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New VA transport program hopes to offset transportation burder for vets with medical needs

...Currently the program operated with nine drivers who volunteer their time through RSVP in Brainerd. Leon Walker, a U.S. Air Force veteran who fought in the Korean War, had volunteered as a driver for the past nine years. Walker said after retiring...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2013-05-23/new-va-transport-program-hopes-offse
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With the Military-May 19

...maintenance supervisor for C17 planes. He enlisted in the Air Force in 2000.Air Force Airman Adam J. Keller, son of Pamela Keller, recently...Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. Air Force Airman Mary Margaret T. Jacobson, daughter of Pauline...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2013-05-17/military-may-19
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Stop Obama

...Russian helicopters for the Afghan Air Force. But wait. Just like those TV commercials...consider this. The United States Air Force is grounding 17 squadrons because...million dollars in budget cuts. Our Air Force is not able to do its mission because...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/open-forum/2013-05-13/stop-obama
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Re-elect John, Joe

...Russian helicopters for the Afghan Air Force. But wait. Just like those TV commercials...consider this. The United States Air Force is grounding 17 squadrons because...million dollars in budget cuts. Our Air Force is not able to do its mission because...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/open-forum/2013-05-13/re-elect-john-joe
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CAP receives state, national awards

...to West Point Military Academy.Capt. Carolyn "Jake" Carlson was recognized by the E.W. Rawlings Chapter of the Air Force Association as an outstanding aerospace officer and educator. Captains Norville Pervier, Larry Schmitz, and Marcel...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2013-05-07/cap-receives-state-national-awards
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ISD 181: Don't eliminate class ranking

...Duke University, University of Pennsylvania, California Institute of Technology. Other schools such as West Point, Air Force Academy, Concordia College (Moorhead), Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Scholastica, and University of Iowa ask for...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/guest-columns/2013-05-12/isd-181-don%E2%80%9
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Lingering winter chill suppressing tornadoes in 2013

...sweeping through low levels of the atmosphere, disturbing the way thunderstorms form over the Plains." The wedge of cool air forces the base of the clouds from the thunderstorms to be higher off the ground. This setup limits not only the number of...

http://brainerddispatch.com/weather/2013-05-08/lingering-winter-chill-suppressin
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Sex crimes must be untied from military command

...forward.Recent scandals in the Air Force have laid bare the pervasiveness of sexual abuse. An investigation of the Air Force's Lackland training headquarters...23 instructors. This week, the Air Force officer responsible for, of all...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/guest-columns/2013-05-08/sex-crimes-must-be-
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This was Brainerd - May 6

MAY 620 years ago (1993)Opponents of the Air Force's Ground Wave Emergency Network, which would include a tower near Lastrup, are sponsoring an informational meeting at the Brainerd...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/open-forum/2013-05-05/was-brainerd-%E2%80%94
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Political posturing

...who cried foul over sequester cuts to the point of discontinuing White House tours, brought many back to Washington on Air Force One, and now proudly trot them out as though no one else has ever lost a child.Philip NettelerBrainerd

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/open-forum/2013-04-12/political-posturing
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