Having never mobilized with an activated unit, Col. Michael Herman of Aberdeen, S.D., said, he knew he wanted to serve in Afghanistan in some capacity. He now is helping to develop the Afghan National Army.

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Even in a time of budgetary constraints, the United States must maintain its military might to address the security challenges of today and the future, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said today. Speaking at the Wall Street Journal's CEO Council here, Gates said he is sympathetic to the challenges caused by the federal deficit, but warned against drastic cuts to the military.

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Top DoD and Army officials inducted Staff Sgt. Salvatore "Sal" Giunta of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team into the Pentagon Hall of Heroes Wednesday, making him the first Active Duty servicemember added to the hallowed chamber in a generation.

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Army family members can now use the Comprehensive Soldier Fitness global assessment tool and all its online self-improvement modules without having a sponsored Army Knowledge Online account.

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The Army has realigned three organizations into the new Diversity and Leadership Office and Larry Stubblefield has been appointed the deputy assistant secretary of the Army, or DASA, for Diversity and Leadership.

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Two brothers are serving together in Afghanistan for the first time, servicing the Apache gunships of 654 Squadron Army Air Corps.

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It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must announce that a soldier from 1st Battalion Irish Guards serving with Combined Force Nahr-e Saraj (North) was killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday 17th November 2010.

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The men and women of Germany-based 8 Regiment Royal Logistic Corps (RLC) received their campaign medals recently after returning from a challenging deployment in Afghanistan.

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A service of commemoration and rededication for the Association of Wrens was held in this, their 90th anniversary year, at the church of St Martin-in-the-Fields in Trafalgar Square, London, at the weekend.

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The UK's Air Commodore Gordon Moulds has handed over the command of Kandahar Airfield in southern Afghanistan, which is home to ISAF's Regional Command (South) and 30,000 personnel, to his US counterpart this week.

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