U.S. soldiers with the 1st Cavalry Division are patrolling with Iraqi soldiers to ensure that one of Baghdad’s former hotspots for violence stays calm.

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Soldiers Help to Keep Sadr City Safe

Sgt. 1st Class Trevino L. Copeland knows a thing or two about deployments. He’s serving his seventh — and his fifth since 2001.


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Southern Afghanistan –- the home of the Taliban and host to the country’s opium industry –- is now the focus of the anti-insurgent campaign there.

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U.S. Troop Focus on Southern Afghanistan, General Says

The U.S. military is building relationships as well as local infrastructure as it participates in Balikatan, a joint, bilateral exercise in the Philippines that helps about 22,000 people in need.


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The Defense Department provided full cooperation during a U.S. Senate committee investigation that examined detainee-interrogation operations, a senior Pentagon official said.

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Spokesman Cites Pentagon Cooperation in Interrogation Probe

Afghan and U.S. troops conducted meetings with villagers in Paktia province to discuss the establishment of Combat Outpost Kalagu.


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All 64 major Air Force bases in the United States are participating in a campaign to change out incandescent bulbs with energy-efficient compact fluorescent bulbs.


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The Senate has voted to confirm Christopher R. Hill as the next U.S. ambassador to Iraq.


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The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff visited a joint-service medical research unit in Cairo and received briefings on how it operates and what threats the doctors, microbiologists and entomologists track each day.


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President Barack Obama presented the winning U.S. Naval Academy football team the Commander-In-Chief’s Trophy during a White House Rose Garden ceremony.


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