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  • Army: Don’t move chemical weapons
    HONOLULU — Chemical weapons dumped in deep water five miles south of Pearl Harbor after World War II should remain at the site because moving them could pose more of a threat to people and the environment, the Army said Friday.

  • VA: 3 vets test positive at St. Louis clinic
    ST. LOUIS — Three veterans treated at the St. Louis VA Medical Center’s dental clinic have tested positive for hepatitis and further testing will be necessary to determine if inadequately sterilized dental equipment is to blame, VA officials said Friday.

  • Air Force IDs 4 killed in C-17 crash
    ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska — The military has identified the four airmen killed Wednesday when their C-17 Globemaster III crashed at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage.

  • Casualties in Afghanistan soar to record highs
    KABUL, Afghanistan — In a summer of suffering, America’s military death toll in Afghanistan is rising, with back-to-back record months for U.S. losses in the grinding conflict. All signs point to more bloodshed in the months ahead, straining the already shaky international support for the war.

  • Petraeus COIN guidance put online, taken down
    Soon after the new Afghan counterinsurgency guidance issued by Army Gen. David Petraeus went up on two Internet sites, it was pulled off again. But it is not expected to change drastically when it is rereleased publicly.

  • Soldier accused of leaks arrives at U.S. brig
    WASHINGTON — The Army says a soldier charged with leaking U.S. war secrets to the Wikileaks website would be tried at a military installation in the Washington area if a general court-martial is ordered.

  • Child care fees to climb for some
    Military couples with combined annual incomes greater than $85,000 will see substantial fee increases at child development centers under a new fee structure announced July 30 by the Defense Department.

  • USAFE chief: Don’t rely on UAVs
    The Air Force’s top officer in Europe has a strong message for supporters of unmanned aircraft: Remotely piloted planes won’t be as effective in future wars as they are in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • 3 U.S. troops die in southern Afghanistan
    KABUL, Afghanistan — Three more U.S. troops have been killed in Afghanistan, bringing the U.S. death toll for July to at least 66 and making it the deadliest month for American forces in the nearly 9-year-war.

  • Mystery deepens over why sailors left base
    KABUL, Afghanistan — The discovery of the body of a second sailor who vanished in Afghanistan last week only deepened the mystery of the men’s disappearance nearly 60 miles from their base in a dangerous area controlled by the Taliban.