A troop commander in Afghanistan delivered an apology today to family members of innocent Afghans who were killed following an attack on a Marine unit in the country March 4.
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All soldiers in the U.S. Central Command area of operations will serve 15-month tours in the region beginning immediately, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates announced today.
"Effective immediately, active Army units now in the Central Command area of responsibility and those headed there will deploy for not more than 15 months and return home for not less than 12 months,"Â Gates said, during a Pentagon news conference.
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Science Applications International Corporation today announced it was one of three companies awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency (CMA) to provide technical services supporting their mission.
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The U.S. Army has selected Dell to provide servers, storage and networking hardware as well as installation and integration services for its Information Technology Enterprise Solutions - 2 Hardware (ITES -2H) contract
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The secretary of the U.S. Army has resigned amid a scandal over the quality of health care for troops wounded in Afghanistan and Iraq. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, President Bush wants a bipartisan commission to investigate ahead of Congressional hearings by opposition Democrats.
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L-3 Communications' CyTerra Receives $40 Million Order From U.S. Army for New Handheld Mine Detectors
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Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced today that its Orlando, Florida-based subsidiary, Comtech Systems, Inc., has received an order for engineering and support valued at up to $4.3 million from a major U.S. contractor under the U. S. Army Common Hardware Software -3 (CHS-3) Contract.
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Robert M. Gates was sworn in as the nation's 22nd secretary of defense in a ceremony at the Pentagon here today.
After President Bush introduced Gates as "an experienced and thoughtful leader," Vice President Richard B. Cheney administered the oath of office. Gates was officially sworn in at the White House earlier today in a private ceremony.
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The U.S. Army has reached a deal with a military police soldier who walked away from her post and refused to return to Iraq because she said she was sexually harassed by other officers.
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