnar Motevalli – Mon Oct 12, 2009
BARCHA, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Winning ground is one thing. Convincing Afghan villagers you will not leave, abandoning them to a vengeful Taliban, is a bigger challenge for U.S. Marines advancing deep into southern Helmand province.
The Marines, part of a 10,000-strong force sent to Afghanistan this year, have pushed south into hostile terrain, winning ground and pledging to build the long-term trust…
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By Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune
They were all dead men who refused to die.
Outnumbered by the enemy, they risked everything to save the soldiers around them -- and they succeeded.
They are heroes, and they have the hardware to prove it. When more than 50 of the 95 living recipients of the Medal of Honor met in Chicago for their annual convention, they formed one of the nobler gatherings this city has seen. Never before have the Medal of Honor recipients convened here.
But most of these men…
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Eight Years After 9/11: Why Osama bin Laden is a Failure
By TONY KARON – Time Magazine
He may have eluded justice and the long reach of the world's most powerful military force; his followers may (and probably will) strike again at some point in the future, near or distant; but history's verdict on Osama bin Laden has been in for some time, now: Al-Qaeda failed.
The 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington - like those that preceded it in East Africa in 1998 and those that followed in London,…
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2009 Navy Football Schedule
09/05/09 at Ohio State
09/12/09 vs. Louisiana Tech
09/19/09 at Pittsburgh
09/26/09 vs. Western Kentucky
10/03/09 vs. Air Force
10/10/09 at Rice
10/17/09 at SMU
10/24/09 vs. Wake Forest
10/31/09 vs. Temple
11/07/09 at Notre Dame
11/14/09 vs. Delaware
11/28/09 at Hawai'i
12/12/09 vs. Army @ Philadelphia, Pa.
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2009 Army Football Schedule
Sept. 5 at Eastern Michigan
Sept. 12 DUKE
Sept. 19 BALL STATE
Sept. 26 at Iowa State
Oct. 3 TULANE
Oct. 10 VANDERBILT
Oct. 17 at Temple
Oct. 24 RUTGERS
Nov. 7 at Air Force
Nov. 14 VMI
Nov. 21 at North Texas
Dec. 12 vs. Navy (Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pa.) - 2:30 p.m.
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AIR FORCE FOOTBALL 2009 SCHEDULE
09/05/09 vs. Nicholls State
09/12/09 at Minnesota
09/19/09 at New Mexico
09/26/09 vs. San Diego State
10/03/09 at Navy
10/10/09 vs. TCU
10/17/09 vs. Wyoming
10/24/09 at Utah
10/31/09 at Colorado State
11/07/09 vs. Army
11/14/09 vs. UNLV
11/21/09 at BYU
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Air Force athletics on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube
Aug. 12, 2009
goairforcefalcons.com
Fans of Air Force athletics now have another way to keep up with the Falcons through the development of the nation's fastest growing on-line social network, Twitter, as well as YouTube and Facebook. The official Air Force athl…
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Army Athletic Communications
09/10/2009
WEST POINT, N.Y. – Starting with Saturday afternoon’s home opener versus Duke, each of the Black Knights’ six home football games televised by CBS College Sports Network will be streamed live on the internet and will be made available to all military personnel via the Army…
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By JIM ABRAMS, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON – The Senate voted Tuesday to halt production of the Air Force's missile-eluding F-22 Raptor fighter jets in a high-stakes showdown over President Barack Obama's efforts to shift defense spending to a new generation of smaller F-35 Joint Strike Fighters.
The 58-40 vote reflected an all-out lobbying campaign by the administration, which had to overcome resistance from lawmakers confronted with the potential losses of defense-related jobs if the F…
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Last week, when President Obama threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the All-Star Game in St. Louis, he was probably more concerned with getting the ball over the plate than with his choice of attire. Call it a rookie mistake. The president's baggy pants were mocked as being... brace yourselves... "mom jeans." Now, the leader of the free world has responded to his fashion critics.
In an interview on NBC's "Today Show" that mostly covered serious topics, President Obama acknowledged that…
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By PAULINE JELINEK, Associated Press Writer – Mon Jul 20
WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced Monday that the size of the Army will be increased temporarily by 22,000 soldiers to help meet the needs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and other missions around the world.
This is the second time since 2007 that the military has determined it doesn't have a large enough force. Gates had already increased the size of the Army and Marine Corps shortly after taking the Pentagon job.…
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By DANICA KIRKA, Associated Press Writer – Sat Jul 18
LONDON – Only death could silence Henry Allingham.
He went to war as a teenager, helped keep flimsy aircraft flying, survived his wounds and came home from World War I to a long — very long — and fruitful life.
But only in his last years did he discover his true mission: to remind new generations of the sacrifices of the millions slaughtered in the trenches, killed in the air, or lost at sea in what Britons call the Great War.
Allingham, who…
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