Provides the latest RSS feeds for U.S. Military News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Iraq Sun.com http://www.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/187cf2a69985adcf/ en-us Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:26:57 -0500 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:26:57 -0500 30 SASEBO NAVAL BASE, Japan — Same-sex teaching couples are eligible after all for joint job transfers this year at Department of Defense schools, officials said Wednesday. The policy is meant to pr... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32991969/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:35:47 -0500 Stars and Stripes http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32991969/ See this week's volksmarch events. Saturday, Feb. 27, was a perfect day for walking in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany. It was, however, just one day in a weekend filled with fun, friendship and ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32991970/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:35:43 -0500 Stars and Stripes http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32991970/                 This week the Army, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard announced a decrease in activated reservists, while the Marine Corps announced an increase. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32991968/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:34:23 -0500 DefenseLink http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32991968/ ENTA II (Enhanced Network Time Appliance) is one of Brandywine’s newest products offering a full service precision Master Clock in addition to being a http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32991971/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:00:41 -0500 PRWeb http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32991971/ KABUL (AFP) - Iran's outspoken president on Wednesday accused the United States of playing a double game in Afghanistan and mocked the US defence secretary during their overlapping visits to the c... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32987731/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:15:20 -0500 West Australian http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32987731/ HACKSENSACK, N.J. — Staff Sgt. Jorge Marin didn't have much time to worry about the recession back home while he was helping manage the defenses at Camp Bucca in southern Iraq. As Wall Street mel... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32988552/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:54:13 -0500 Stars and Stripes http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32988552/ Fawzia Abdalaabi Hassan, left, whose husband was killed in a tribal dispute 12 years ago, finds herself in a similar situation as many Iraqi widows. With no government help and no family to support he... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32988553/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:54:12 -0500 Stars and Stripes http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32988553/ Robin Raine straightens up the sitting area of the Center for Families of the Fallen at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Feb. 22, 2010. The center offers a comfortable waiting area for families who travel ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32988551/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:53:04 -0500 Defense Link http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32988551/ President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad lashed out at arch foe the United States while paying his first visit to Afghanistan since he and his Afghan counterpart http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32987722/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:04:58 -0500 Yahoo! News http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32987722/ CAMP BLACKHORSE, Afghanistan — As the Iranian president arrived Wednesday for official meetings in Kabul, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates toured the Afghan National Army advanced training center... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32985255/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:02:51 -0500 Stars and Stripes http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32985255/ By Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press Service RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, March 10, 2010 – Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates will discuss Iran, Afghanistan and military-to-military contacts with Saudi ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32983607/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:01:50 -0500 Defense Link http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32983607/ The Armed Forces of Malta’s Air Wing recently hosted at their Luqa Airport base a U.S. Navy MH-60S “Knighthawk” helicopter from HSC-28 DET 1 stationed in Naples, Italy to conduct joint training. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32980513/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:01:04 -0500 MaltaMedia http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32980513/ The US Army has awarded a contract to Raytheon Company to provide engineering services for the Patriot air and missile defence system. Under the $152.4m contract, the company will continue to provide... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32982384/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:42:57 -0500 Army Technology http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32982384/ The UK Army will select either Force Protection or Supacat to produce a new light protected patrol vehicle (LPPV) to replace the Snatch Land Rover in Afghanistan. According to UK Prime Minister Gordo... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32982385/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:42:56 -0500 Army Technology http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32982385/ Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev met Wednesday with General David Petraeus, head of the U.S. Central Command, to discuss improving cooperation between the two countries.Petraeus said the United Stat... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32982383/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:37:23 -0500 People's Daily http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32982383/ BRUSSELS | The European Union on Tuesday warned the United States against protectionism after a European-led consortium pulled out of the bidding for an Air Force contract, saying the terms had been a... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32978098/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:13:21 -0500 Washington Times http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32978098/ NewCom President Jaime Dickinson, named WTA's 2010 Teleport Executive of the Year, is being recognized for his commitment to bring education, economic development and stabilization to developing ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32979732/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:21:12 -0500 PRWeb http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32979732/ POLE CHAKI TRAINING BASE, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says some of the U.S. forces involved in the Afghanistan surge could leave the country before President Barack Obama's... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32975069/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:50:07 -0500 Stars and Stripes http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32975069/ KHOST, Afghanistan (AP) -- The Taliban claimed responsibility Wednesday for a suicide bombing inside a U.S.-Afghan base in eastern Afghanistan that killed two NATO service members. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32975068/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:50:06 -0500 Stars and Stripes http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32975068/ PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — At an encampment on the outskirts of Haiti's capital, physicians from three international aid agencies provide identical services. On a charter flight to Miami, competi... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32975067/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:50:05 -0500 Stars and Stripes http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32975067/ CHICAGO — Faced with a crushing influx of disability claims from Vietnam War veterans exposed to the toxic defoliant Agent Orange, the Department of Veterans Affairs said Tuesday it would automate... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32975070/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:50:05 -0500 Stars and Stripes http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32975070/ Alma L. Fornal stepped away from the bowling lane to explain why she is being honored Wednesday in Washington. ''I was a test pilot on the AT-6 and I flew a B-26 Marauder towing a gunnery target ov... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32975071/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:50:04 -0500 Stars and Stripes http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32975071/ /PRNewswire/ -- Allison Transmission, Inc., the premier global provider of commercial duty automatic transmissions and hybrid propulsion systems for On-Highway, Off-Highway, and Military vehicles anno... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32975026/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:26:44 -0500 Earth Times http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32975026/ FORT WORTH, Texas — It is an unremarkable beige-brick building known by its military acronym, the JRIC. Behind several secure doors requiring top-secret clearance sit analysts who conduct counter... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32970498/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:48:45 -0500 Stars and Stripes http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32970498/ LOS ANGELES — The United States will work with Haiti to hold elections as soon as practical, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday morning after meeting with Haitian President Ren... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32970499/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:48:44 -0500 Stars and Stripes http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32970499/ WASHINGTON — Congressional investigators late Tuesday requested detailed documents from Navy Secretary Ray Mabus and a private contractor that was involved in the testing and cleanup of contaminat... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32970500/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:48:43 -0500 Stars and Stripes http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32970500/ CARREFOUR, Haiti — U.S. Marines say the help they are giving Haitians to overcome some of the environmental issues the country faces are only short-term fixes for problems that plagued the country... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32970501/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:48:42 -0500 Stars and Stripes http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32970501/ PARIS, March 9 (Xinhua) -- After Airbus' parent company, the European Aeronautics, Defense and Cooperation Company (EADS), announced its retreat from bidding for a U.S. Air Force project, the French g... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32968921/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:01:41 -0500 SINA http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32968921/ Two U.S. soldiers were killed and two others wounded in a vehicle accident in Iraq, the U.S. military said Tuesday.A U.S. military statement said the accident took place on Monday without giving furth... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32968829/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:01:19 -0500 People's Daily http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32968829/ By Carol L. BowersAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, March 9, 2010 – Under clear blue skies, beneath the spires of the U.S. Air Force Memorial here, military aviators gathered today to pa... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32968163/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:11:45 -0500 Defense Link http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32968163/ In this theater publicity image released by Richard Kornberg & Associates, from left, Matt McGrath, Peter Van Norden and Jack Gilpin are shown in a scene from "Top Secret: The Battle for the ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32961707/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:12:35 -0500 Sign on San Diego http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32961707/ UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations is confident there will be no security vacuum in Haiti as U.S. and other foreign troops withdraw from the earthquake-struck Caribbean country, a top U.N. ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32960332/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:08:58 -0500 West Australian http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32960332/ Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 2:05 p.m. As of Tuesday, March 9, 2010, at least 4,382 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32960225/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:01:24 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32960225/ KUNSAN AIR BASE, South Korea — A Kunsan airman remains in critical condition after a Sunday night taxi crash left him and a second airman hospitalized, according to the base and local police. The... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32962840/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:48:13 -0500 Stars and Stripes http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32962840/ Last week: Averaged 14 points and 10.5 rebounds in two Panthers victories as Guam High finished the Independent Interscholastic Athletic Association of Guam’s regular season with a school-best 11-2 ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32962841/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:48:12 -0500 Stars and Stripes http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32962841/ Guam High junior Amber Gadsden just completed the finest singles season in school history. But there’s one thing missing from Gadsden’s résumé: a DODEA Pacific Far East Tournament singles champi... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32962842/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:48:11 -0500 Stars and Stripes http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32962842/ KADENA AIR BASE, Okinawa — Airman 1st Class Leonard R. Barnes III, a fuels specialist with the 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron, was found dead Sunday in his dormitory room, base officials report... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32962843/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:48:09 -0500 Stars and Stripes http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32962843/ This year, TARDEC will unveil a technology that was directly requested from our warfighters as well as focus on how we can get the entire robotic community working together on communications challenge... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32962844/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:13:42 -0500 PRWeb http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32962844/ American Forces Press Service KABUL, March 9, 2010 – Coalition forces in Afghanistan captured two militant commanders along with several other insurgents in separate raids yesterday. In Khost p... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32959449/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:53:10 -0500 Defense Link http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32959449/ By Lisa DanielAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, March 9, 2010 – Increasing global threats such as those to computer networks and growing hostilities from Iran are prompting more NATO exp... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32956254/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:53:08 -0500 Defense Link http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32956254/ WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The chief of Naval Personnel has released the first monthly Family Gram as part of Navy's commitment to enhance family readiness. March's Family Gram focuses on medical benefits... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32956030/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:18:56 -0500 Navy NewsStand http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32956030/ TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 9, 2010) - Integran Technologies Inc., a leading company in the area of metallurgical nano-technologies, has announced today that it has been awarded a $4.5 Milli... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32952844/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:17:55 -0500 Market Wire http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32952844/ STUTTGART, Germany — U.S. lawmakers expressed frustration Tuesday that NATO countries were not offering more personnel to train the Afghan army. Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee gril... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32956025/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:09:00 -0500 Stars and Stripes http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32956025/ A U.S.-based team will be in Germany next week to recruit soldiers for the Army’s Asymmetric Warfare Group, based at Fort Meade, Md. The special-missions unit is looking for enlisted soldiers in g... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32956026/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:08:58 -0500 Stars and Stripes http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32956026/ Gays issue a matter of logic " (letter, March 8). Seriously? Don’t let homosexuals serve because they’ll spread AIDS if injured? I realize this is a topic many people struggle with, but th... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32956028/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:08:56 -0500 Stars and Stripes http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32956028/ Let your views be known " (letter, March 8) from a very senior officer, I have to ask if any other readers are starting to see a pattern. Most of the senior leaders’ letters are against a ch... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32956027/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:08:54 -0500 Stars and Stripes http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32956027/ Washington -- The Pentagon supports legislation to prevent members of the armed services from being preyed upon by "unscrupulous" auto dealers. In a letter obtained by The Detroit News today, Clifford... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32952790/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:07:50 -0500 The Detroit News http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32952790/ By Lisa DanielAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, March 9, 2010 – Getting more NATO military trainers into Afghanistan is a top priority, the commander of the alliance’s military forces ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32953685/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:07:26 -0500 Defense Link http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32953685/ American Forces Press Service PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, March 9, 2010 – The hospital ship USNS Comfort will leave Haiti tomorrow, as U.S. Southern Command officials have determined its crew has com... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32953487/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:07:25 -0500 Defense Link http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32953487/ TORONTO, ONTARIO -- 03/09/10 -- Integran Technologies Inc., a leading company in the area of metallurgical nano-technologies, has announced today that it has been awarded a $4.5 Million contract by t... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32952845/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:38:49 -0500 Earth Times http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32952845/ — A single session of heat therapy using the ThermoMed™ device appears to be as effective as a 10-day intravenous course of sodium stibogluconate (Pentostam) for the treatment of http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32953334/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:29:08 -0500 Science Daily http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32953334/ cried foul on Tuesday over Pentagon contract rules it said favoured US plane-makers, after European consortium EADS threw in the towel on a mammoth US defence tender. American giant Boeing is now p... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32953323/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:14:16 -0500 Yahoo! News http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/187cf2a69985adcf/id/32953323/