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FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2010 file photo, U.S. Army Pfc. Brandon Martin, of Tuscon, Ariz., left, and Pfc. Richard Flynn, of Starke, Fla., of Tactical Command Post, HQ Company, 2-502 Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, take up a fighting position behind a barrier, during a joint patrol with the Afghan Army, in Zhari district, Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan. Iowa's second-largest city has managed to keep flooding at bay largely because of the barriers that were widely used to protect soldiers in Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan. Crews in Cedar Rapids hastily erected Hesco barriers along miles of the Cedar River through neighborhoods and downtown. As of Tuesday morning, Sept. 27, 2016, the sand-filled containers had protected thousands of properties. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

California veterans forced to repay decade-old bonuses; Pentagon ripped by lawmakers

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Report: California soldiers must repay enlistment bonuses

Associated Press

In a photo provided by the the Michigan National Guardf, Gov. Rick Snyder and Brig. Gen. Leonard Isabelle, Jr., hold up House bill 5451 after the governor’s signing of the bill at the Michigan National Guard Joint Force Headquarters in Lansing, Mich., Tuesday, July 1, 2014. Behind Snyder Maj. Gen. Gregory Vadnais and members of the Michigan Department of Veterans Affairs. (AP Photo/ Master Sgt. Denice Rankin)

Federal budget crunch idles Guard units across US

By RUSS BYNUM and DAN SEWELL - Associated Press

This photo taken Jan. 28, 2014, shows a Coast Guard officer following traffic on his screen while facing a dense fog which is almost completely eliminating visibility during a patrol off the San Diego coast in San Diego. With the drug war locking down land routes across Latin America and at the U.S. border, smugglers have been increasingly using large vessels to carry multi-ton loads of cocaine and marijuana hundreds of miles offshore, where the lead federal agency with extensive law enforcement powers is the Coast Guard, a military service roughly the size of the New York Police Department. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)

Seafaring drug smugglers challenging Coast Guard

By Elliott Spagat and Julie Watson - Associated Press

SGT. SHAFT: Does a veteran’s ex-wife qualify for benefits?

By Sgt. Shaft - The Washington Times