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The Commons: Think of the F-35 as a Senate with wings 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 1557
Inspector general report: U.S. cannot account for $1.7 billion spent in Iraq 14 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 13 3763
Peter Van Buren, One Day Even the Drones Will Have to Land 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 1397
Individual Honor versus Unpleasant History: The Battle Still Rages Over What Vietnam Means 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 1801
US to equip Afghan army with drone capabilies: Gen. Mattis 4 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1946
Top Tester Says F-35A 'Immature' For Training; JPO Says 'Ready For Training' 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 1769
F-35 fighter jet plagued by poor visibility, Pentagon report warns 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 3193
Guantánamo-bound barge loses cargo into ocean 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1549
Prices soar, enthusiasm dives for F-35 Lightning; pilots worry about visibility problem 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 1572
General foresees end to grim rise in Army suicides 2 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1922
Gun “Background Check” on Pentagon 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1528
Reef Rammers Hailed as Heroes 2 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 3 1976
Pentagon linked to Iraqi torture centers by Central American ‘dirty war’ veteran 4 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 2230
Army Central Command leader wanted larger force in Afghanistan after 2014 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 1616
Former Lackland trainer sentenced to 3 months in jail 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1969
??? Military Contracts Awarded On 3.6.2013 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1578
Tucson tech: Raytheon readies to start production of ($89,000) Excalibur Ib 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 2040
Taliban attack trends: Never mind 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 2719
Senators outraged by dismissal of assault case 2 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 4 1847
Military Contracts Awarded On 3.5.2013 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1928
Navy's New Mobile Landing Platform, Montford Point, To Revolutionize Amphibious Warfare 2 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 2846
Predator Drones Being Configured To Listen To Your Phone Calls 10 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 2890
Military Contracts Awarded On 3.4.2013 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1836
Pentagon Operations Would Get $10 Billion Under Proposal 3 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 2001
General Dynamics unit, others issue layoff notices, blame U.S. budget cuts 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 2048
Dam and other Afghanistan projects being scaled back as U.S. picks up pace of withdrawal 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1813
Task force recommends U.S. keep nuclear option as response for massive computer attack 2 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1950
Predator Drones Get Domestic Surveillance Tech from DHS; Privacy Concern Arises 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 2047
Lawyers for Guantanamo prisoners say most on hunger strike; US military says it’s not true 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1483
Budget cuts to hit military school districts first 7 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 2342

Veterans Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
Editorial: More - VA's resources too meager to end backlog 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 1785
Another group helping vets 1 nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1561
Former president George W. Bush gives a tribute for Van Cliburn at his funeral 0 douglas9 Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 1722
Boeing touts fighter jet to rival F-35 — at half the price 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1932
Lockheed Wins $334 Million F-35 Contract Before U.S. Cuts 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 2295
U.S. general's Australian outburst could undermine F-35 program 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 2043
Bradley Manning pleads guilty to leaking secret government documents 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1784
Nato commander apologises after troops shoot dead Afghan children 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 2422
Tomgram: Kramer and Hellman, The Washington Creation That Ate Your Lunch 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 1706
US troops to Niger: A new stage in the scramble for Africa 6 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Mar 2013 2 2637
Homelessness in the USA: The Price of War? 1 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 3 1817
Five Military Cuts That Would Fix Sequestration 1 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 1994
Pentagon to keep Gen. John R. Allen probe a secret 1 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 1 2061
Lockheed dispute clouds Turkey’s F-35 commitment 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1664
F-35 chief Bogdan to execute, not cheerlead 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1726
Australia Begins Super Hornet Study As F-35 Slide Continues 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1708
Yesterday in Arizona, I heard a news report that a soldier from AZ had been killed in Afghanistan 0 lonestarnot Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1683
Army assault ladders — headed to Afghanistan soon 2 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 2179
Veterans Gun Seizure Hoax Debunked…Somewhat (updated) 1 white cloud Feb 2013 Feb 2013 3 2050
Pentagon F-35 program chief lashes Lockheed, Pratt 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1886
Walling Ourselves Inside a Militarized-Police State 2 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 2 1803
Manning's Right to a Speedy Trial Not Violated After 1,000 Days, Judge Rules 2 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 2 1798
Oops 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1822
Air Force to Stealth Fighter Pilots: Get Used to Coughing Fits 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 2 1878
Boehner says US veterans' claims system is broken 6 MindMover Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 2366
Pentagon: Crack won't affect future of F-35 fighter 3 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 2343
Honeywell to test some F-35 parts after smoke incident 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1712
U.S. military denies abducting, killing civilians in Afghan province 1 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 2 1695
New at Fort Riley, Kansas: A nicer place to call home 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1565
Watch Your Wallet! Much Ado about Nothing in Budget Debate 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 2 1634

Veterans Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
Accountability in Vermont? 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 1 1498
Defense industry finds few old friends on Hill 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1551
Redefining Torture and the Waterboarding of Americans (Turse) 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1564
Two U.S. sailors admit to Okinawa rape charges 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1958
Renewing the National Commitment to Putting America’s Heroes Back to Work 1 Tx4obama Feb 2013 Feb 2013 1 1763
Air Force Chief Says 70% of ALL Combat Aircraft 'Non Combat Capable By July' 11 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 2 3166
(UK) Activists launch campaign against ‘autonomous weapons’: Killer robots must be stopped 1 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1982
Tom Engelhardt: What If the Iranians Waterboarded an American? 2 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 7 1993
UPDATE 2-Grounding, budget woes cloud F-35 warplane sales push in Australia 1 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1855
Afghan president: U.S. special forces creating ‘insecurity and instability’ 1 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 2 1737
The Draft: A War-Killer 2 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 2 1868
Bloomberg: Flawed F-35 Fighter Too Big to Kill as Lockheed Hooks 45 States 7 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 2 3735
Palace: Govt probe will have access to USS Guardian crew 1 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 1 1668
Men say their breast cancer was caused by contaminated water at Camp Lejeune 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 1 1863
Military contractors look for commercial uses 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1575
United Arab Emirates reaches deal to buy unarmed Predator drones 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1574
Half-inch crack blamed for F-35 fighter jet grounding: sources 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1582
USS Guardian salvage op fails to push through due to bad weather, huge waves 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 2253
Judge grants access to secret Guantanamo camp 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 1 1481
The Atrocity Lessons: What the U.S. Military Learned From Vietnam 5 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 6 3188
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