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• First Victory on GI Bill Today

  This afternoon, the House of Representatives made history. By an overwhelming margin, lawmakers passed the landmark new GI Bill which will make college affordable to the more than 1.6 million Iraq and Afghanistan veterans.
  

• Petaluma Marine to receive Purple Heart

  Marine Cpl. Steven Kiernan, 20 of Petaluma, will be awarded the Purple Heart Thursday afternoon at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md.
  

• Marine can?t wear uniform at graduation

  BLOOMER, Wis. ? A new Marine who?s graduating from Bloomer High School this month won?t be able to wear his military uniform during the commencement ceremony.
  

• Marines stay in Afghan town after Taliban influx

  GARMSER, Afghanistan (AP) ? U.S. Marines who once planned to be in this southern Afghan town for just a few days are extending their mission by several weeks after facing an influx of Taliban fighters.
  

• US Navy ships move closer to Myanmar, ready to help if asked: commander

  JAKARTA, Indonesia - Three U.S. Navy ships are sailing toward Myanmar, ready to deliver aid to cyclone victims if the country's military rulers allow it, a top American commander said Monday.
  

• Pentagon biggest obstacle to Democrats' GI bill

  WASHINGTON - Veterans groups say it's time to expand college aid for GIs, and Democrats want to use an election year to do it. Their biggest obstacle? The Pentagon.
  

• 31st MEU arrives in Thailand for Cobra Gold

  Marines and sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit arrived off the coast of southern Thailand on Thursday to participate in Cobra Gold 2008, a multinational exercise focusing on regional cooperation and humanitarian assistance projects.
  

• 3rd LAR remembers fallen brother

  The Marines and sailors of 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion gathered with friends and family at the Combat Center?s Sunset Cinema Thursday to honor their fallen comrade Lance Cpl. Drew W. Weaver, who was killed in action Feb. 21 in Iraq.
  

• Curious crew flows into Tassie

  HOBART'S population swelled yesterday as the crew of USS Tarawa took to the streets in what is expected to be a bumper three days for retailers and tourism operators. The 250m-long amphibious assault ship sailed proudly up the Derwent about 8am yesterday as the city turned on a perfect autumn morning.
  

• Experience increases recruit confidence in basic water skills

  MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT SAN DIEGO ? Marines are known as amphibious warriors based on their ability to assault fortified islands by sea.
  

• USS Germantown Visits Laem Chabang, Thailand

  LAEM CHABANG, Thailand ? Returning home from an extended deployment to the Fifth Fleet area of responsibility USS Germantown (LSD 42) conducted a port visit in Laem Chabang, Thailand.
  

• Sailors to pump $6m into Tassie

  THE visit of US warship USS Tarawa will pump more than $6 million into the local economy, the US Government says. The 250m amphibious assault ship will bring 3000 sailors and marines to Hobart tomorrow morning.
  

• US official: 1 shipment to be allowed to Myanmar

  WASHINGTON - The governing military junta in Myanmar has agreed to allow a single U.S. cargo aircraft to bring in relief supplies for victims of a devastating cyclone, the Bush administration said Friday.
  

• White House renews veto threat against troop funding bill

  WASHINGTON (AP) ? Congress appears increasingly unlikely to meet its goal of approving President Bush's war funding request before Memorial Day as divisions deepened among Democrats and the White House issued a fresh veto threat.
  

• Brain Injury Clinic To Open At Camp Pendleton

  CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- Any day now, a new medical facility designed specifically for troops with traumatic brain injuries will open at Camp Pendleton, 10News reported.
  

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