An Afghan teenager has killed an American soldier by running up from behind and stabbing him in the neck, according to officials. Original post on independent.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
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YEONCHEON, South Korea (Reuters) – As North Korea prepares a third nuclear test, South Korean soldiers on the world’s most heavily armed border now have orders to shoot back immediately if they come under Original post on reuters.com Comments on reddit.com
Special report: Last year, more active-duty soldiers killed themselves than died in combat. And after a decade of deployments to war zones, the Pentagon is bracing for things to get much worse Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
The Department of the Army also showed strains, with soldier suicides outnumbering combat-related deaths for the year. Original post on stripes.com Comments on reddit.com
The Defence Department has quietly removed from the Internet a report into the killing of a Canadian Original post on ottawacitizen.com Comments on reddit.com
A heavily decorated Army Green Beret, fired by the U.S. Postal Service in 2000 for taking military leave, must be reinstated in his mail job and retroactively paid by the USPS for back wages, benefits and legal fees — an amount that may top $2 million, an administrative la … Original post on nbcnews.com Comments on reddit.com
The conflict in Congo is one of the bloodiest since World War II, and each time I come back, I meet a new set of thoroughly traumatized people. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
From Yahoo! News: FORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) – A pre-trial hearing for U.S. Army Private Bradley Manning, who is accused of masterminding a massive leak of classified material to the WikiLeaks website, focused on Saturday on a 2011 incident when he broke down and cried in a military brig. The hearing is to determine whether Manning should face a court-martial on suspicion of leaking thousands of classified documents, including military reports and diplomatic cables…. Original post on yahoo.com Comments on reddit.com
From Yahoo! News: FORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) – A U.S. Army private facing court-martial on suspicion of leaking secret documents to the WikiLeaks website testified on Thursday he was confined to a Original post on yahoo.com Comments on reddit.com
One Palestinian killed and 10 teenagers wounded as Israeli soldiers open fire at border. Original post on aljazeera.com Comments on reddit.com
On a wild geese chase OVER the past decade the business of renting out private soldiers has grown from a specialised niche into a global trade, worth as much as $100… Original post on economist.com Comments on reddit.com
Paving a shorter road to potential jobs Original post on businessinsider.com Comments on reddit.com
Sergeant Lee Nolan was so furious about losing out on at least £100,000 that he sent his six military medals to David Cameron Original post on mirror.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Mr. Lomax, a World War II British prisoner who was tortured by the Japanese and later forgave one of his tormentors, wrote the best-selling memoir, “The Railway Man.” Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
A checkpoint shooting in Afghanistan brings to 2,000 the number of US soldiers to have died in the conflict. Original post on bbc.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Afghan troops are told that insulting behavior by Americans is an oversight, not a slight. Original post on washingtonpost.com Comments on reddit.com
Soldiers from 3rd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment among those who died during violent weekend in Helmand Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
The soldiers are accused of killing a former soldier and his girlfriend, and of plotting to overthrow Fort Stewart, home of the Army’s Third Infantry Division. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
LUDOWICI, Ga. (AP) — Four Army soldiers based in southeast Georgia killed a former comrade and his girlfriend to protect an anarchist militia group they formed that stockpiled assault weapons and plotted a range of anti-government attacks, prosecutors told a judge Monday. Original post on boston.com Comments on reddit.com
For those feeling down in the dumps, the US military now has a solution: an anti-suicidal nasal spray that delivers antidepressant chemicals to the brain. Original post on rt.com Comments on reddit.com
Three US special forces members were killed by an Afghan police commander and several of his officers after being invited to dinner on Thursday. It is not clear if the assailants were rogue officers or insurgents infiltrating the police ranks. Original post on france24.com Comments on reddit.com
Rape and exploitation of young Congolese girls at the hands of UN troops is continuing without impunity, new research shows Original post on theglobeandmail.com Comments on reddit.com
A Fijian man who served in the British Army for 13 years is fighting to stay in the UK after being told he must leave the country by 9 August. Original post on bbc.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Vietnamese authorities detain three soldiers suspected of torturing and killing two rare monkeys, state-run Voice of Vietnam newspaper reports. Original post on bbc.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
The South Korean government is looking into unconfirmed intelligence reports that a gun battle, leaving between 20 and 30 soldiers dead, broke out when the North Korean regime removed army chief Ri Yong-ho from office. Original post on abc.net.au Comments on reddit.com
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Delivering its first sentence, the International Criminal Court jailed Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga Dyilo for 14 years on Tuesday for recruiting child soldiers.The Hague-based Original post on reuters.com Comments on reddit.com
An individual in Afghan army uniform opens fire on Nato soldiers in eastern Afghanistan’s Wardak province, wounding five. Original post on bbc.co.uk Comments on digg.com
