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Q&A;: Brig. Gen. McGillicuddy reflects as his Beale command ends
May 07, 2012

Soldier from West Sacramento dies in Afghanistan
April 26, 2012

Sacramento-area soldier killed on duty in Afghanistan
April 27, 2012

Davis lamb processor lands national contract
March 29, 2012

Superior Farms of Davis lands contract with military commissaries
March 28, 2012

Citrus Heights nurse heads to the front lines -- again
January 02, 2012

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Top News Headlines: Three JP Morgan Executives to Resign
May 14, 2012 | Newsy.com

U.S. Downs Test Missile with New Interceptor, Designed to Deter Iran and North Korea
May 10, 2012 | IBTimes.com

Utah man's POW story hard to prove, historians say
April 24, 2012 | KSL - 5 Salt Lake City,

Department Of Defense Wikipedia Information

The United States Department of Defense (DOD or DoD) is the federal department charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government relating directly to national security and the military. The organization and functions of the DOD are set forth in Title 10 of the United States Code.The DOD is the major tenant of The Pentagon,...

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Watchdog Groups Identify Nearly $700 Billion in Wasteful Spending on National Security
May 09, 2012
WASHINGTON, D.C. May 8, 2012—The federal government could reduce the deficit by $688 billion over the next 10 years by cutting unneeded weapons—such as variants...

California Soldier Killed in Afghanistan
May 08, 2012
A Northern California soldier is the latest U.S. casualty in Afghanistan, according to a release by the Department of Defense.

Calif. still leads nation in Iraq, Afghan war casualties
May 01, 2012
May 1, 2012 - When Chief Warrant Officer Nicholas Johnson's Black Hawk helicopter went down during bad weather April 19, killing him and three others, he became...

NASA Tests GPS Monitoring System for Big U.S. Quakes
April 30, 2012
Location of the more than 500 real-time GPS monitoring stations in the western United States that make up the Real-Time Earthquake Analysis for Disaster...

DOD Announces Policy Reform: SWAN: "Biggest Step Thus Far to Combat Military Sexual Assault"
April 17, 2012
WASHINGTON, D.C. April 17, 2012 - Today the Service Women's Action Network (SWAN) released a statement praising the recent announcement on sexual assault policy...

11 Calif. lawmakers support contentious cybersecurity bill
April 10, 2012
April 10, 2012 - Eleven California lawmakers are among the more than 100 co-sponsors of an increasingly controversial cybersecurity bill that would make it...

Other local news reports

Yuba City soldier killed in Afghanistan
May 09, 2012 | AppealDemocrat
A U.S. Army soldier from Yuba City was killed earlier this week when his unit was attacked with an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan, the Department of Defense has...

Department of Defense honors Beale airman who makes a difference
November 20, 2011 | AppealDemocrat
When U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Leray Smedley offered to help start a school readiness program at Edgewater Elementary School, program coordinator Rebecca Knudson recalled she...

Campaign 2012: Dias mounts second challenge in Yuba County
March 27, 2012 | AppealDemocrat
The county Public Works employee said a past role as a technician for the U.S. Department of Defense gave him the necessary... ...

Goodbye, Global Hawk?
January 26, 2012 | AppealDemocrat
Beale Air Force Base's Block 30 of the Global Hawk mission was identified Thursday as one recommended sacrifice as the Department of Defense tries to slash $487 billion from its...

From around the web

Army names Fort Carson soldier killed Friday in Afghanistan
May 14, 2012 | Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local
The Department of Defense today identified the Fort Carson soldier who was killed Friday when his unit was attacked small-arms fire in Bagram, Afghanistan. ...

Johnston students excel at state History Day contest
May 13, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
Students advancing from the senior and junior division contests will compete against nearly 2,500 students from the United States, Guam, America Samoa, Department of Defense ...

'' It did not bother you to see the world tiny and unprotected, surrounded by darkness?
May 10, 2012 | MetaFilter
Only again, that was not the first photo... that honor fell to a Department of Defense satellite called DODGE who took the very first single-frame color photo of the Earth two...

Loebsack amendment would block removal of warplanes
May 11, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
The provision requires a Department of Defense ... ' -- This pause would preserve Air Guard capabilities to accomplish its many missions while the Department of Defense and the...

US Government Has More'' Big Data'' Than It Knows What to Do With
May 10, 2012 | Read/WriteWeb
But that may not be the whole picture, as 31% of the IT professionals polled whose agencies are affiliated with the Department of Defense or with intelligence (about 23 in all...

Report says nearly 1 in 5 Iowa high school grads flunk Army academic test
April 30, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
The Department of Defense estimates that 75 percent of young Americans are unable to serve in the military and one of the biggest reasons is poor educational achievement, Pierce...

Department Of Defense on twitter

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