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National Defense October 2004 Harold Kennedy	Army Undergoing Biggest Makeover Since World War II The U.S. Army has embarked upon what is described as its most important and controversial reorganization in decades in an effort to improve its ability to fight wars in Iraq and Afghanistan while defending the home front.
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National Defense December 2003 Harold Kennedy	To Ease Deployments, Army Revamps Way It Runs Bases Seeking to ease longstanding problems exacerbated by frequent troop deployments to fight the war on terrorism, the U.S. Army is reorganizing the way that it runs its military bases across the United States and around the world.
Parameters Autumn 2004 Michael O'Hanlon	The Need to Increase the Size of the Deployable Army The possibility exists that large numbers of active-duty troops and reservists may soon leave the service rather than subjecting themselves to a life continually on the road. The seriousness of the worry cannot be easily established.
National Defense May 2006 Perry & Flournoy	The U.S. Military: Under Strain And at Risk In the current debate over the nation's defense strategy and spending priorities, many have forgotten that the ground forces are under enormous strain. This strain, if not soon relieved, will have highly corrosive effects on the force.
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National Defense December 2004 Harold Kennedy	Army Reserve Seeks to Toughen Up Training for Part-Time Soldiers As reservists encounter tough fighting in Iraq, the Army is revamping training programs to better prepare these troops for combat.
National Defense September 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Army Downplaying Concerns About Overstressed Force Seeking to slow down momentum on Capitol Hill to increase the size of the Army by at least 20,000 troops, top service officials recently offered a surprisingly upbeat outlook on troop retention and recruiting.
Financial Advisor February 2010 Gail Liberman	Military Security Holly Petraeus fights a war on American soil against financial rip-offs and naivete plaguing U.S. Service members.
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InternetNews December 28, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Vonage to Offer Free Calls for Troops Through 2005 Vonage will continue to offer military personnel in Afghanistan and Iraq free phone calls to their families in the United States throughout 2005, the Voice over IP provider said today.
Financial Planning October 1, 2012 Janice Fioravante	Readiness Training: Financial Planners Who Have Military Clients For financial planners who have military clients, the job often feels like a calling
National Defense May 2005 Joe Pappalardo	Guard and Reserve Wounded Left Behind An Army Guard and Reserve program designed to support wounded soldiers is so overwhelmed by the pace of deployments that injured personnel lost medical care because of their change in status, according to a recent Government Accountability Office report.
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National Defense February 2004 Harold Kennedy	Back From Afghanistan, Civil Affairs Unit Deploys to Iraq Elements of the 489th Civil Affairs Battalion are preparing, once again, to deploy into a combat zone. Perhaps within days, they will be on their way to Iraq. It will be the Army Reserve unit's second deployment in three years.
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BusinessWeek December 13, 2004 Christopher Palmeri	Served In Iraq? Come Work For Us Reservists -- and the skills they've honed -- are in demand at a slew of big companies. They return from their military service with far more seasoned management, people, and communication skills.
National Defense December 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Obliged to Add Troops, Army Agonizes Over Costs Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Richard A. Cody asserts the issue that should have been more thoroughly debated by political leaders, but has largely been ignored, is not the draft, but rather how the nation will pay for the additional troops the Army requires to keep fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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National Defense October 2004 Harold Kennedy	Forces Under Stress The Special Operations Command is struggling to retain its most experienced personnel while it moves to fill a growing role in the U.S. war against terrorism.
The Motley Fool May 24, 2007 Dan Caplinger	Mortgages for the Military The Veterans Administration has programs for current and former members of the military to help them get financing to buy a home. Serving in the military generally makes you eligible to take out a VA loan.
National Defense February 2012 Eric Beidel	Army Lab Analyzes Bad Dust From War Zones The Army Research Laboratory has deployed equipment to Iraq, Afghanistan and Africa to find out if particles floating around in the air in these places are causing Gulf War Syndrome and other illnesses.
InternetNews May 28, 2010	Phishers Ambush Military Credit Unions A number of bogus Web sites that appear to be the official pages of a pair of credit unions used by military personnel are actually phishing traps designed to steal soldiers' identities.
National Defense December 2003 Harold Kennedy	State Volunteers Eyed for Greater Security Role As officials seek ways to ease the pressure on over-deployed active-duty, National Guard and reserve troops, more and more eyes are falling upon state-operated bands of volunteers that for decades have backed up the country's regular military forces in times of emergency.
National Defense April 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Military Readiness: Candid Assessments Long Overdue Alarm bells have gotten progressively louder and more jarring in recent weeks on the issue of military readiness on the home front.
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Parameters Autumn 2008 Mark Cancian	Contractors: The New Element of Military Force Structure The purpose of this article is to examine what battlefield contractors do, consider how we got to the situation we are in today, and provide force planners with some useful insight regarding the future.
National Defense June 2006 Lawrence P. Farrell	Defense Debate Must Recognize Tough Realities Recent American political debate has been more focused on rhetorical back-and-forth than real treatment of critical issues, like the work our military forces are doing in the global war on terrorism, and what they are telling us about their needs for resources.
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National Defense December 2012 Sandra I. Erwin	Defense Drawdown: It's Been All Talk, Now It's Time to Walk U.S. military spending peaked in 2010 at $668 billion. It has dropped slightly since then, as the military started withdrawing troops from Iraq and Afghanistan. But real austerity has yet to come.
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