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Defense aerospace primes are raking in money for classified programs

WASHINGTON — Two months after disclosing the existence of a next-generation fighter jet demonstrator, the U.S. Air Force is staying mum on which company may have built it. But one thing is for sure: Classified aviation programs are on the rise, and opportunities abound for the three major American defense aerospace primes — Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Boeing. During an Oct. 20…
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This 'Outstanding' Soldier Is About to Get Kicked Out of the Army -- Again

Military Criminal Justice. (U.S. Air Force) For Staff Sgt. Ricardo Branch, everything goes back to the raid that killed Osama bin Laden. When bin Laden was killed by a team of U.S. special operators in May 2011, Branch was in Iraq. But his real trouble began in February 2014, when he was working as a public affairs specialist at the headquarters of the 160th Special Operations Aviation…
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Army Receives First Infantry Squad Vehicles for Carrying Foot Soldiers into the Fight

The ISV, made by GM Defense and its partner Ricardo Defense, is the latest Army effort to equip troops with modernized battlefield transport. (Photo courtesy of GM Defense) The Army now has its first four lightweight Infantry Squad Vehicles that are specially designed to carry infantry foot soldiers into battle. The delivery of the first four ISVs, made by GM Defense, and its partner Ricardo…
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Army: No Requests Made for Use of Troops Around Election

This March 27, 2008, file photo shows the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) Army leaders said Tuesday that they have not received any requests to use active-duty or National Guard troops for possible civil unrest surrounding the presidential election…
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Army Chaplain Jailed For Drunken Behavior, Shoppette Gas Theft

Source: Getty Images KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — A series of bad decisions, from stealing gas to smashing the window of his estranged wife’s car, has landed an Army chaplain assigned to Stuttgart in jail for a month. Chaplain (Maj.) Donald V. Wood was sentenced Tuesday at a general court-martial, after a military judge found him guilty of larceny, conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman…
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