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From: gretchen@mail.iava.org
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Subject: IAVA Daily News Brief- August 19, 2014
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 07:23:14 -0600
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IAVA Daily News Brief - Tuesday August 19, 2014
Senior Airman Austin Daniel flies with the Raiders Flight Demonstration Team on Wednesday in a Yakovlev Yak-52 demonstration aircraft over the beaches of Atlantic City, N.J., during the Thunder Over the Boardwalk Air Show. Daniel is an airman with the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing. | Military Times >> |
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| AFGHANISTAN |
Many in Afghanistan fear the Taliban insurgency will gain strength and further destabilize the country once foreign troops leave. But residents of Herat have a unique vantage point because of their proximity to Iran, which has been accused of giving support to both the Taliban and the national government in pursuit of its own interests. | Stars and Stripes >> While war raged across Afghanistan, expats lived in a bubble of good times and easy money. But as the U.S. withdraws, life has taken a deadly turn. | Rolling Stone >>
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| IRAQ |
The United States has expanded its air campaign in Iraq, striking Islamic State targets near the strategic Mosul Dam for a third day Monday and using land-based bombers. | Stars and Stripes >>Pope Francis on Monday endorsed the use of force to stop Islamic militants from attacking religious minorities in Iraq but said the international community - and not just one country - should decide how to intervene. | Associated Press >>
As Kurdish forces in Iraq, backed by United States airstrikes, fought for strategic gains against Sunni militants, Britain's defense minister was quoted on Monday as telling air force personnel that the campaign against the insurgents would last "weeks and months" and was no longer simply a humanitarian affair. | New York Times >> |
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| MILITARY AFFAIRS |
The U.S. Navy said its jet-powered, bat-winged X-47B drone has conducted carrier deck operations and performed maneuvers alongside an F/A-18 fighter jet, marking the first time manned and unmanned aircraft have operated together on the same carrier. | LA Times >> Military aircrews may no longer have to choose between staying safe and staying cool. The U.S. Army's new personal cooling systems, worn underneath body armor, can help troops beat the heat, without removing their protective gear. | Fox News >>
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While focused primarily on reform of the Veterans Health Administration, the Veterans' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2014 also provides good news for vets attending state-funded schools under the post-9/11 GI Bill. | Nextgov >>
WOMEN IN WAR looks at American women's increasing participation in war-from Vietnam to the present-as nurses, soldiers, journalists, diplomats and spies. Among those featured are Linda Bray, the first woman to lead troops into battle, and Valerie Plame Wilson, whose career was sabotaged after she was "outed" as a high-level spy. | Makers >>
The recent Ebola outbreak and other biological and medical threats underscore the fact that it is US military docs who are on the frontline in keeping America safe. The US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) and the Department of Defense's Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) have for years been developing the most promising technologies to counter biological threats. | Fox News >>
The body of a missing pregnant wife of a Marine based in California was found over the weekend and her former neighbor was arrested in connection with her death, police in San Bernardino County said. | CNN >>
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| NEW GREATEST GENERATION |
When Jesus Yanez joined the Marine Corps in 1993, military service became a way of life. More than 20 years later, the 39-year-old has a rather unusual military resumé. Deployed to Afghanistan from the Texas Air National Guard's 204th Security Forces Squadron, Yanez has served in the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps. | Stars and Stripes >> People who carry on with missionary zeal about the poetry of sailing are probably not manning a bilge pump or scrubbing a hull, but the poetry is there. It's there when the sailor captures the basic physics of wind, water and sail to create seamless motion. For those who love the sport, there's no joy to match it. That very particular joy was shared over the weekend with a group of combat veterans, wounded warriors invited to participate with their families in a learn-to-sail seminar on Grapevine Lake. | Dallas Morning News >>
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Writer Eliot Ackerman, former Marine officer and veteran of five deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, explains what being a man means to him: It's protecting what you love. Unfortunately, that notion is often at odds with the job of a soldier. | NPR >>
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| INSIDE WASHINGTON |
The militarized police response to protests in Ferguson, Missouri, is forcing members of Congress to explain their ongoing support for a Pentagon program that provides local law enforcement with weapons used in war zones -- and how, if at all, they plan to change it. | Huffington Post >>
A Navy captain and his wife are suing the Defense Department on behalf of their daughter after the military's family health care provider upheld a decision to deny payment for years of physical therapy. | Stars and Stripes >>
For years, public officials and organizations have warned veterans not to waste their education benefits at bad schools. But those warnings have almost always neglected to detail which schools are "bad." "On every base, there's a list of not-recommended businesses for active duty," said D. Wayne Robinson, president and chief executive officer of Student Veterans of America. "There should be the same for schools." SVA tried to create such a list itself in July. The backlash that followed may explain why others have been reluctant. | Navy Times >> |
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