http://www.military.com/News/Home/0,13324,,00.html?ESRC=coastgnews.RSS Military Coast Guard News Center Monday, 12 May 2008 2:32:27 AM http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,167456,00.html?ESRC=coastgnews.RSS More than 43,000 U.S. troops listed as medically unfit for combat in the weeks before their scheduled deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan were sent anyway, according to DoD records. The numbers of nondeployable soldiers are based on health assessment forms filled out by medical personnel. 2008-05-09 http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,167397,00.html?ESRC=coastgnews.RSS A House panel Wednesday backed a 3.9 percent pay raise for all military personnel next year, mirroring Senate plans to give troops a bigger boost than Pentagon officials had requested. 2008-05-08 http://www.military.com/news/article/coast-guard-news/coast-guard-nabs-10-smugglers-in-a-day.html?ESRC=coastgnews.RSS 2008-05-08 http://www.military.com/news/article/coast-guard-news/alaska-native-receives-cg-award.html?ESRC=coastgnews.RSS 2008-05-08 http://www.military.com/news/article/coast-guard-news/cg-searches-for-three-missing-fishermen-.html?ESRC=coastgnews.RSS 2008-05-08 http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,166742,00.html?ESRC=coastgnews.RSS As tens of thousands of veterans from the Afghanistan and Iraq wars try to collect their promised college benefits, many find that their combat experience complicates the transition from Soldier to student. 2008-05-07 http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,167090,00.html?ESRC=coastgnews.RSS Legislation that would restrict the sale of certain men's magazines on U.S. military bases around the world would be bad for morale, according to a sampling of Soldiers at overseas military bases. The AAFES sold $231,000 worth of Penthouse, Playboy and Playgirl magazines in Europe last year. 2008-05-06 http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,166921,00.html?ESRC=coastgnews.RSS Most advances in retinal implants concentrate on restoring, not enhancing, sight. But there's hope yet for superhuman vision, and without surgery: A team at the University of Washington has created a contact lens assembled with functional circuitry and LEDs. 2008-05-03 http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,166817,00.html?ESRC=coastgnews.RSS Osama bin Laden's former driver walked out on his war-crimes tribunal Tuesday, saying he did not believe justice was possible at the U.S. military base where he has been held for nearly six years. 2008-04-30 http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,166337,00.html?ESRC=coastgnews.RSS Officers have a duty to provide "blunt and candid advice" to their superiors, including civilian leaders, but also to keep their disagreements private, Defense Secretary Robert Gates told cadets at West Point in New York on Monday. 2008-04-23