Schweinfurt garrison preps for closure, continues focus on community - United States Army (press release)

Schweinfurt garrison preps for closure, continues focus on community
United States Army (press release)
By Nathan Van Schaik, IMCOM Members of the community wind down at a community celebration hosted by the garrison May 11, 2012, on Conn Barracks at US Army Garrison Schweinfurt in Germany. A recent announcement to close the garrison here has ...

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Major Dick Williams - Telegraph.co.uk


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Major Dick Williams
Telegraph.co.uk
Major Dick Williams, who has died aged 91, was one of the first British soldiers into Belsen, the German concentration camp in Lower Saxony. In April 1945 Williams was a staff captain at HQ 8 Corps, serving with the Royal Army Service Corps (RASC).

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New leash on life — Rescue program places military dog with Kenai Peninsula ... - The Redoubtreporter


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New leash on life — Rescue program places military dog with Kenai Peninsula ...
The Redoubtreporter
Becky Marino and Mike Northcutt pick up Nick, their new German shepherd, from Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonia, Texas. Force Base's Military Working Dog page, and in 2010 they began the process of adopting one of the dogs.

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Today in History - Washington Post

Today in History
Washington Post
In 1940, during World War II, the Belgian army surrendered to invading German forces. In 1959, the US Army launched Able, a rhesus monkey, and Baker, a squirrel monkey, aboard a Jupiter missile for a suborbital flight which both primates survived.

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Military mission with a swingin' name - Greenville News

Military mission with a swingin' name
Greenville News
The goal was to destroy railroad marshaling yards, tracks, bridges, trains and other equipment that could be used to bring Nazi Germany troops to the coasts of France. The US 8th and 9th Air Forces and the Royal Air Force sent 763 planes — P-47 ...

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Rheinmetall, IMI Team to Propose M109 SPG Upgrades for the IDF - Defense Update


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Rheinmetall, IMI Team to Propose M109 SPG Upgrades for the IDF
Defense Update
Photo: KMW IMI has teamed with the German company Rheinmetall Defence to offer an upgrade package for the Israel Defense Forces M-109A5 self propelled howitzers. The modular package will enable the IDF to introduce a list of long awaited upgrades, ...

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Turkey: Drones To Be Bought From United States - Huffington Post

Turkey: Drones To Be Bought From United States
Huffington Post
Potential Deployment: March 2013 Type: Military (German Ministry of Defense, purchased from Northrop Grumman) Description: NG touts its Euro Hawk, built for German Ministry of Defense, as having a "wingspan larger than a commercial airliner, ...

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Company of Heroes 2 deploys to WWII's brutal Eastern Front, armed with new tactics - The Verge


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Company of Heroes 2 deploys to WWII's brutal Eastern Front, armed with new tactics
The Verge
As they come upon a unit of German soldiers, the Red Army takes cover behind trees, a truck, a fence. The Soviets attack, blasting a hole through a fence to open a lane into the farm. A small detail flanks the Nazis from the right.
''It's that shared humanity, the heroism of ordinary soldiers, that we want to ... games.on.net
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German veterans seek greater respect, services - The Seattle Times

German veterans seek greater respect, services
The Seattle Times
By Michael Birnbaum Christian Bernhardt, who served in the German army in Kuwait during the US-led invasion of Iraq, says he would like to see a special day to thank members of the military. Martin Jaeger, who served in the German military in Kosovo ...

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The european onion - Livemint


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The european onion
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Or is it all German Chancellor Angela Merkel's fault? When investors lose confidence in an economy, its currency collapses. Its central bank can raise interest rates or cut money supply to tame inflation. When investors trust an economy, the currency ...
We cannot survive a Greek tragedy mydigitalfc.com
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