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Princess Cruises' Landmark Cruise Supporting U.S. Veterans to Feature Special ...
San Francisco Chronicle
Princess Cruises' first-ever cruise to support U.S. veterans will feature a number of special guests including former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Michael Mullen (Ret.); retired senior officers from the Army, Navy and Air Force; an ...
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Native American Veterans by the Numbers
Indian Country Today Media Network.com
Although Native Americans serve in the U.S. Armed Forces at a higher rate per capita than any other ethnic group, the report, titled "American Indian and Alaska Servicemembers and Veterans," shows that in several key measures AI/AN vets are doing worse ...
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- North Korea vows to cancel Korean War ceasefire
- North
Korea vowed to cancel the 1953 ceasefire that ended the Korean War,
citing a U.S.-led push for punishing UN sanctions over its recent
nuclear test and ongoing U.S.-South Korean joint military drills.
- Tue, 05 Mar 2013 07:17:33 EST
Chaplain helps veterans look toward eternity
BP News
According to the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs records for 2011, more than 8.5 million American veterans were enrolled in its health care system. "I don't even like to call them patients," Beazley said. "They're truly heroes. They've been willing ...
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North Korea vows to cancel Korean War ceasefire North
Korea vowed to cancel the 1953 ceasefire that ended the Korean War,
citing a U.S.-led push for punishing UN sanctions over its recent
nuclear test and ongoing U.S.-South Korean joint military drills.Tue, 05 Mar 2013 07:17:33 EST
Just a few cups of coffee
Your Ottawa Region
Heading over to Starbucks on the North Carolina army base, he made an unimagined connection to Canada after conversing with a few Canadian soldiers. Fleming offered to buy them coffee, but the Canadians said they were doing a coffee run for nearly a ...
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Winnipeg Soldiers Awarded Order of Military Merit
ChrisD.ca
Five Winnipeg-based members of the military will be honoured today in Ottawa with the Order of Military Merit. Colonel Richard Witherden (2 Canadian Air Division), Master Corporal Pierre Bernier (4th Canadian Ranger Patrol Group Detachment Winnipeg), ...
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Study foresees big spike in Arctic shipping by mid-century due to climate ...
National Post
Amid revelations this week that Canada's military is being forced to decrease its presence in the Arctic because of federal budget cuts, a U.S. study on thinning polar ice has produced the first maps showing predicted new shipping routes through Canada ...
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Northern military exercise winds down
Timmins Press
As a massive military training exercise winds down in the North, residents of Moosonee have the opportunity to get a closer look at the Canadian Forces. As part of the Community Day celebrations to be held on Friday, members of the Canadian Army, the ...
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Canadian firm tapped for KT-1 cockpits
Military & Aerospace Electronics
A Canadian subsidiary of the Esterline Corp., a U.S. specialty manufacturer, is supplying glass cockpits for Korean-made trainer aircraft. The turboprop aircraft -- Korea Aerospace Industries' KT-1 -- are being supplied to the Peruvian air force and ...
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Helping veterans not a 'numbers game,' says ex-ombudsman
CBC.ca
Canada's former veterans affairs ombudsman is now being treated for post-traumatic stress disorder — a direct result, he says, of the shock he felt over Ottawa's treatment of disabled soldiers. "The most traumatic experience that I had was the ...
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Spending on Canadian Forces Foreign Deployments Expected To Plummet
Ottawa Citizen (blog)
OTTAWA – “There's no place like home” could become the battle cry of the Canadian military as spending on overseas operations is forecast to take a steep dive. Internal Defence Department reports show total spending on foreign deployments could to drop ...
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Military veterans soldiering on for stricken buddy
Winnipeg Free Press
They are members of the Tri-Service Military Veterans Association of Canada, a non-profit group of Canadian veterans. When an association member, Tony de Groot, was diagnosed with colon cancer, these tough-as-nails men decided they needed to help ...
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Weather delays sentencing for retired soldier in deadly training accident
GlobalNews.ca
THE CANADIAN PRESS/ho-Canadian Armed Forces. CFB SHILO, Man. - A sentencing hearing for a retired Canadian soldier convicted in a deadly training accident was postponed Monday due to bad weather. The hearing for former warrant officer Paul ...
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Faced with high costs, defence department scales back Arctic presence
Nunatsiaq News
The planned Canadian Forces Arctic Training Centre in Resolute Bay has landed on the chopping block as the Canadian army copes with a 22 per cent cut that will take its budget from $1.5 billion to $1.2 billion by 2015. That's according to documents ...
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Canada News Centre - Minister MacKay Introduces Canadian ...
news.gc.ca ... National Defence and the Canadian Forces. Minister MacKay Introduces Canadian Armed Forces Minimum Physical Fitness Standard. OTTAWA ...
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