Volunteer Army and Professionalism
Until World War I, Americans traditionally resisted the European trend toward conscription as the principal means for accessing men into the armed forces. Thousands ...
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Over Memorial Day weekend, New York Times metro reporter Paul von Zielbauer called his mother to tell her about his new assignment: Next month, he’ll be going to the Baghdad bureau.
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Quotes from Army Secretary Pete Geren during an interview Thursday with The Associated Press:___On the length of a soldier's tours of duty to Iraq: "We see no possibility we'd be going beyond 15 mo...
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A new CNN/Opinion Research poll provides early evidence that, contrary to much of the partisan speculation of the past week, Michael Bloomberg would draw support about evenly from both parties.
Mat...
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Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on Wednesday defended his five sons' decision not to enlist in the military, saying they're showing their support for the country by "helping me get elec...
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Sydney (dpa) - The army, firefighter reinforcements from other
states and even a contingent from New Zealand took up positions
Friday for what could be one of the worst week...
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Sydney (dpa) = Forest fires that have scorched 210,000 hectares in
the high country of Australia's south-east corner continued their
push Sunday to the coast.
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Sydney (dpa) = Forest fires that have scorched 210,000 hectares in
the high country of Australia's south-east corner Sunday razed one
house and put dozens of others under th...
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Sydney (dpa) - Forest fires that have scorched 210,000 hectares in
the high country of Australia's south-east corner Sunday razed two
houses and put dozens of others under t...
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The U.S. Army's top general pledged Friday to improve the quality of life for soldiers and their families at its posts around the world, a program spurred by the strains of extended deployments to ...
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Volunteer Army and Professionalism
Times Recruits Team For Baghdad Bureau: Its 'Volunteer Army'
