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Britain's Prince Harry is shown the Apache flight-line, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012, by a member of his squadron (name not provided) at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan, where he will be operating from during his tour of duty as a co-pilot gunner. Prince Harry, also known as Capt. Harry Wales, has returned to Afghanistan to fly attack helicopters in the fight against the Taliban. (AP Photo/ John Stillwell, Pool)

Prince Harry: In Afghanistan flying Apache copters

Associated Press

Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, has been charged with premeditated murder and attempted premeditated murder in the November 2009 attack at Fort Hood, Texas. (Associated Press)

Attorneys: Fort Hood suspect Hasan offered guilty plea

By Angela K. Brown - Associated Press

** FILE ** Members of the Afghan Local Police (ALP) listen to a speech during a ceremony presenting new uniforms for the ALP at Gizab village of Uruzgan province, southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, April 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

U.S. seeks more scrutiny to stop Afghan insider attacks

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Newly graduated Afghan national police officers march during a graduation ceremony at a training center in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2011. The U.S. military has suspended training for at least a month while the process of vetting new Afghan recruits is reviewed. (Associated Press)

Training of Afghans halted after insider attacks; vetting reviewed

The Washington Times

Wesley Thomas, stepfather of Tiffany York, is tackled by courtroom security during a hearing for Sgt. Anthony Peden in Long County Superior Court on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012, in Ludowici, Ga. (AP Photo/Stephen Morton)

Ga. prosecutor seeks death penalty for 3 soldiers

By Russ Bynum - Associated Press

Soldier who lost leg works as US Open ballperson

By EDDIE PELLS - Associated Press

**FILE** U.S. Army Sgt. Anthony Peden (left), 25, and Pvt. Isaac Aguigui, 19, are led away in handcuffs Dec. 12, 2011, after appearing before a magistrate judge at the Long County Sheriff's Office in Ludowici, Ga. Peden and Aguigui are two of four soldiers in Georgia charged with killing a former comrade and his girlfriend to protect an anarchist militia group they formed that stockpiled assault weapons and plotted a range of anti-government attacks. (Associated Press)

Prosecutor: Ga. murder case uncovers terror plot by U.S. soldiers

By Russ Bynum - Associated Press

Rep. Duncan Hunter (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Military leaders urgently push for new counterterrorism software

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, has been charged with premeditated murder and attempted premeditated murder in the November 2009 attack at Fort Hood, Texas. (Associated Press)

Judge: Fort Hood suspect can be forcibly shaved

By Angela K. Brown - Associated Press

Sgt. 1st Class Josh Olson lost his right leg after being hit by an RPG in Tal Afar, Iraq, in October 2003. He's currently stationed at Fort Benning in Georgia as part of the Army's Marksmanship Unit. (Andrew S. Geraci)

An RPG took Josh Olson’s leg, but not sharpshooter’s spirit

By Nathan Fenno - The Washington Times

U.S. soldiers from the 5th Stryker Brigade take positions near their armored vehicles during a patrol on the outskirts of Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, in August 2009. Months later, they got the anti-IED gear they requested. (Associated Press)

Unit’s fight for better anti-IED software won after heavy casualties

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

The Pentagon. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Army suicides double in July from June’s total

By Robert Burns - Associated Press

In this photo from Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, Fatoum Obeid, 50, stands in a pile of trash left by Syrian soldiers who occupied her home in Atarib, Syria. In recent months, rebels have seized a huge swath of territory in northern Syria, giving them a freedom to move and organize unprecedented in the 17-month conflict. (AP Photo/Ben Hubbard)

Rebels carve out large enclave in north Syria

By Ben Hubbard - Associated Press

**FILE** Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo is seen here June 14, 2011, in Nashville, Tenn. Abdo, a Muslim soldier who was AWOL from Fort Campbell, Ky., is accused of planning to bomb a Killeen restaurant filled with Fort Hood soldiers and shoot any survivors in summer 2012. (Associated Press)

AWOL soldier gets life term for Fort Hood plot

By Sarah Kuta - Associated Press

An Army honor officer wipes his eye Aug. 7, 2012, in Cairo at the funeral of one of 16 soldiers killed in an attack over the weekend by suspected militants in Sinai. Mourners prayed for the dead at a mosque in an east Cairo suburb before the coffins, wrapped in Egypt’s red-white-and-black flag, were taken to a nearby square where a military funerary ceremony led by Defense Minister Hussein Tantawi was held. (Associated Press)

Egypt airstrikes target militants in Sinai

By Aya Batrawy - Associated Press

Illustration: Battle worn Tea Party by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: The Civil War of 2016

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

**FILE** A U.S. soldier patrols a police station after it was attacked June 19, 2012, by militants in Kandahar, Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

Confidential memo: Army intelligence software has ‘poor reliability’

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

A Somali soldier stands guard Aug. 6, 2012, in Mogadishu as Somalis gather in a stadium. Somalis took to the streets to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the ouster of al Shabab militants, the culmination of years of warfare by African Union and Somali forces that has allowed Mogadishu bask in a year of relative peace. (Associated Press)

Mogadishu celebrates 1 year since al-Shabab’s exit

By Abdi Guled - Associated Press

Indian Sikhs shout slogans Aug. 6, 2012, in front of the U.S. Consulate during a protest in Hyderabad, India, to condemn a shooting the previous day at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday that he was shocked and saddened by the shooting attack that killed six people. (Associated Press)

Gunman in Sikh temple attack was ousted Army vet, in racist bands

By Dinesh Ramde and Todd Richmond - Associated Press

**FILE ** U.S. military vehicles in Kuwait being returned to the U.S. (Army photograph)

Army’s vehicles not tough enough for bombs

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times