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No Plans to Open West Coast Boot Camp to Women, Top Marine Says

Source: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/03/08/no-plans-open-west-coast-boot-camp-women-top-marine-says.html The Marine Corps is the only service that still keeps separate entry-level training units for men and women.

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A-29 Crash at Moody Was Result of Abrupt Engine Malfunction: Report

Source: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/03/08/29-crash-moody-was-result-abrupt-engine-malfunction-report.html The aircraft went down 5 minutes and 26 seconds after the propulsion system malfunctioned.

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12 January 2018 Military Pay

Source: https://www.military.com/paycheck-chronicles/2018/01/04/12-january-2018-military-pay.html The next regular payday is a smidge early, and it means a lloonngg pay period for the second half of this month.

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Mystery Persists Over Possible Incursion at Naval Station Norfolk

Source: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/03/09/mystery-persists-over-possible-incursion-naval-station-norfolk.html A sailor aboard the USS Laboon was standing watch one morning last July when he noticed something strange.

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Coast Guard Cutters Remain Busy Along Icy Hudson River

Source: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/01/03/coast-guard-cutters-remain-busy-along-icy-hudson-river.html Coast Guard crews have been busy freeing up tugs stuck in the icy Hudson River.

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Amid Little Scrutiny, US Military Ramps Up in Afghanistan

Source: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/03/11/amid-little-scrutiny-us-military-ramps-afghanistan.html Last month, 800 more U.S. soldiers arrived in Afghanistan, bringing the total to nearly 15,000 troops.

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Operation Albion Concludes – Allied Failures In Belgium I THE GREAT WAR Week 169

Source: http://youtu.be/5L68JCPsMxU http://youtu.be/5L68JCPsMxU

100 years ago this week, Operation Albion comes to a successful end for the Germans, as revolution is on the horizon in Russia. The Allies aren’t faring quite so well on the Western Front,…

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How to Teach Your Military Child Empathy

Source: https://www.military.com/spousebuzz/2018/03/07/how-teach-your-military-child-empathy.html Even as adults, we seem to dismiss the struggles of others.

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The Easter Rising – Ireland in World War 1 I THE GREAT WAR Special

Source: http://youtu.be/DMWP9G6gecc http://youtu.be/DMWP9G6gecc

Easter 1916 was a turning point for Ireland and its situation between Home Rule and Irish soldiers serving on the fronts of Gallipoli and the Western Front. And even though the Easter Rising,…

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The Merchant of Death – Basil Zaharoff I WHO DID WHAT IN WW1?

Source: http://youtu.be/VO-IoR0PI8k http://youtu.be/VO-IoR0PI8k

For arms dealers like Basil Zaharoff, the late 19th and early 20th century was a time of never ending business opportunities, the great European powers modernised their armies drastically and…