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Obama: Sexual assault threatens trust in military
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Traveling Vietnam Wall Memorial arrives in Sumter
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EXCLUSIVE Michael Haley: No better way to represent S.C. than in the Guard
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Naval Hospital Beaufort opens new outpatient clinic
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For student vet, sign-on bonus and no student loans ‘looked pretty good’
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F-35B completes first vertical takeoff
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Richland Sheriff’s Department finalist for Defense Department award
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Did the Pentagon cry wolf over sequestration?
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A long-ago war, a missing plane and an enduring mystery
Maj. Derrell Jeffords, of Florence SC, bounced his roaring Spooky 21 down and off the runway at Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam. It was just before 7:30 a.m., on Christmas Eve 1965. The big camouflaged belly of his twin-prop AC-47 was easily visible...
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Traveling war memorial opens in Sumter
The Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall arrived in Sumter along with a welcoming procession on Wednesday and was installed at its temporary location behind the Swan Lake Visitors Center on Thursday, but Friday marked the formal opening ceremony for the...
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The Modified AC-47 aircraft
A brief description of the Spooky gunship, the modified AC-47.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
Pentagon: New record plan won't help vet backlog
The Pentagon has decided to buy a new computerized health records system to be able to better share and merge its data with the Department of Veterans Affairs, but officials cautioned that it was part of a "long-term modernization" effort and would not help ease the backlog in VA disability claims...
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FORT JACKSON
Fort Jackson commander suspended, accused of adultery
Brig. Gen. Bryan T. Roberts, a one-star general, took command of the base in April 2012 after the retirement of Maj. Gen. James M. “Mike” Milano. Before that, he oversaw training of Iraqi security forces.
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APNewsBreak: Coast Guard deserter to be confined
A Coast Guard rescue swimmer whose disappearance led to a massive search in Hawaii pleaded guilty to desertion Tuesday, saying he left work one day, decided never to return and spent the next three months camping in the mountains. A military judge sentenced him to more than six months confinement...
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SBA starting new lending program for veterans
The Small Business Administration says it has lined up pledges from more than 120 banks to increase lending to veterans.
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Veteran is turning her war-zone work into a geography degree
It was the third time she had ever flown, and the plane was the “size of the Titanic.” Days before she had packed bottles of Garnier Fructis shampoo, a quilt and her special pillow into a huge metal case and shipped it to herself — her new address in a country 6,600 miles from...
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SC MILITARY NEWS
New monument honors ‘overlooked’ WWII aviators killed in training at Columbia base
Harold Jones hopes a new monument for aviators he considers forgotten heroes of World War II attracts sightseers to a quiet area near Columbia Metropolitan Airport.
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SC MILITARY NEWS
Steelers RB talks Vietnam War, football ahead of Myrtle Beach Memorial Day parade
The city of Myrtle Beach has scored a touchdown in welcoming the grand marshal for its 2013 Memorial Day weekend parade.
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SC MILITARY NEWS
Lt. Dan Week volunteers split to start own fund for veterans, first responders
Several local Lt. Dan Week organizers have broken away from the Independence Fund to start their own organization that will raise money for wounded veterans, as well as first-responders such as police and firefighters.
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House passes bill on lying about military medals
People who falsely claim they have received a military medal in order to obtain money or government benefits could face up to a year in jail under legislation that easily passed the House Monday.
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