WTVY - Military

Trial starting for Fort Hood bomb plot suspect
Last Updated: 3:51 AM 05/21/12 - Jury selection is scheduled to begin today in the trial of a soldier accused of planning to bomb a Texas restaurant filled with Fort Hood troops last summer.
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Buglers to Mark 150th Anniversary of Taps
Last Updated: 8:59 PM 05/18/12 - It's a song synonymous with military funerals...
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Hurlburt Field Announces Reduction of Civilian Workforce
Last Updated: 9:14 PM 05/17/12 - Eighteen Hurlburt Field civilian employees will be placed into reduction in force (RIF) status this week, despite extensive voluntary measures and management reassignments over the past few months.
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Wiregrass Memorial Day Ceremony
Last Updated: 9:10 PM 05/14/12 - The Wiregrass Area’s 6th Annual Memorial Day Ceremony will be held at Sunset Memorial Park Monday, May 28.
Roby Announces 2012 Military Academy Appointments
Last Updated: 4:15 PM 05/10/12 - Local Nominees Receive Official Appointments to Service Academies
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Barfield Bill Receives Final Passage
Last Updated: 10:50 PM 05/09/12 - The families of Alabama soldiers killed while serving our country will be getting state tax help.
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Fed Court Reverses Order for VA System Overhaul
Last Updated: 1:11 PM 05/07/12 - The 10-1 ruling reversed an earlier decision by a three-judge panel of the same court.
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Doolittle's Raid on Tokyo 70th Anniversary
Last Updated: 2:59 AM 05/06/12 - Leader of WWII bombing raid on Japan remembered
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Last F-22 Raptor Jet Delivered to US Air Force
Last Updated: 1:32 AM 05/06/12 - The Raptor did not have a role in the fighting in Iraq or Afghanistan, but it has been deployed to Japan and Guam to enhance security in the Pacific.
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Rubio Pledges Support to Eglin AFB
Last Updated: 9:23 PM 05/02/12 - Sen. Marco Rubio says he will to do what he can to ensure the Panhandle's sprawling Eglin Air Force Base's mission isn't hampered by military realignments and budget cuts.
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President Obama Addresses the Nation from Afghanistan
Last Updated: 9:24 PM 05/01/12 - President Obama is on his way back to Washington after marking the first anniversary of Osama bin Laden's death with a surprise visit to Afghanistan. While there the President signed a new partnership agreement with the country and addressed the United States.
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Lockheed Martin wins $391M Army radar contract
Last Updated: 2:36 AM 05/01/12 - Lockheed Martin has won a $391 million contract to build a radar system the U.S. Army uses to track incoming enemy fire.
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Disability Benefits for Wounded Veterans Soar
Last Updated: 3:52 PM 04/28/12 - A cost of war: Soaring disability benefits for veterans.
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Obama Targeting Fraudulent Loan Marketing to Vets
Last Updated: 10:36 PM 04/26/12 - The Obama administration says it is adding new protections for veterans and military families swindled or misled by schools seeking their federal education benefits.
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Analysts say North Korea's new missiles are fakes
Last Updated: 1:37 AM 04/26/12 - Analysts say a half dozen ominous new North Korean missiles showcased at a lavish military parade were clumsy fakes.
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North Korea: 'Mobile weapons' capable of striking US
Last Updated: 11:59 PM 04/24/12 - A senior North Korean army official says his country is armed with "powerful mobile weapons" capable of striking America.
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US Military Deaths in Afghanistan at 1,812
Last Updated: 12:07 PM 04/24/12 - At least 1,514 military service members have died in Afghanistan as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
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Army Chopper makes emergency landing in Savannah
Last Updated: 7:13 AM 04/24/12 - Military officials say an Army helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah.
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Dismissal arguments set in GI's WikiLeaks case
Last Updated: 4:17 AM 04/24/12 - An Army private accused of engineering the biggest leak of government secrets in U.S. history is asking a military judge to dismiss all charges.
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Ft. Benning contest to decide best Army tank crew
Last Updated: 3:14 AM 04/24/12 - A new competition at Fort Benning will determine which soldiers make up the Army's best tank crew.
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Named Released in Ft. Rucker Death
Last Updated: 11:31 AM 04/17/12 - Fort Rucker and the Mobile District of the Army Corps of Engineers are on site today investigating the cause of the accident.
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Civilian Worker Killed on Fort Rucker in Construction Accident
Last Updated: 9:23 PM 04/16/12 - Fort Rucker officials have reported that at approximately 2:35 p.m. Monday, a civilian worker was killed when a beam from a newly constructed aircraft hanger fell on the crane the victim was working from.
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More U.S. Troops Getting Concussions
Last Updated: 9:28 PM 04/12/12 - U.S. troops fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan are getting a record number of brain injuries.
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US Navy Deploys 2nd Aircraft Carrier to Gulf
Last Updated: 11:31 AM 04/09/12 - The two carriers will support the American military operations in Afghanistan and anti-piracy efforts off Somalia's coast and in the Gulf of Aden, she said.
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Army Investigates Afghan Massacre Site
Last Updated: 9:52 PM 04/08/12 - More than three weeks after the massacre of 17 civilians in Afghanistan, U.S. military investigators finally have gotten their first look at the villages where Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales allegedly carried out the shooting rampage.
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Barfield Bill Unanimously Passes Ala. Senate
Last Updated: 9:36 PM 04/05/12 - A bill in honor of fallen Ashford Marine Lance Corporal Jason Barfield has passed the state Senate.
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Local Airman Sets Eyes Upon Olympics
Last Updated: 11:35 AM 04/05/12 - A 23 year old Senior Airman from Tyndall Air Force Base is trying to reach the pinnacle of rugby competition.
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Oxygen Problem in F-22 Raptor Remains a Mystery
Last Updated: 2:03 AM 04/01/12 - The Air Force's entire fleet of those stealth fighters was grounded for four months last year until mid-September after pilots complained of lack of oxygen.
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Soldier Laid to Rest
Last Updated: 9:12 PM 03/31/12 - A community is saying goodbye to a fallen soldier
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Demetrius River's Mother Remembers Her Son
Last Updated: 8:13 PM 03/23/12 - A black ribbon hung in memory outside the Rivers' Marianna home Friday. Inside a mother grieved over the loss of her son.
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Court Sides With Soldier Who Sued Ala. Agency
Last Updated: 10:44 AM 03/16/12 - The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that a judge didn't err in finding that the Alabama Department of Mental Health violated federal law when it did not immediately rehire Roy Hamilton when he returned home from duty in April 2005
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Fort Stewart cooks win gold in Army competition .
Last Updated: 4:30 PM 03/11/12 - Army cooks from Fort Stewart are bringing home serious bragging rights from the annual military culinary competition, where they won awards for top chef and installation of the year.
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Yemen: US Airstrikes Kill 18 al-Qaida Militants
Last Updated: 12:57 AM 03/11/12 - ...the U.S. considers the Yemen branch of al-Qaida one of the most dangerous.
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Latest on Israel and Iran
Last Updated: 2:27 AM 03/04/12 - Israeli leader says world cannot keep Israel secure...Debate over who dominates Israel's internal debate about possible actions against Iran
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China Increases Defense Spending by 11.2 pct in 2012
Last Updated: 1:50 AM 03/04/12 - China's official defense spending is the second-largest in the world after the United States, but actual spending, according to foreign defense experts, may be 50 percent higher...
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New Fighter Jet Training Stalls, Grounding Pilots
Last Updated: 8:55 AM 02/27/12 - About 35 top pilots from the three military services have been at a base in the Florida Panhandle since last year, waiting to start flying the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
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Latest on Afghanistan and the Murders of 2 American Officers
Last Updated: 1:47 AM 02/26/12 - US condemns killing of American officers in Kabul...Afghan shootings force callback of US, NATO ministers...Soldier killed in Afghanistan noted Quran backlash
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Could Israeli Attack on Iran Pull US into New War?
Last Updated: 1:40 AM 02/26/12 - That's a prospect dreaded by a war-weary Pentagon...
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Navy launches New Communications Satellite
Last Updated: 7:39 AM 02/25/12 - The Navy has launched a new communications satellite after two weather-related scrubs last week.
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Injured Ga. Marine Transferred to US Hospital
Last Updated: 10:40 AM 02/16/12 - Authorities say a U.S. Marine from northeast Georgia has been transferred to a U.S. hospital as he continues to recover from injuries caused by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan.
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Ala Guard Unit Leaves Fort Deposit for Afghanistan
Last Updated: 8:22 AM 02/15/12 - This isn't the unit's first deployment. The 781st previously supported combat troops in operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom.
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"Heroes for Hire" Bill Passes Ala. House
Last Updated: 9:17 PM 02/14/12 - A proposal to help returning Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans find work passed the Alabama House of Representatives on Tuesday, as lawmakers continued their commitment to making job growth legislation the top priority in the 2012 Regular Session.
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Fort Rucker Crash Lab
Last Updated: 6:40 PM 02/14/12 - The crash dynamics lab training is especially necessary, since the leading cause of death among off-duty military members is motor vehicle crashes.
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Cairns Main Gate Closure
Last Updated: 2:27 PM 02/10/12 - During the time the main gate to Cairns is closed traffic will use alternate gate (Gate 7) for entry/exit of Cairns.
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New Driving Ordinance on Fort Rucker
Last Updated: 9:43 PM 02/08/12 - A new regulation is in place for all motor vehicle operators driving on Fort Rucker.
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Afghan Officials: US Soldier Shoots Afghan Guard
Last Updated: 1:57 AM 02/05/12 - ... the Afghan guard and the American soldier were arguing...
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Air Force Aircraft Retirement Could Affect Maxwell AFB
Last Updated: 8:58 PM 02/03/12 - Cuts to the U.S. Department of Defense budget prompted an announcement from the U.S. Air Force that it would retire older aircraft -- which could include seven of Maxwell Air Force Base's eight C-130H cargo planes.
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Court Martial of Fort Hood Shooter Delayed
Last Updated: 9:24 PM 02/02/12 - Colonel Gregory Gross, the judge for the court-martial of Maj. Nidal Hasan at Fort Hood, re-set the trial date to June, 12, 2012.
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Panetta Cites Key Intelligence on Bin Laden Raid
Last Updated: 1:08 AM 01/29/12 - Panetta told CBS's "60 Minutes," in a profile to be broadcast on Sunday, that Shakil Afridi helped provide intelligence for the raid...
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Fla. Senate Passes Veteran Aid Bill
Last Updated: 11:12 PM 01/24/12 - State Sen. Mike Bennett knows how veterans' benefits helped him to get started in life and he wants other vets to have some of those advantages.
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