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National Defense December 2012 Dan Parsons	Soldiers Test Impact of Virtual Training on Live-Fire Performance During a recent exercise called Bold Quest, held at Ft. Benning, Ga., soldiers and Marines tried their hands at the latest virtual training technology. The event was aimed at studying whether and how such training can augment live exercises at the small-unit level.
National Defense December 2012 Sandra I. Erwin	Budget Cuts, Fuels Costs Could Spur Military Spending on Virtual Training The Air Force estimates it could save about $1.7 billion over five years by reducing flying hours by 5 percent and shifting more of its pilot and crew training to simulators.
National Defense December 2012 Stew Magnuson	Latest Homeland Security Fronts: Arctic, Bahamas, California Littorals Transnational criminal organizations pose a security threat, the National Security Council declared in 2011.
National Defense December 2012 Valerie Insinna	Hurricane Sandy Puts New National Guard Command Mechanism to Work As Hurricane Sandy moved toward the East Coast at the end of October, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and affected governors agreed to appoint dual status commanders who could direct federal and National Guard forces.
Chemistry World November 7, 2012	Multi-million dollar payouts for US soldiers exposed to hexavalent chromium A US federal court has awarded more than $85 million to 12 Oregon National Guard soldiers who alleged that military contractor Kellogg, Brown and Root knowingly exposed them to hexavalent chromium, a known carcinogen.
National Defense December 2012 Emilio Iasiello	Identifying Cyber-Attackers to Require High-Tech Sleuthing Skills The White House released in May 2011 the first "International Strategy for Cyberspace." This policy document promotes the U.S. vision for the future of the Internet and the nation's role in shaping that plan.
National Defense December 2012 Thomas A. Benes	Navy, Marine Corps Rethink Expeditionary Warfare Expeditionary warfare is evolving to meet the demands of a future beyond the Iraq-Afghanistan conflicts. The Navy is rebalancing its forward deployment posture, and the Marine Corps is in transition from land-centric warfare.
National Defense December 2012 Dan Parsons	Water, Water Everywhere ... That Troops Can't Drink Napoleon Bonaparte is credited with saying that an army marches on its stomach. But an even more important tactical necessity than food is the availability of clean drinking water.
National Defense December 2012 Yasmin Tadjdeh	New Senate Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Caucus to Tackle Privacy Issues While Washington lawmakers remain deeply divided down party lines, several senators have reached across the aisle to form a new unmanned aerial vehicle caucus.
AFP eWire November 6, 2012	Help Protect the Charitable Deduction: Attend the Charitable Giving Coalition's Capitol Hill Event AFP, as chair of the Charitable Giving Coalition, invites its U.S. members to attend the Charitable Giving Coalition's inaugural Capitol Hill fly-in event, "Protect Giving-DC Days," on Dec. 4 and 5.
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