Amid the legislation and indignation sparked by the military’s sexual abuse crisis, male rape survivors are stepping forward to remind officials that men are targeted more often than women inside a tough-guy culture that, they say, routinely deems male victims as “liars and trouble makers.”
Source: nbcnews.to
Financial strain pushes many veterans to the breaking point
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Hundreds of thousands of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans have been flying home to a fresh fox hole: A debt crater that’s sucking in entire military families and could be helping to fuel the veteran suicide crisis.
Source: nbcnews.to
Navy SEALs ‘make James Bond look like a wimp’
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MIAMI – Since the U.S. Navy began its special Sea, Air, Land Teams, commonly known as the U.S. Navy SEALs, in 1962, little about them has been made public.
Source: nbcnews.to
Top admiral: US can intercept a North Korean missile
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If North Korea decides to launch a missile, the United States is ready to respond and is capable of intercepting it, a top U.S. military commander told Congress on Tuesday.
Source: nbcnews.to
Only weeks after amputation, combat vet swoops slopes with Sochi dreams
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An Iraq war veteran who yearns to snowboard next March at the Sochi Paralympics recently told a priest he would give his left leg to compete for his country. And then, he did.
Source: nbcnews.to
US Marine kills two colleagues at Quantico base
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A Marine opened fire on two of his comrades Thursday night at a base in Quantico, Va., before turning the gun on himself, leaving all three dead, military officials said.
Source: nbcnews.to
Obama urged to step in to fix VA backlog
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The president must answer a key question: With claims piling up and thousands of troops returning home, should VA Sec. Eric Shinseki be replaced?
Source: nbcnews.to
7 young Marines killed in tragic accident identified
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The names of seven Marines — the youngest just 19, the oldest 26 years old — who were killed when a mortar exploded during a live-fire training exercise at an Army munitions depot in the Nevada desert were released Wednesday by Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.
Source: nbcnews.to
7 Marines killed in explosion during training exercise at Army depot in Nevada
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Seven U.S. Marines were killed and at least seven wounded when a mortar exploded during a live-fire training exercise overnight at an Army munitions depot in the Nevada desert, military officials told NBC News.
Source: nbcnews.to
Veteran’s anonymous gift to soldier’s girlfriend goes viral
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A small gesture by an anonymous veteran paying it forward to a serviceman’s loved one has inspired more than one million fans, after a photo of the act of kindness went viral.
Source: nbcnews.to
Ten years after Iraq invasion, US troops ask: ‘Was it worth it?’
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Derek Coy hails from Baytown, Texas, and could be a poster child for American veterans of the war in Iraq as they look back and ask: “Was it all worth it?”
Source: nbcnews.to
Under cover of darkness, Afghan women head to battle
(Photo: NBC News)
In a country where equality is still a huge unresolved issue, on the battlefield, women are making remarkable strides.
Source: nbcnews.to
In wake of Benghazi, rapid response Marine unit heading to Europe
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Highlighting the continuing fallout from the Sept. 11, 2012 attack on an American consulate in Libya that took the lives of four Americans, defense officials told NBC News on Wednesday that the U.S. Marine Corps is on the verge of announcing a new group tasked with crisis response in north Africa and eastern Europe.
Source: usnews.nbcnews.com
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