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Va. ex-Marine who shot at Pentagon gets 25 years

Tags: Marine Corps Base Quantico , Pentagon , DoD , Yonathan Melaku

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Marine special operations team members honored

Navy Secretary Ray Mabus on Monday honored four members of a Marine special operations team in a rare public ceremony for those who have served in the covert forces.

Tags: Ray Mabus , DoD , Navy , Afghanistan

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Senate OKs Obama's choice for Afghan commander

The Senate approved Gen. Joseph Dunford, the assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, to be the top commander in Afghanistan.

Tags: Joseph Dunford , Barack Obama , Senate , DoD , Afghanistan , John Allen , Congress

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Correction: Women In Combat story

Tags: Brandy Soublet , DoD ,

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McCain welcomes new fighter jet squadron

Tags: DoD , F-35B , Lockheed Martin

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Lighter force has double meaning for Marine Corps

After a decade of heavy land war, Marine Corps turns to energy efficiency as a way to lighten its load and return to its expeditionary maritime roots. The service already rolled out four technologies that reduce the amount of energy a marine uses. The Marines Corps also is spending hundreds of millions of dollars on developing and testing other energy efficient equipment.

Tags: DoD , Renewable energy , green government , Richard Mills , Jared Serbu , technology

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Long-missing Colo. Marine buried with full honors

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Continuing resolution, Harriers, Israeli technology & prescription drug shortages

On this week's Bloomberg Government Capital Impact show, analysts will talk about what's next for sequestration, options for repairing the Harrier jet, technology that Israel could use to respond to the Iranian nuclear threat, and why certain medications may be in short supply.
October 4, 2012

Tags: acquisition , continuing resolution , sequestration , F-35 , Harrier AV-8B , Afghanistan , Iran , nuclear weapons , atom bomb , Medicare , Grey Market , Allen Scott , Rob Levinson , Kevin Brancato , Christine Ryan , Michael Oren , Brian Rye , Bloomberg Government , Capital Impact

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Process underway to one day bring cyber weapons to battlefield

Army officials said first they have to define what exactly is a cyber weapon or tactical fire in military-speak.

Tags: DoD , technology , cybersecurity , Cybersecurity Update , Army , Federal Drive

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Marines testing women in combat jobs

Female Marine officers will attend the grueling infantry officer school at the Marine Corps' Quantico, Va., base as part of an experiment to gauge whether women can handle the course's extreme physical and mental challenges.

Tags: DoD , James Amos , DoD Report , Federal Drive

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