News tagged with us army
US Army suicides down, sex assaults up
The Pentagon said Thursday the number of suicides in the US Army fell last year for the first time since 2004, but that sexual assaults increased.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 20, 2012 |
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Pentagon successfully tests hypersonic flying bomb
The Pentagon on Thursday held a successful test flight of a flying bomb that travels faster than the speed of sound and will give military planners the ability to strike targets anywhere in the world in less than a hour.
Nov 17, 2011 |
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US Army purchases robotic scouts (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- By being the first to scout out an unknown building or peek over a wall, a small dumbbell-shaped robot will be taking over some of the riskiest tasks in the US Army. The robot’s maker, ...
Oct 10, 2011 |
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Online video firm Brightcove files for IPO
Brightcove, a US tech company which provides a cloud computing-based platform for online video, filed on Wednesday for an initial public offering (IPO) that aims to raise up to $50 million.
Aug 24, 2011 |
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Suicide casts long shadow after decade of war
A soldier kills himself and his wife. Another war veteran hangs himself in despair. Yet a third puts a gun to his head and pulls the trigger outside a gas station in a confrontation with Texas lawmen.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 23, 2011 |
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Army tests iOS and Android devices for potential combat usage
The US Army is beginning some interesting testing. They are considering dropping out some of the bulkier and significantly more expensive communications gear currently carried by soldiers, and replacing it ...
Jun 03, 2011 |
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US Army enlists Facebook, Twitter
The US Army said on Monday it had launched a fan page on Facebook and established an office for online "social media," despite security rules that limit soldiers' access to networking sites.
Apr 27, 2009 |
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