washingtonpost.com - Military MattersMilitary MattersA Double Dose of Active Duty for Dozens of Reserve and Guard Airmen- April 23, 2005 The Pentagon's decision to retain almost 15,000 members of the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard on active duty for an additional year hits close to home.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3614-2002Sep11.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/m... Army, Marine Corps Plan Museums That Entertain, Educate- April 23, 2005 The Army plans to borrow a page from Disney and Universal Studios for the national Army museum planned for Fort Belvoir.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60446-2003Nov3.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/m... Publishers Arming U.S. Troops Overseas With Thousands of Free, Pocket-Size Books- April 23, 2005 Shakespeare and Sun Tzu will be accompanying U.S. troops into combat should the Bush administration launch an attack against Iraq.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11835-2002Dec19.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/... Wartime Innovations Given Their Due- April 23, 2005 Not many people can claim to have been hit by a 30mm cannon shell and live to tell about it. Army Spec. Patrick Horton is an exception.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16448-2003Nov26.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/... Vietnam Veterans Offer Sustenance to Soldiers Wounded in Iraq- April 23, 2005 One soldier hopped about on his only leg, flirting with women at the bar. Other soldiers missing legs rolled across the room in wheelchairs, comparing notes on their therapy. Spec. Robert Acosta cut his steak with a knife wedged in the hooks at the end of his prosthetic arm.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44887-2003Dec31.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/... Bearing Reminders of Terror, USS Cole Is Back in Action- April 23, 2005 When the USS Cole sailed from its home port of Norfolk on Saturday, the destroyer carried reminders of terrorist attacks that both the ship and the nation have suffered in recent years.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53447-2003Dec10.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/... A New Base for Developing Chemical, Biological Defenses- April 23, 2005 In a new laboratory nestled among 92 acres of wetlands and forest near Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, research will soon be underway on ways to better protect military personnel and civilians against chemical or biological warfare.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30678-2003Feb19.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/... USS Forrestal Veterans Gather 35 Years Later to Honor Shipmates' Sacrifice- April 23, 2005 A bell rang 134 times Monday on the east knoll of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, each peal in memory of a sailor who died aboard the USS Forrestal 35 years ago.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23847-2002Jul30.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/... |