<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Military</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/nation/specials/nationalsecurity/military?nav=rss_nation/specials/nationalsecurity/military</link><description>Military</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Bomb Kills 25 at Funeral in Northern Iraq]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30278-2005May2.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/nationalsecurity/military</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30278-2005May2.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/nationalsecurity/military</guid><pubDate>Mon, 2 May 2005 15:05:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ BAGHDAD, May 1  --  A suicide car bomber drove into a gathering of mourners at a funeral for a slain political leader Sunday in northern Iraq, killing 25 people and wounding at least 30, a provincial official said.]]></description><author> Caryle Murphy</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honing the Art Of Mediation in Divided Kirkuk]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30279-2005May2.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/nationalsecurity/military</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30279-2005May2.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/nationalsecurity/military</guid><pubDate>Mon, 2 May 2005 15:05:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ KIRKUK, Iraq  --  Back in Idaho, Lt. Col. Anthony Wickham works as the Army National Guard liaison to the state government. His primary responsibility is to develop disaster plans for emergencies such as fires, blizzards and floods.]]></description><author> Steve Fainaru</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[16 Iraqis, U.S. Soldier Die as Insurgents Launch String of Attacks]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28757-2005May1.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/nationalsecurity/military</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28757-2005May1.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/nationalsecurity/military</guid><pubDate>Mon, 2 May 2005 15:05:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ BAGHDAD, May 1 --  Gunmen killed five Iraqi policeman at a Baghdad checkpoint early Sunday after a day of bombings and shootings killed at least 11 Iraqis and an American soldier. Also on Saturday, the U.S. military announced that four other Americans had died in hostilities on Thursday.]]></description><author> Ellen Knickmeyer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Workforce Planning Broadens Navy's Horizons]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28657-2005May1.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/nationalsecurity/military</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28657-2005May1.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/nationalsecurity/military</guid><pubDate>Mon, 2 May 2005 15:05:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  The questions arise at almost every large federal agency: Is there reliable data on the workforce? Is there a plan to recruit the workforce of the future?]]></description><author> Stephen Barr</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iraqi Unit Brings Calm To a Rebel Stronghold]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21596-2005Apr28.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/nationalsecurity/military</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21596-2005Apr28.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/nationalsecurity/military</guid><pubDate>Mon, 2 May 2005 15:05:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ BAGHDAD  --  The Iraqi platoon slips in darkness down a path from an abandoned rail yard to a cemetery in Haifa, a Baghdad district long notorious for insurgent ambushes.]]></description><author> Ann Scott Tyson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Insurgent Violence Escalates in Iraq]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12417-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/nationalsecurity/military</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12417-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/nationalsecurity/military</guid><pubDate>Mon, 2 May 2005 15:05:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Ambushes and kidnappings targeting Iraqis and foreigners have surged this month while the new government is caught up in power struggles over cabinet positions.]]></description><author> Ellen Knickmeyer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enrollment in ROTC Down 16 Percent]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12418-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/nationalsecurity/military</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12418-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/nationalsecurity/military</guid><pubDate>Mon, 2 May 2005 15:05:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Nationwide enrollment has slipped over the past two years, leaving the program, which commissions more than six of every 10 new Army officers each year, with its fewest participants in nearly a decade.]]></description><author> Josh White</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rights Groups Reject Prison Abuse Findings]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12400-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/nationalsecurity/military</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12400-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/nationalsecurity/military</guid><pubDate>Mon, 2 May 2005 15:05:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Human rights groups  expressed dismay yesterday over the Army's findings exonerating U.S. generals of prisoner abuse in Iraq, and renewed requests for an independent probe to examine the culpability of senior military and civilian defense officials.]]></description><author> Josh White</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iraqi Tips Lead to Arrest of 6 in Helicopter Downing]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12401-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/nationalsecurity/military</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12401-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/nationalsecurity/military</guid><pubDate>Mon, 2 May 2005 15:05:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ BAGHDAD, April 23  --  Assisted by tips from Iraqi civilians, U.S. soldiers on Saturday arrested six men suspected of shooting down a civilian helicopter carrying 11 people, including six American security contractors, U.S. military officials said.]]></description><author> Caryle Murphy</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Private Security Workers Living on Edge in Iraq]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10547-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/nationalsecurity/military</link><guid 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Korea.]]></description><author> Anthony Faiola</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Senior Army Officers Are Cleared in Abuse Cases]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10546-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/nationalsecurity/military</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10546-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/nationalsecurity/military</guid><pubDate>Mon, 2 May 2005 15:05:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[An Army inspector general's report has cleared senior Army officers of wrongdoing in the abuse of military prisoners in Iraq and elsewhere.]]></description><author> Josh White</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Army Soldier Is Convicted In Attack on Fellow Troops]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7210-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/nationalsecurity/military</link><guid 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doubled in four years, military officials and congressional leaders said yesterday that the Pentagon needs to rethink the generous coverage it provides or risk making sacrifices in other areas of the Defense Department budget.]]></description><author> Ceci Connolly</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commander Seeks Alternate Uses for ICBMs]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6219-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/nationalsecurity/military</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6219-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/nationalsecurity/military</guid><pubDate>Mon, 2 May 2005 15:05:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The commander of the Air Force Space Command denied yesterday that his 500 nuclear-armed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles are mere "Cold War icons" and said he is preparing alternative uses for the ICBMs, including arming them with conventional warheads to attack surface or deeply buried targets.]]></description><author> Walter Pincus</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sectarian Strife Rises in Iraq]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4390-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/nationalsecurity/military</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4390-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/nationalsecurity/military</guid><pubDate>Mon, 2 May 2005 15:05:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The bodies of 19 Iraqi soldiers were found piled in a soccer stadium in western Iraq. At the same time, police announced the discovery of 58 corpses, also suspected victims of insurgents, floating in the Tigris River.]]></description><author> Ellen Knickmeyer and Caryle Murphy</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Horror Seen From Inside of a Humvee in Iraq]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6110-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/nationalsecurity/military</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6110-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/nationalsecurity/military</guid><pubDate>Mon, 2 May 2005 15:05:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[U.S. troops on patrol in the largely ungoverned lands known as the "throat of Baghdad" understand that no matter how hard they try, any mission could be their last.]]></description><author> Ann Scott Tyson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Levin Assails Officials' Post-Resignation Roles]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2638-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/nationalsecurity/military</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2638-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/nationalsecurity/military</guid><pubDate>Mon, 2 May 2005 15:05:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Pentagon plan to allow senior defense official to remain involved in a major internal review of missions and weapons after he leaves the Defense Department later this year draws complaints.]]></description><author> Bradley Graham</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush to Name Marine  To Lead Joint Chiefs]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2642-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/nationalsecurity/military</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2642-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/nationalsecurity/military</guid><pubDate>Mon, 2 May 2005 15:05:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ President Bush intends to name Marine Gen. Peter Pace the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, officials said yesterday, replacing Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers, whose term ends this autumn.]]></description><author> Bradley Graham</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Va. Soldier Described 'Bad Feeling,' Father Says]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3072-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/nationalsecurity/military</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3072-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/nationalsecurity/military</guid><pubDate>Mon, 2 May 2005 15:05:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Tromaine K. Toy Sr. was a husband, father and soldier, an outgoing man who left a tiny town on Virginia's Eastern Shore to serve in the Army all over the world: in Kosovo, in Korea and, finally, in Iraq.]]></description><author> Lisa Rein and Martin Weil</author></item></channel></rss>