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                    [Title] => NATO tests its capabilities and wants Russia to take note
                    [Summary] => 

NATO is putting on its most fearsome display of military might in over a decade, a choreographed large-scale movement of soldiers, ships and planes meant to hone its capabilities as well as transmit an unmistakable signal to Russia and other possible foes.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-04 16:08:26 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1410034 [AuthorName] => John-Thor Dahlburg [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1321139 [Title] => Therapy dog helps troops deal with postwar stress [Summary] =>

After three deployments to Iraq and three to Afghanistan, Staff Sgt. Dennis Swols is agitated, prone to bouts of anger and unable to really talk about his time on the battlefield.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-09 07:08:08 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1468725 [AuthorName] => Lolita C. Baldor [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1315180 [Title] => As Army shrinks, young officers being pushed out [Summary] =>

After the 9/11 attacks, tens of thousands of young men and women joined the military, heading for the rugged mountains of Afghanistan and dusty deserts of Iraq.

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-23 02:42:19 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1468725 [AuthorName] => Lolita C. Baldor [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 515556 [Title] => Soldier's dad: Kamdesh troops were 'sitting ducks' [Summary] =>

Stationed at a remote, undermanned Army outpost in a dangerous patch of northeastern Afghanistan, Stephan Mace knew trouble was brewing. His father says the US military commanders should have also known that "they were sitting ducks."

[DatePublished] => 2009-10-20 06:30:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 435092 [Title] => NATO: 3,000 US troops deploy near Afghan capital [Summary] =>

KABUL (AP) – Thousands of US troops originally destined for Iraq have deployed south of Afghanistan's capital in the first illustration of a new military focus on the increasingly difficult fight in the South Asian nation, NATO said today.

[DatePublished] => 2009-01-27 23:02:46 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 4348 [Title] => Pinoy todas sa bomba sa Iraq [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-06-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 373547 [Title] => Fil-Am soldier killed in Iraq buried with honors [Summary] => DAGUPAN CITY — Hundreds of Dagupeños turned out yesterday for the hero’s burial here of a Filipino-American soldier who was killed in Iraq last month while attempting to evacuate his wounded comrades.

US Ambassador Kristie Kenney was expected to attend the funeral rites for Staff Sergeant Richwell Doria, but cancelled her trip at the last minute for unknown reasons.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096897 [AuthorName] => Eva Visperas [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 346927 [Title] => Fil-Am soldier dies in Iraq blast [Summary] => Another Filipino-American soldier was killed in Iraq after being wounded when an improvised explosive blew up during combat operations in Baghdad last June 29, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said yesterday.

The DFA said US Army Cpl. Christopher Rose, 21, was the sixth Filipino-American soldier to die in action in Iraq.

Rose was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 334205 [Title] => Another Fil-Am soldier killed in Baghdad [Summary] => Another Filipino-American soldier was killed in Iraq last Monday when a roadside bomb exploded while he was on a patrol.

The Star Bulletin
in Hawaii reported that Army Staff Sgt. Metodio A. Bandonill, 29, was killed when the bomb detonated near his armored vehicle in Baghdad.

It was Bandonill’s second tour in Iraq, the one his mother Virginia asked him not to take.

The newspaper report said Bandonill was a member of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) assigned to Troop B, 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team.
[DatePublished] => 2006-04-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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