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Kan. battery case dismissed against NC soldier

Tags: DoD , Army , shooting ,

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Trial delayed for soldier in colleague's stabbing

The Fort Bragg trial of a Texas soldier charged in the stabbing death of a Virginia soldier has been delayed for three month.

Tags: Nicholas Bailey , Morganne McBeth , Tyler Cain , The Fayetteville Observer ,

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DoD's housing allowance rates set to drop

The military's Average Basic Allowance for Housing rates will decrease slightly for 2011

Tags: Federal Drive , Defense , DoD Report , housing allowance , BAH rates , Barksdale Air Force Base

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Change in Afghanistan

Dissatisfaction with progress in Afghanistan has cost General David McKiernan his job there. SECDEF Robert Gates said "new leadership" is required. He said the situation requires "fresh thinking and fresh eyes." So he's assigned Lieutenant General Stanley McChrystal to replace him. McChrystal is a former commander of special operations forces at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Right now, he's director of the U.S. military Joint Staff.

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