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Male soldiers in Germany are growing breasts

Like armies everywhere, the German military is filled with macho, chest-thumping rituals. But one battalion has found there's a downside to all that chest-thumping: The male soldiers are growing breasts — and only on their left sides.

 

Avalanche buries 100 Pakistani soldiers on glacier

An avalanche smashed into a Pakistani army base on a Himalayan glacier along the Indian border on Saturday, burying around 100 soldiers, the military said....

 

Some soldiers prefer amputations rather than damaged limbs, now that prosthetics are so good

Some soldiers prefer amputations rather than damaged limbs, now that prosthetics are so good

Wounded troops are making choices that predecessors from earlier wars never had: whether to trade poorly functioning limbs for microprocessor-driven ...

 

Soldier: I was ordered to delete Ft. Hood video

A soldier says he shot cell phone video during last year's Fort Hood deadly rampage but that an officer ordered him to delete the footage.

 

U.S. soldiers accused of killing Afghans for sport

U.S. soldiers accused of killing Afghans for sport

Platoon members charged with dismembering and photographing corpses, as well as hoarding a skull and other human bones, Army sources reveal.

 

Recipient Calls Medal of Honor 'Bittersweet'

The first living person to receive the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War said Wednesday that he's just an "average" soldier, describing the honor as both overwhelming and "bittersweet."

 

Thai protesters storm into TV compound

Thai protesters storm into TV compound

Thai anti-government protesters stormed Friday into a telecom company compound where authorities had shut down their vital TV channel, as soldiers and riot police failed to hold them back with tear gas and water cannons....

 

Father Accused of Waterboarding 4-Year-Old Daughter, Report Claims

Father Accused of Waterboarding 4-Year-Old Daughter, Report Claims

A US soldier has been accused of "waterboarding" his four-year-old daughter because she would not recite her ABCs. Joshua Tabor, 27, of Yelm, Wash., allegedly beat the child before holding her head under water Sunday night in the family's kitchen sink ...

 

Military drops pregnancy ban in Iraq

The U.S. military has dropped a controversial rule that called for punishing soldiers in northern Iraq for becoming pregnant or impregnating another soldier.

 

High court rejects suit over gays in military

High court rejects suit over gays in military

A former Army captain who was dismissed under a federal law dealing with gays and lesbians in the military lost his appeal Monday at the U.S. Supreme Court.

 

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