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  • Coast Guard sets hearing on boy’s death
    ALAMEDA, Calif. — Only three of four Coast Guard members charged with crimes in connection with a crash that killed an 8-year-old boy at a holiday parade in San Diego will appear next week for the military equivalent of a preliminary hearing.

  • Airman killed in Laos awarded Medal of Honor
    Chief Master Sgt. Richard L. Etchberger, who was killed in action in 1968 in Laos, will posthumously be awarded the Medal of Honor Sept. 21, the White House announced Friday.

  • Soldier, Marine families call for justice
    LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — As major U.S. combat operations in Iraq end, some families of soldiers and Marines convicted of crimes during battle hope the nation doesn’t forget their sons.

  • Lockheed, DoD talks on next JSF batch near end
    The Pentagon and Lockheed Martin should wrap up negotiations for the upcoming batch of 32 early production F-35 Joint Strike Fighters in weeks, Air Force Chief of Staff Norton Schwartz told Military Times on Sept. 2.

  • No Tillman movie at Army, Air Force theaters
    Theaters on Army and Air Force installations will not show “The Tillman Story,” according to Chris Ward, spokesman for the Army and Air Force Exchange Service, which operates the theaters.

  • Judge urges feds to drop case against Agility
    ATLANTA — The federal case against a Kuwait-based food supplier accused of defrauding the U.S. government of $68 million was dealt a stinging setback after a judge moved to block the charges.

  • Charges against military supplier blocked
    ATLANTA — A judge says charges should be dropped against a Kuwaiti food company that was accused of swindling the U.S. government in contracts to supply troops in Iraq.

  • U.S., S. Korea to hold more naval drills
    SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea and the U.S. will hold joint anti-submarine exercises in another show of force against North Korea, officials said Friday, as Pyongyang renewed threats against the drills.

  • Bragg families seek answers in infant deaths
    FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Jay'Vair Pollard was a little more than 2 months old when he quit breathing April 15, 2009. The baby died that morning while sleeping in his mother's arms at their home on Fort Bragg.

  • VA releases new GI Bill rates
    Post-9/11 GI Bill tuition and fee caps for the 2010-2011 have been released by the Veterans Affairs Department, providing key numbers that will allow the processing of payments to colleges and universities for students enrolled in the fall term.