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 Top News
Stryker unit reassigned to Baghdad
Soldiers from the 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division will move from Mosul in northern Iraq to Baghdad, the Associated Press reported Wednesday. (more)
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• Weapons instructors injured by heavy machine gun
• TSP approves $500 increase
• Reserve, Guard sergeant major board results out Dec. 7
• Gates visits Byrd, makes an impression
• Free membership offered to CIB earners
• Pilot safe after Hornet crashes at Miramar
• Dispute over S.C. facility puts vets spending bill at risk
• Redeployment might help in Iraq, senator says
• USA Cares, Sears group team to help military for holidays
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 Frontline Photos
Gov. Jon Corzine Corzine, left, talks with members of the New Jersey Army National Guard at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait on Tuesday. Corzine, joined by New York Gov. George Pataki, Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman and Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski, made a surprise visit to troops in Kuwait and Iraq.
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PAIN MANAGEMENT
Medical advances are making it possible for war fighters to survive injuries that even a few years ago surely would have killed them. But they often end up living in chronic pain. (more)
Related stories:
• Pain pump gives wounded troops relief
• Pain blocker turns off nerve signals


LESS THAN LETHAL
LESS THAN LETHALThink of it as a super-charged paintball gun. That’s what some soldiers in Iraq are using to deal with troublemakers on the streets of Baghdad.
• Paintball in Baghdad
• Graphic:The FN 303
• Halting vehicles


NEWS FROM THE FRONT
NEWS FROM THE FRONTReporter Andrew Scutro and photographer M. Scott Mahaskey are spending a month with the Navy and Marine Corps throughout Iraq and the Persian Gulf. The latest from their trip to 5th Fleet:
• Blog: ‘Outlaws’ vs. insurgents is familiar face-off in Rawah
• Video: Seabees: Outside the wire
• Video: Seabees: Maintenance at TQ
• Video: Seabees: The SWA Hut
• Video: Seabees: Project Runway
• SecNav visits Anbar
• Official 5th Fleet Web site
• More photos, video & updates


THE BIG GAME: ARMY-NAVY
THE BIG GAME: ARMY-NAVY‘Eat, Drink and Beat Navy’
The creator of high-octane “Ranger Coffee” really wants the Army to beat the Navy in this Saturday’s game in Philadelphia, so much so that he’s launched a video in supporting the Army underdogs.
Everything you need to know about college ball’s best rivalry
• Teams meet Dec. 2
• Black Knights: Running game could be key
• Midshipmen: Backup QB leads offense
• Complete 2006 Army stats
• Complete 2006 Navy stats


 Hot Topics
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Testing their mettle
• Anthrax vaccine: Do you agree with mandatory anthrax vaccinations?
• Stopping power: Is the 5.56 mm round good enough to get the job done?
• More ways to get involved		 A Stryker brigade will deploy to Iraq next year with a wearable computer designed to cut through the fog of war.
• Read the story.
• See the 360-degree tour.		 Brawlers put skills to the test at Combatives Tournament. Read the story.
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• See the video
Army teams dominated the sixth annual International Sniper Competition. Read the story.
• Video: The sixth annual International Sniper Competition
•Photo slideshow: Snipers in action

 Print links
• GOP lawmaker objects to veterans group’s grades
• Disability claims: Rules on aggravation of nonservice-connected disabilities revised
• The spec ops stretch: Plan has community uneasy
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FASHIONABLE EYEWEAR   NEWS   TRAINING IRAQIS
FASHIONABLE EYEWEARNew options in sight
Six new civilian-style eyeglass frames were introduced Nov. 1 for issue to the military. Read the story
• Photo gallery:Civilian-style glasses


 NEWSThey gave their lives
America reached another somber wartime milestone in mid-September as the death toll among U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan reached 3,000, surpassing the total number of victims who died on Sept. 11, 2001.
• Video: Public reaction
• Where they came from
• Honor the Fallen


 TRAINING IRAQISThe one-star general who oversees the troops training Iraqi security forces says that to make that mission a success, the Army needs to do a better job of selecting the people it sends to do it. (more)
• Firsthand accounts: Interviews with soldiers that have trained Iraqis


 This Week's Question:
Do you think the change in control of Congress from Republicans to Democrats in January will lead to a quicker pullout of American troops from Iraq?
Yes, troops will be withdrawn quicker, and that is the right move to make.
Yes, troops will be withdrawn quicker, but that would be a mistake.
No, the change in Congress will have no impact on troop withdrawals.
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