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Ground broken on MACH replacement
The public got a peek at the locale for Fort Benning's new hospital last week.
Army, post and civic leaders gathered Friday near the banks of Upatoi Creek for a groundbreaking ceremony at what will become the replacement for Martin Army Community Hospital in three years.
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598th returns from Afghanistan during tornado
The 598th Maintenance Company arrived home just ahead of a powerful tornado outbreak that swept across Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia.
Nearly 120 Soldiers returned Wednesday evening from a yearlong deployment to Afghanistan, when the storm system moved south toward the tricommunity area.
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Former Infantry commandant, Talbott dies
Lt. Gen. Orwin C. Talbott, 92, of 6200 Oregon Ave. NW, Washington, D.C., a former commandant of the Infantry School at Fort Benning, died at Walter Reed Army Medical Center April 26 following a heart attack.
Talbott was commanding general at Fort Benning in 1969 when it became his decision as base commander whether to try Lt. William Calley for murder in the notorious My Lai massacre incident.
Talbott decided to try Calley, and the subsequent court martial received worldwide attention.
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Memorial dedication honors OIF Soldiers
A memorial and dedication ceremony was held Wednesday on Kelley Hill for two Soldiers killed during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Two buildings, the CW2 Johnny Villareal Mata Weapons and Electronics Sustainment Facility and the SFC David James Salie Directorate of Logistics Warehouse Complex, were dedicated in honor of their namesakes.
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Army accelerates app innovation, delivery
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, May 2, 2011) -- The Army is now developing another "Apps for the Army" challenge which will be the next increment of the Army Marketplace.
The challenge is expected to launch in 2012 with expanded participation, to include both public and industry developers.
"In 2010, the Apps for the Army challenge provided a venue for internal Army early adopters and innovators," said Gary Blohm, lead for software transformation within the Army Chief Information Office/G-6. "This time the Army wants to tap into industry, and not just for its well-known application development capabilities, but to help them look at new ways to broaden third party participation in the marketplace."
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Task force assesses impact of bin Laden's death
FORWARD OPERATING BASE SHARANA, Afghanistan, May 2, 2011 -- News of Osama bin Laden's death raced through the tents and plywood buildings that make up the headquarters of the 101st Airborne Division's 4th Brigade Combat Team here, this morning.
Within minutes of the president's televised announcement brigade leaders met this morning in their daily battle update briefing, and Soldiers checked in by cell phone with buddies on other parts of the post: "OK, just wanted to be sure you heard."
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Summitt covers civilians' roles as professionals
 FORT BELVOIR, Va., May 2, 2011 -- More than 30 of the most senior career Army Civilians met April 15, 2011, at Fort Belvoir, Va., to discuss the Army Civilian Corps' role in the ongoing Army Profession of Arms campaign.
Hosted by Anthony J. Stamilio, deputy assistant secretary of the Army, Manpower and Reserve Affairs, and Volney J. Warner, president of Army Civilian University.
The summit took place at the Army Management Staff College and consisted of the top level senior executives from across the Army.
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MOH recipients inducted into Hall of Heroes
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, May 3, 2011) -- The names of two Korean War Soldiers posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor were placed into the Hall of Heroes during a ceremony May 3, 2011, at the Pentagon.
The families of medal recipients Pfc. Anthony T. Kaho'ohanohano and Pfc. Henry Svehla were present at the ceremony. The families had received the medals from President Barack Obama on behalf of the two Soldiers during a ceremony at the White House just a day prior.
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Corrected information on bin Laden raid
WASHINGTON, May 3, 2011 - Osama bin Laden was not armed, but did resist an American military team raiding his compound in Pakistan on May 1, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said today.
Initial statements said bin Laden had been armed, and that he used his wife as a shield during the raid that killed him.
The team methodically cleared the one-acre, two-building compound, moving from room to room in an operation lasting nearly 40 minutes, Carney said. "They were engaged in a firefight throughout the operation, and Osama bin Laden was killed by the assaulting force," he added.
On the first floor of bin Laden's building, the team killed two al-Qaida couriers. A woman also was killed in crossfire. The team found bin Laden and his family on the second and third floors of the building.
"There was concern that bin Laden would oppose [the capture operation], and indeed, he did resist," Carney said. "In the room with bin Laden, ... bin Laden's wife rushed the U.S. assaulter and was shot in the leg, but not killed. Bin Laden was then shot and killed. He was not armed."
Government officials are not going to give out any more operational details of the raid. A senior Defense Department official said Americans need to understand that the raid was a clandestine operation, and while it has huge international consequences and some portions of the raid should be known, "we feel it is important to protect these operational details."
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