Military Related Headlines 4/24

• Taliban Fighters Begin Retreat from Northwest Pakistan [Wash Po]
• Pentagon Agrees to Release Detainee Photos [NY Times]
• U.S. soldier dies in noncombat incident in Iraq [USA Today]
• Taliban Threat Near Islamabad Cools [CBS News]
• Joint Chiefs head 'concerned' about Taliban in Pakistan [USA Today]
• Air collision fears slow expansion of US drone use [Newsvine]
• Blasts Kill More Than 155 in Two Days in Iraq [Wash Po]
• Petraeus: Shippers should consider armed guards [Newsvine]

-Dippold

Military Related Headlines 4/23

• Soldiers pulled from Iraq duty, sent straight to Afghanistan [CNN]
• Secret Tally Shows 87,000 Iraqis Have Been Killed Since 2005: AP [Huff Po]
• Army: 3 vials of virus samples missing from Maryland facility [CNN]
• Suicide bombs kill scores in Iraq [BBC News]
• DARPA's Map-Based Wiki Keeps Platoons Alive [Slashdot]

-Dippold

Military Related Headlines 4/20

• Justin Reed, US Marine, Arrested At Airport With Gun, Bomb-Making Materials [Huff Po]
  
• CIA Exempt On Torture, But Not Lynndie England [NPR]
• HIV-POSITIVE: Virginia Clinics May Have Infected Patients [Huff Po]

-Dippold

Military Related Headlines 4/14

• Pentagon looks to move battle against pirates ashore [CNN]
  
• Fort Lewis Army Wife Kills Husband During Gun Lesson [ABC News]
• US troops 'might stay in N Iraq' [BBC News]
• Israel, US to hold missile defense drill [Jerusalem Post]
• China Denies Role In US Grid Hacks [Slashdot]

-Dippold

Military Related Headlines 4/9

• Brain Tests For Returning Troops [Huff Po]
• Lockheed Beats Boeing in U.S. Defense Budget [Bloomberg]
• Extremist Web Sites Are Using U.S. Hosts [Wash Po]
• Marine acquitted of murder in Iraq slaying [Newsvine]
• Navy Continues Delicate Dance With Pirates [CBS News]
• Tale of the secret Army tape [Salon]
• Pentagon Preps For Economic Warfare [CBS News]
• Maersk Alabama Hostage Situation: FBI Now Assisting US Navy [Huff Po]

-Dippold

Obama Promises Vets New Record System

President Obama promised a more efficient and effective record system for wounded veterans today, according to the AP.

To help deal with over 33,000 injured military personal from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, an electronic system would be implemented to follow a single record for a service member from the military then later into the VA's medical system.

A current six month backlog in disability claims at the VA irks many veterans because of the bureaucratic red tape and long wait associated with transitioning into the VA system.

"It's time to change all that, it's time to give our veterans a 21st century VA," said Obama after hearing from hundreds of vets frustrated with unprovided, needed treatment.

He also said his new VA and military budget sets aside more money for diagnosing psychological disabilities and brain injuries.

The White House said that VA spending will rise by $25 billion within the next five years.

-Dippold

Military Related Headlines 4/7

• Iraq and Obama's War [Wash Po]
• Pentagon Bill To Fix Cyber Attacks: $100M [CBS News]
• Next to go: New presidential helicopters, more F-22s, missile defense spending. [ABC News]
• Gates Looking To Speed Up F-35 Production [NPR]
• Defense Secretary Gates proposes weapons cuts [Newsvine]
• Indictment Says Banned Materials Sold to Iran [NY Times]
• Congressional reaction to defense plan [AZ Central]

-Dippold

Military Related Headlines 4/2

• Foreign detainees 'have US right' [BBC News]
• As Mexico Battles Cartels, The Army Becomes the Law [Wash Po]
• NATO Meeting to Highlight Strains on Afghanistan [NY Times]

-Dippold