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A Vietnam vet's growing database and his quest to prevent 'forgotten valor'

Wiry and quick at age 62, Doug Sterner nearly leaped out of his chair to pull a folder off a shelf. It was a list of Army medal recipients that couldn’t possibly exist. Officials believed the only copies of personnel files needed to assemble it — along with some 18 million files in total — were consumed in a fire at a military personnel records center in St. Louis in 1973.

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Judge begins 5-day hearing in Pfc. Manning Wikileaks case

A defense attorney for an Army private charged in the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history is renewing a request to have two of the 22 charges against his client dropped.
Pentagon sending aircraft carrier to Mideast early 13:01 July 16, 2012
Court-martial to begin in Texas base sex scandal 11:21 July 16, 2012
US Army sending 11 soldiers to Summer Olympics 13:08 July 16, 2012
Updated PTSD program means better care for vets 12:31 July 16, 2012

Navy identifies dead USS George Washington sailor

A 20-year-old sailor who died Saturday after falling from the aircraft carrier USS George Washington was identified by Navy officials Monday.
11:20 July 16, 2012
Military mentor to NKorean leader dismissed 10:49 July 16, 2012
Sri Lanka navy arrests 109 on boat bound for Australia 10:43 July 16, 2012
Post-election violence persists in East Timor 10:37 July 16, 2012
Waterfall-like rain eases in Japan, but 28 dead 12:12 July 16, 2012

2 Americans kidnapped in Egypt's Sinai are freed

Two American tourists and their Egyptian guide who were abducted by a Bedouin in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula last week were released unharmed on Monday, a security official and the kidnapper told The Associated Press.
Rights group: UAE deports online activist 13:47 July 16, 2012
Egypt urged to end military trials of civilians 12:48 July 16, 2012
Yemen: Prison official, daughter, 2 guards killed 11:11 July 16, 2012
Libyan Olympic Committee chief abducted in Tripoli 10:46 July 16, 2012

Stripes Central

Navy security team fires on boat near UAE

Sailors aboard USNS Rappahannock fired .50 caliber after warnings went unheeded.
Stripes Central

Strike group headed to Central Command early

The USS Stennis strike group will deploy just six months after returning from its previous deployment in the region.
The Ruptured Duck

Census bureau offers a new look at U.S. veterans

Infographic offers a snapshot at who makes up the nation’s veterans population, where they live and where they work.
Pacific Storm Tracker

Tropical Depression 08W, # 2

08W forecast to knife between Okinawa and Kyushu on Tuesday, crash ashore on Korea’s south coast on Wednesday.
Pacific Storm Tracker

Tropical Depression 08W, # 1

New tropical depression spawns southeast of Iwo Jima, appears headed between Okinawa and Kyushu toward Korea’s west coast.
Europe Sportsblog

KMC Junior League softballers miss regional final

13-14-year-olds fall 16-3 to Czech Republic, finish 2-2 at European Regional tournament in Italy