27 May 2009 - Today’s Military, Veteran, War and National Security News
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Burma's Opposition Grimly Protests Military Government
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/27/AR2009052701916.html
First French Military Base Opens in the Persian Gulf
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/26/AR2009052602994.html
Pyongyang's Nuclear Tests Lead to Questions About Military
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-05-27-voa10.cfm
Afghan military tactics expected to change
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/05/27/Afghan-military-tactics-expected-to-change/UPI-23971243437540/
Hearing begins for military nurse accused in patient deaths
http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/courts/entries/2009/05/27/hearing_begins_for_military_nu.html
State Patrol investigates military explosive found on Port
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090526/NEWS/305279998
Minority ethnic domination of the military in Ethiopia
http://www.ethiopianreview.com/content/2009/05/minority-ethnic-domination-of-the-military-in-ethiopia/
Problems with GPS could mean big problems for the military
http://www.kswo.com/Global/story.asp?S=10425927&nav=menu495_1
N.Korea threatens military strikes
http://www.euronews.net/2009/05/27/nkorea-threatens-military-strikes/
S Korea ready to retaliate against military provocation
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-05/27/content_11444927.htm
Jordan to charge four with plotting Israel attack
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1088694.html
Memorial grows at spot of soldier's suicide
http://www.mercurynews.com/centralcoast/ci_12456410
Military surgeon shares lessons from the field
http://communications.uwo.ca/com/western_news/stories/military_surgeon_shares_lessons_from_the_field_20090527444364/
Chinese State-Owned Military Firm Reports Major Increase in Sales
http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=35038&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=7&cHash=7b927d16bc
East High School grad is the kid who's going to West Point
http://www.kansascity.com/news/neighborhood/independence/story/1217028.html
School Honors Fallen Military Alumni
http://www.wbaltv.com/news/19572086/detail.html
Military trade show draws protest in Ottawa
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2009/05/27/ottawa-military-trade-show.html
Colombia's FARC rebels work on rebirth plan
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/story/1066969.html
The G-2 Paradox
http://fpif.org/fpiftxt/6149
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter may be the last manned military aircraft
http://www.federalnewsradio.com/index.php?nid=35&sid=1683870
Gunn Sworn in As Veterans Affairs General Counsel
http://sev.prnewswire.com/aerospace-defense/20090527/DC2303327052009-1.html
Top Irish military figure passes away
http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0527/doyleed.html
Young authors share their family's military experiences
http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/05/27/58209/
War is Boring: For Future Conflicts, US Military Thinks Small
http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/article.aspx?id=3826
MEND says military action is genocide
http://www.234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Home/5420055-146/MEND_says_military_action_is_%E2%80%9Cgenocide%E2%80%9D.csp
Military Physician Accused of Fabricating Study Regarding
http://charlottesville.injuryboard.com/miscellaneous/military-physician-accused-of-fabricating-study-regarding-medtronics-infuse.aspx?googleid=263608
The religious assault on America's military
http://www.examiner.com/x-7183-Philadelphia-Protestant-Examiner%7Ey2009m5d26-The-religious-assault-on-Americas-military
Semper Ride Movie Premier
http://espn.go.com/action/fmx/blog?post=4209212
General commends UTSA Air Force ROTC
http://www.utsa.edu/today/2009/05/rock.cfm
David Mallen Phillips
http://www.chillicothegazette.com/article/20090527/OBITUARIES/905270310
Army chief: Troops might stay a decade in Iraq, Afghanistan
http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2009/05/army-chief-iraq-afghan-troops-might-stay-a-decade.html
Canadians in Afghanistan after 2011 may rely on US protection
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/canadians-in-afghanistan-after-2011-may-rely-on-us-protection/article1154898/
'He would have found bin Laden'
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/27/massoud.afghanistan/
Autopsies of War Dead Reveal Ways to Save Others
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/26/health/26autopsy.html?bl&ex=1243569600&en=c2779e52c6e5a6de&ei=5087%0A
Missouri Soldier, Working as Medic, Dies in Iraq
http://www.ksmu.org/content/view/4553/66/
Google Earth charts human cost of Iraq and Afghanistan wars with
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/google/5391786/Google-Earth-charts-human-cost-of-Iraq-and-Afghanistan-wars-with-map-of-fallen.html
UK Finishes Withdrawal of Its Last Combat Troops in Iraq
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=aslB2LAf_hWs&refer=uk
Vermont National Guard Camp Sets Environmental Standard
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/05-27-2009/0005033448&EDATE=
Parents of teenage cadet accuse Army of 'murdering' daughter
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/scotland/5393783/Parents-of-teenage-cadet-accuse-Army-of-murdering-daughter.html
Fighting unconventional wars
http://www.mb.com.ph/node/202520
Michael L. Massaro
http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20090527-PUBLICRECORDS-905270366
Defender Salutes: Vietnam veteran Herbert Jester
http://www.peoplesdefender.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=83&ArticleID=129631&TM=47560.36
SUBMARINES: A Singular Sensation
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htsub/articles/20090527.aspx
Professor Louis Rydill
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/naval-obituaries/5395742/Professor-Louis-Rydill.html
Wirral remembers victims of Thetis submarine tragedy 70 years on
http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2009/05/27/wirral-remembers-victims-of-thetis-submarine-tragedy-70-years-on-92534-23720613/
Aboard Sealion, 'Nobody Was A Hero'
http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=ecfdfe3f-20ec-485b-912f-3725579f1af0
Master Chief Petty Officer Rick West - Not Bad For A Homeboy
http://www.dadesentinel.com/content.aspx?module=ContentItem&ID=135722&MemberID=1338
New rule puts US Coast Guard in Canadian waters
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090526/VanLoan_Napolitano_090526/20090526?hub=TopStories
Seabees Coordinate Boat Ramp Design With Navy Riverine Squadron
http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=news/news_show.php&id=34135
NMCB 3 Continues To Live Up To "Better Than Best" Motto During FTX
http://www.navycompass.com/index.php/bases/naval-base-ventura-county-/1509-nmcb-3-continues-to-live-up-to-qbetter-than-bestq-motto-during-ftx
Obit, Walter R.Odening, phd
http://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/news/ci_12456273
Money woes force Navy flying team to practice less
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1068258.html
On This Day: British Royal Navy Sinks German Battleship Bismarck
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/May/British-Royal-Navy-Sinks-German-Battleship-Bismarck.html
Civil War Days held
http://www.thedailyreporter.com/news/x702311642/Civil-War-Days-held
Union and Confederates to recreate 1862 Civil War battle at Port
http://shenandoahvalley.com/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=611&Itemid=27
Mechanicsburg native publishes 2 Civil War memoirs
http://www.urbanacitizen.com/main.asp?SectionID=3&SubSectionID=5&ArticleID=151183&TM=85615.25
Play depicts city's role in Revolution
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20090527/NEWS01/905270326/1006
34th Military Police Company begins mission
http://www.theredbulls.org/article102
In the Service
http://newstranscript.gmnews.com/news/2009/0527/front_page/015.html
"Welcome Home" - #4 In A Series For New Veterans
http://www.vawatchdog.org/09/nf09/nfmay09/nf052709-1.htm
Vets get enhanced school benefits
http://www.ohio.com/news/education/46006067.html
Abandoned veterans are given their due
http://www.sacbee.com/846/story/1894731.html
Thousands of German POWs were held in Nebraska
http://journalstar.com/articles/2009/05/27/news/local/doc4a1c6877caacf308991849.txt
Korean War POW search must not end
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/special_reports/46135652.html
Reflecting on freedom: Local veteran recalls his life as a POW
http://www.pekintimes.com/news/x2085730744/Reflecting-on-freedom-Local-veteran-recalls-his-life-as-a-POW
Honor Guard holds service at soldier's grave site
http://www.eacourier.com/articles/2009/05/27/news/doc4a1c790758a13674814399.txt
Women of the Armed Forces Remembered on Memorial Day
http://www.wboc.com/Global/story.asp?S=10419303&nav=MXEF
Veteran of 'forgotten war' recalls those who didn't make it back
http://www.thetandd.com/articles/2009/05/27/news/13761379.txt
DPRK declares to tear up truce agreement
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-05/27/content_11442899.htm
Rare WW2 photographs discovered
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/5394377/Rare-WW2-photographs-discovered.html
PSI boosts health care IT for DOD Tricare program
http://washingtontechnology.com/articles/2009/05/27/psi-boosts-health-care-it-for-dod-tricare-program.aspx
Veterans learn of available benefits
http://www.stjoenews.net/news/2009/may/27/veterans-use-expo-learn-available-benefits/?local
Spy Fired Shot That Changed West Germany
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/27/world/europe/27germany.html?hpw
Russia's plan for military reform runs into hurdles
http://worldfocus.org/blog/2009/05/26/russias-plan-for-military-reform-runs-into-hurdles/5530/
Pentagon Working on Cyberwarfare Tools for GIs
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0, 2933, 522212, 00.html
Soyuz blasts off on key flight to space station
http://news.cnet.com/8301-19514_3-10249894-239.html
Russia to give military helicopters and other weapons systems to
http://www.sinhalaya.com/news/eng/2news2lanka2.php?go=fullnews&newsid=353
Chinese State-Owned Military Firm Reports Major Increase in Sales
http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=35038&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=7&cHash=7b927d16bc
Finnish-Israeli arms trade flaunts EU regulations
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10557.shtml
Tensions high ahead of Israeli drill
http://www.metimes.com/Security/2009/05/27/tensions_high_ahead_of_israeli_drill/e432/
Brat in the news: Couple snags new home in a hurry
http://www.news-leader.com/article/20090527/LIFE0501/905270443/1036/LIFE05/Couple+snags+new+home+in+a+hurry
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