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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/top-stories/military topstories U.S. Military en-us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:27:22 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/top-stories/military http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_us/us_haiti_military_death ap/20100209/us_haiti_military_death AP us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:27:22 GMT AP - The body of a U.S. Air Force officer visiting Haiti at the time of last month's earthquake has been found in the rubble of a hotel in the country's devastated capital, military officials said Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/wl_nm/us_china_usa_pla nm/20100209/us_china_usa_pla Reuters world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:44:40 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/wl_nm/us_china_usa_pla"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r1183288702.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=H47b9Htg_7zgHaWy9Ys_WA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Members of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force Aviation stand at attention during a training session at the 60th National Day Parade Village in the outskirts of Beijing, September 15, 2009. REUTERS/Joe Chan" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Senior Chinese military officers have proposed that their country boost defense spending, adjust PLA deployments, and possibly sell some U.S. bonds to punish Washington for its latest round of arms sales to Taiwan.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/wl_nm/us_china_usa_pla"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r1183288702.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=H47b9Htg_7zgHaWy9Ys_WA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Members of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force Aviation stand at attention during a training session at the 60th National Day Parade Village in the outskirts of Beijing, September 15, 2009. REUTERS/Joe Chan" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_bi_ge/us_lockheed_kaman_unmanned_helicopter ap/20100208/us_lockheed_kaman_unmanned_helicopter AP business Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:43:42 GMT AP - Lockheed Martin Corp. and Kaman Aerospace Corp. are launching their own unmanned military helicopter. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_re_us/us_afghan_us_toll_capsules_january ap/20100208/us_afghan_us_toll_capsules_january AP us Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:54:10 GMT AP - Marine Cpl. Jamie R. Lowe http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_re_us/us_iraq_us_toll_capsules_january ap/20100208/us_iraq_us_toll_capsules_january AP us Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:52:52 GMT AP - Army Spc. Brushaun X. Anderson http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/india_nm/india459928 nm/20100208/india459928 Reuters world Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:38:59 GMT Reuters - Lockheed Martin Corp, the world's biggest aerospace company, is keen to supply India with fighters, ships, helicopters and missile system and Indian defence sources said a potential deal could be worth nearly $20 billion over five years. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100207/pl_afp/haitiquakeusmilitary afp/20100207/haitiquakeusmilitary AFP politics Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:45:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100207/pl_afp/haitiquakeusmilitary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100207/capt.photo_1265556241106-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=ReVfyOJCbtuPursbS37bSQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="A US soldier helps a crying Haitian child while the United Nations special envoy visits the GESKIO health center in Port-au-Prince, February 5. From an air-conditioned tent in what used to be a Port-au-Prince bus station, the mighty US military controls its 17,000 troops deployed to help Haiti's earthquake relief, amid questions over how long they will stay.(AFP/File/Thony Belizaire)" border="0" /></a>AFP - From an air-conditioned tent in what used to be a Port-au-Prince bus station, the mighty US military controls its 17,000 troops deployed to help Haiti's earthquake relief, amid questions over how long they will stay.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100207/pl_afp/haitiquakeusmilitary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100207/capt.photo_1265556241106-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=ReVfyOJCbtuPursbS37bSQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="A US soldier helps a crying Haitian child while the United Nations special envoy visits the GESKIO health center in Port-au-Prince, February 5. From an air-conditioned tent in what used to be a Port-au-Prince bus station, the mighty US military controls its 17,000 troops deployed to help Haiti's earthquake relief, amid questions over how long they will stay.(AFP/File/Thony Belizaire)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq ap/20100206/ml_iraq AP world Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:20:17 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100206/capt.af5f31a97b70414e9cfa1dcf953dd2cb.iraq_missing_american_bag103.jpg?x=130&y=106&q=85&sig=k0DUDAcOztR8em_AZAWI.Q--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="In this undated image made from a video posted on a militant website, a man believed to be missing civilian contractor Issa T. Salomi is seen in front of a banner reading Asaib Ahl al-Haq, or League of the Righteous, Imam Ali regiment. A Shiite militant group in Iraq has posted the Internet video showing an American it says it abducted and who appears to be a contractor reported missing by the U.S. military. The U.S. Department of Defense identified the missing civilian contractor as 60-year-old Issa T. Salomi and said he was last seen Jan. 23. In the video, the man says his abductors from the League of the Righteous are demanding the release of militants and the prosecution of Blackwater security contractors accused of killing 17 Iraqis in 2007. (AP Photo via APTN) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS VIDEO" border="0" /></a>AP - A missing Iraqi-American contractor was kidnapped by Shiite militiamen who lured him into central Baghdad by promising to help him find distant relatives, an Iraqi defense official said Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100206/capt.af5f31a97b70414e9cfa1dcf953dd2cb.iraq_missing_american_bag103.jpg?x=130&y=106&q=85&sig=k0DUDAcOztR8em_AZAWI.Q--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this undated image made from a video posted on a militant website, a man believed to be missing civilian contractor Issa T. Salomi is seen in front of a banner reading Asaib Ahl al-Haq, or League of the Righteous, Imam Ali regiment. A Shiite militant group in Iraq has posted the Internet video showing an American it says it abducted and who appears to be a contractor reported missing by the U.S. military. The U.S. Department of Defense identified the missing civilian contractor as 60-year-old Issa T. Salomi and said he was last seen Jan. 23. In the video, the man says his abductors from the League of the Righteous are demanding the release of militants and the prosecution of Blackwater security contractors accused of killing 17 Iraqis in 2007. (AP Photo via APTN) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS VIDEO" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_re_us/us_military_medals_impostors ap/20100206/us_military_medals_impostors AP us Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:35:52 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_re_us/us_military_medals_impostors"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100206/capt.10fc918a011440f692273451a743671f.military_medals_impostors_dx501.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=d1aj0obN8dveBy2lNIk52w--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="The Colorado Springs Police Department provided this June 4, 2009 photo of Rick Glen Strandlof, aka Rick Duncan, who claimed he was an ex-Marine wounded in Iraq and received the Purple Heart and Silver Star. He founded an organization in Colorado Springs that advocated for homeless veterans, and members of the group accused him of being an impostor. He pleaded not guilty and his case is still pending in federal court. (AP Photo/Colorado Springs Police)" border="0" /></a>AP - The federal courts are wrestling with a question of both liberty and patriotism: Does the First Amendment right to free speech protect people who lie about being war heroes?</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_re_us/us_military_medals_impostors"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100206/capt.10fc918a011440f692273451a743671f.military_medals_impostors_dx501.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=d1aj0obN8dveBy2lNIk52w--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="photo" title="The Colorado Springs Police Department provided this June 4, 2009 photo of Rick Glen Strandlof, aka Rick Duncan, who claimed he was an ex-Marine wounded in Iraq and received the Purple Heart and Silver Star. He founded an organization in Colorado Springs that advocated for homeless veterans, and members of the group accused him of being an impostor. He pleaded not guilty and his case is still pending in federal court. (AP Photo/Colorado Springs Police)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_re_us/us_military_base_cuts ap/20100206/us_military_base_cuts AP us Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:33:39 GMT AP - The Army is curtailing plans to cut what it spends on running its bases worldwide after concerns from soldiers and Congress that services for military families might suffer. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100205/bs_nm/us_bae nm/20100205/us_bae Reuters business Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:23:49 GMT Reuters - BAE Systems Plc , Europe's biggest military contractor, will pay around $450 million in fines in the United States and Britain, settling long-running corruption investigations on both sides of the Atlantic. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100205/ap_on_re_us/us_abu_ghraib_appeals ap/20100205/us_abu_ghraib_appeals AP us Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:48:41 GMT AP - The U.S. military's highest court has upheld the convictions of two soldiers for abusing Abu Ghraib prison detainees in Iraq. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100205/ts_nm/us_afghanistan_base nm/20100205/us_afghanistan_base Reuters topstories Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:17:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100205/ts_nm/us_afghanistan_base"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100204/capt.photo_1265305792346-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=IpTnlcN8L2a9dULFHtKbsw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="An armored NATO vehicle patrols a street ahead of elections in Kandahar in 2009. At least two people were killed and up to 18 wounded Thursday when a suspected suicide car bomb struck close to the heart of Afghanistan's second biggest city, police and doctors said.(AFP/File/Banaras Khan)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A delay of months in closing a remote combat outpost with "no tactical or strategic value" led to the deaths of eight U.S. soldiers last year in one of the worst battles of the Afghanistan war, a report found on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100205/ts_nm/us_afghanistan_base"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100204/capt.photo_1265305792346-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=IpTnlcN8L2a9dULFHtKbsw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="An armored NATO vehicle patrols a street ahead of elections in Kandahar in 2009. At least two people were killed and up to 18 wounded Thursday when a suspected suicide car bomb struck close to the heart of Afghanistan's second biggest city, police and doctors said.(AFP/File/Banaras Khan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100204/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_military_contraception ap/20100204/us_military_contraception AP politics Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:57:56 GMT AP - The Pentagon for the first time will require military bases worldwide to offer emergency contraception or the so-called morning-after pill, a military spokeswoman said Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100204/ap_on_re_us/us_marines_mental_health ap/20100204/us_marines_mental_health AP us Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:15:29 GMT AP - The Defense Department will investigate complaints of substandard mental health care for Marines at Camp Lejeune, according to a North Carolina congressman Thursday who had asked for the probe amid reports of retaliation against a whistleblower. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100204/ap_on_bi_ge/us_earns_northrop_grumman ap/20100204/us_earns_northrop_grumman AP business Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:16:59 GMT AP - Defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. said Thursday it posted a fourth-quarter profit of $413 million in contrast to a year-ago loss as sales rose 2 percent. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100204/ap_on_el_ge/us_military_gays_politics ap/20100204/us_military_gays_politics AP Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:21:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100204/ap_on_el_ge/us_military_gays_politics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100202/capt.def1e884a6294d9fa688c0595a05c668.military_gays_dcmc121.jpg?x=130&y=118&q=85&sig=0GgJU3gk7zvWq8WZND1QRw--" align="left" height="118" width="130" alt="Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen, right, accompanied by Defense Secretary Robert Gates, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing onthe 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)" border="0" /></a>AP - For many lawmakers, "don't ask, don't tell" makes a lot of sense &mdash; for themselves. Ten months before elections, neither party sees much to gain in stirring up the once-volatile issue of letting gays serve openly in the military. Any candidate who isn't laser-focused on jobs is making a big mistake, strategists from both parties said Wednesday, noting that public support for gay rights has grown substantially in recent years.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100204/ap_on_el_ge/us_military_gays_politics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100202/capt.def1e884a6294d9fa688c0595a05c668.military_gays_dcmc121.jpg?x=130&y=118&q=85&sig=0GgJU3gk7zvWq8WZND1QRw--" align="left" height="118" width="130" alt="photo" title="Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen, right, accompanied by Defense Secretary Robert Gates, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing onthe 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100204/wl_nm/us_pakistan_usa_military nm/20100204/us_pakistan_usa_military Reuters world Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:54:27 GMT Reuters - The bombing that killed three U.S. Special Operations troops in Pakistan on Wednesday has exposed one of the U.S. military's most sensitive missions -- training an elite paramilitary force in counterinsurgency. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100204/ap_on_go_co/us_military_gays_gates ap/20100204/us_military_gays_gates AP politics Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:52:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100204/ap_on_go_co/us_military_gays_gates"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100203/capt.8407b518dfae4c209923735eef302779.defense_budget_dcsa102.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=bgHeTfeytu0cdn0OAzGiVQ--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, and Joints Chiefs Chairman Adm Michael Mullen huddle on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010, while testifying before the House Armed Services Committee hearing on the Defense Department's fiscal 2011 budget. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" border="0" /></a>AP - The United States should not rush into a change as large as repealing the ban on gays serving openly in the military without making sure the people it affects are on board, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100204/ap_on_go_co/us_military_gays_gates"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100203/capt.8407b518dfae4c209923735eef302779.defense_budget_dcsa102.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=bgHeTfeytu0cdn0OAzGiVQ--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, and Joints Chiefs Chairman Adm Michael Mullen huddle on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010, while testifying before the House Armed Services Committee hearing on the Defense Department's fiscal 2011 budget. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100204/pl_nm/us_congress_budget_arms nm/20100204/us_congress_budget_arms Reuters politics Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:25:23 GMT Reuters - Top Pentagon leaders on Wednesday underscored their commitment to the Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter program and challenged some of the arguments Boeing Co is hoping could help it sell more of its F/A-18 fighters before production of the F-35 gets into full swing.